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A luxuriously refurbished lighthouse with roof terrace and sublime view of Mount Etna

February 14, 2020 by Editorial Team

Italian design icons participate in the restoration of the Brucoli Lighthouse – Syracuse. On the tip of a strip of land where an ancient seaside village of Brucoli is nestled, right next to the fifteenth-century Aragonese Castle, of the Queen Giovanna D’Aragona, we find a unique place that smells of the ocean, of … Read more

The Ranch at Red Rock – the newest recreational destination as well as a luxury residential community in Las Vegas

February 11, 2020 by Editorial Team

The Ranch at Red Rock, A New Luxury Recreational-Residential Development in Las Vegas.

The Ranch at Red Rock; @Synergy Sotheby’s International Realty.

Announced this week by Synergy Sotheby’s International Realty, The Ranch at Red Rock is a new recreational-residential development of twenty legacy ranch estates uniquely located in the heart of the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. The project encompasses a haute village planned with a luxury resort, farm-to-table epicurean restaurant, and event barn.

The 63.86-acre ultra-exclusive development located 15 miles west of Las Vegas is well on its way to being transformed into the vision of childhood friends who spent years hiking on the canyon’s trails.

Joel Laub, a real estate developer with a long track record of safeguarding ecosystems, and real estate attorney, Randall Jones, whose father helped build the nearby Hoover Dam, are the owners of the land situated near Spring Mountain Ranch. Kristen Routh-Silberman, a prominent Las Vegas Realtor at Synergy Sotheby’s International Realty, is the exclusive representative of the new development.

The Ranch at Red Rock, the only private land in the canyon, will include both a private and public component, emphasizing a recreational destination as well as a luxury residential community.

According to CSR Development, the developers of The Ranch at Red Rock, the lots carved out to incorporate 20 private residences will uphold high standards for preserving and blending into the natural environment as well as a superior aesthetic and will be 2-4 acres in size. The plan’s current version of public spaces features a luxury resort, an event barn/amphitheater for special events, and a farm-to-table restaurant where much of the food will be sourced locally and on-premises. It will all be surrounded by land that is well tended to with conservation and restoration efforts to enhance the area’s robust natural habitat.

Encouraging butterfly migratory patterns, protecting pathways for other native animal species, and promoting the growth of sustainable vegetation are only a few items on a long list of habitat conservation plans; plans approved and applauded by a number of local and national organizations including Save Red Rock and Friends of Red Rock.

Natural stone and limited roof pitches are among some of the elements that will be used for family estates with multiple buildings as structures are restricted to 5,000 square feet. Enhanced by the preserved desert surroundings, properties will reflect beautiful European communities by infusing and artfully mixing Spanish Colonial, French Provencal and Rustic Italian architectural styles. Freshwater on the property will sustain the creeks and ponds that are planned throughout the public and private areas of the development.

Right next door to one of France’s most romantic châteaux: Relais de Chambord

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 by Editorial Team

Less than two hours from Paris, but a world away, Le Relais de Chambord is the only hotel on the Château de Chambord’s extensive estate. As the visitor approaches through the forest road, expectation builds. Then, as the extraordinary Château comes into view, its magical atmosphere takes hold. The Château de Chambord stands in … Read more

All has been reinvented at the famous Lutetia Paris

July 28, 2018 by Editorial Team

Lutetia’s refurbishment has returned the luxury property to its rightful place amongst the Paris’ Palace hotels. The famous Lutetia Hotel in Paris was closed four years ago for an ambitious period of luxurious restoration and refurbishment that has returned the exclusive Parisian property to its rightful place amongst the city’s Palace hotels and as the … Read more

Louis Vuitton has returned to the place where the trunkmaker’s story began. And yes, Objets Nomades will for the first time be available on a permanent basis

October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 by Editorial Team

Step Inside The Louis Vuitton Place Vendôme Store. Luxury powerhouse Louis Vuitton is returning to the location where the young Louis Vuitton opened his first store over 160 years ago. The luxury brand opened the doors to its new Maison Louis Vuitton Vendôme at 2 Place Vendôme in Paris. It was in the streets neighboring … Read more

Bulgari returns Spanish Steps to their gleaming splendor

September 23, 2016September 23, 2016 by Editorial Team

Bulgari celebrates inauguration of Spanish Steps monument in Rome.

To mark the 130th anniversary of the luxury House in 2014, Bulgari donated 1.5 million euros to the city of Rome to finance the restoration of Spanish Steps, one of Rome’s most iconic monuments.

On September 23rd, Romans were once again delighted to walk up the monumental Spanish Steps, a symbol of Rome’s cultural and architectural heritage. Following the restoration project financed by Bulgari that began in October 2015, the 138 steps have been returned to their gleaming splendor.

“Today we are delighted to celebrate with the city the return of a monument whose splendor represents the grandeur of Rome,” said CEO Jean-Christophe Babin. The Spanish Steps have special historic resonance for Bulgari as the connection between Via Sistina, where Roman jeweler Sotirio Bulgari opened his first shop in 1884, and Via dei Condotti, now home to its flagship store.

To celebrate the event, Bulgari organized an inaugural evening Piazza di Spagna, inviting 30 Roman citizens whose names were drawn at random from a list provided by the municipality. Also attending were ten prisoners who volunteered to work on the renovation project without pay as part of a rehabilitation program organized by the city of Rome and supported by Bulgari.

The 1953 film Roman Holiday, starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, made the Spanish Steps famous to an American audience. The apartment that was the setting for The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) is halfway up on the right. Bernardo Bertolucci’s Besieged (1998) is also set in a house next to the Steps. The Steps were featured prominently in the film version of The Talented Mr. Ripley starring Matt Damon in the title role.

Piazza di Spagna, at the bottom of the Spanish Steps, is one of the most famous squares in Rome (Italy). It owes its name to the Palazzo di Spagna, seat of the Embassy of Spain among the Holy See. Nearby is the famed Column of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The imposing 135-step staircase was inaugurated by Pope Benedict XIII during the 1725 Jubilee; it was released (thanks to French loans granted in 1721–1725) in order to connect the Bourbon Spanish embassy (from which the square takes its name) to the Church of Trinità dei Monti.

It was designed by Alessandro Specchi and Francesco De Sanctis after generations of long and glowing discussions about how to urbanize the steep slope on the side of the Pincian Hill in order to connect it to the church. The final key was the one proposed by Francesco De Sanctis: a great staircase decorated with many garden-terraces, splendidly adorned with flowers in spring and summer. The sumptuous, aristocratic staircase, at the summit of a straight sequence of streets leading down to the Tiber, was designed so that the scenic effects increase more and more while approaching to it. In effect, the creation of long, deep perspectives culminating in monumental wings or backdrops was typical of the great baroque architecture. The Spanish Steps were restored in 1995.