NAHA, Japan, March 14 — A U.S. sailor has been arrested for alleging raping a Japanese woman at a hotel in Okinawa, local police said. Navy sailor Justin Castellanos, 24, stationed at Camp Schwab in Okinawa, wasarrested for allegedl taking the woman, a 40-year-old tourist from the mainland of Japan, from ... Read More »
BERLIN, March 15 — Berlin police are investigating a car bomb that exploded Tuesday morning on a city street, killing the driver. The 3 a.m. blast in western Berlin’s Charlottenburg neighborhood flipped the vehicleinto the air as it traveled toward the city’s center. The explosion littered the street, the Bismarkstrasse, ... Read More »
Marcus [Valance], Property Week’s photographer for our trip, climbs out of the car, pops the boot and begins assembling his equipment. My mobile trills. It’s Liz [Hamson], my editor, and she gets straight to the point: “There’s breaking news – I think you need to hear this.” After a couple ... Read More »
Modern Mexican architecture and design are employed in the creation of this contemporary raw house located in Yucatán, with its vast windows, large open volumes and a wide range of raw materials. The architects from Estilo Arquitectura team had a challenging narrow plot to begin with and the issues of ... Read More »
and light entanglement in front of a vast panoramic window and soft textures, assigns the character ofthis contemporary Ukrainian apartment design. The project is brought to life by the architectural firm FORMand is realized in close collaboration with the owner – a world traveler and collector of art. The main living ... Read More »
Lone Outdoor Pools are part of Hotel Lone outdoor spaces, hidden in forest park. The project includesthree outdoor pools and an accompanying terrace with sunbathing patios, swimming pool facilities, anopen stage and a restaurant. Project is the result of work of a large team – 3LHD Architects and Landscape by ... Read More »
Tinderbox House is an apartment part of historic brick warehouse in Melbourne, Australia designed byBreathe Architecture. Taking the essential elements of an eighteenth-century fire starting kit, the architects developed the loft’s aesthetic around flint, char cloth, and a fire steel striker. Matte black wall tiles replicate the char cloth while ... Read More »
Geometric, elegant, sophisticated, open-air presentation at imm Cologne 2016 to Living Divani idea of the house, pointed to reference in the furnishing design in search of perfection, harmonious proportions and understated feeling of luxury. Sparkling and a dynamic cascade of light greetings the visitor to a large living area designed by ... Read More »
Mussolini and Hitler came to power through elections, China’s Global Times reminded readers Monday. Now an “abusively racist and extremist” candidate is on the rise in the United States, it says. Maybe democracy isn’t such a good idea after all. In an editorial Monday, China’s state-owned Global Times newspaper used Donald ... Read More »
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Monday that Russia would begin pulling its military from Syria, potentially winding down nearly six months of airstrikes that bolstered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and dealt a grave blow to Syrian rebels. Putin late Monday said that Russia would withdraw the “main part” ... Read More »
Almost half of home owners in London intend to put any plans they have to buy or sell on hold under after the referendum in June on the future of the UK in the European Union. A survey has found that 47% will not get involved until after the vote ... Read More »
Carol Anderson, Scotland branch and business banking distribution director at TSB Bank, has been appointed new chair of the Council of Mortgage Lenders in Scotland. She succeeds Linda Docherty, of Clydesdale Bank. Carol’s appointment coincides with CML Scotland’s annual lunch in Edinburgh where 200 members of the Scottish mortgage market ... Read More »
