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Balagne region
Pine-fringed beaches, rocky outcrops and Italian food and architecture define northern Corsica’s coast. We suggest you make Calvi your first port of call and base of operations on your island property prospectus.
Montserrat
Montserrat, the original heart of Buenos Aires, blends architectural elegance with a small-town bustle. Close to the centre but far from the tourist crush, it’s ideal for a pied-à-terre in the capital.
Apgujeong
Seoul is shaking off its reputation as an architectural eyesore, with the southern district of Apgujeong leading the charge. Discover its open-air cafés, boutiques and sought-after apartments near Dosan Park.
Building brands
Whether building a city or a bungalow, these companies are in the background. From glass and steel to cement and diggers, it’s time you knew your Holcim from your Asahi.
Green light
The upside to rising fuel prices and a depressed property market is more willingness to embrace Kandiyohi Development Partners’ mantra: find a better way. Plus, overleaf, the view from New York
Living large
In Monocle’s dream residential building, we’d include features of 19th-century Parisian flats and early 20th-century New York apartments. Attention developers: veneers and fashionable embellishments are not the way forward.
Kings of the hill
Beirut’s Christian quarter of Ashrafieh has weathered civil war and conflict. Today, the neighbourhood is under threat from developers destroying old palaces to build high-rises for the country’s internationally mobile elite.
Cape crusader
Suddenly, everyone wants to be Cape Verde’s friend. From Nato to the US and China, all are drawn to the resource-poor islands for one reason: their powerful strategic location in the Atlantic.
Business
The coffee shop favoured by US troops, Dubai's building bottleneck, and mobile firms reveal their new organic deli.
Prime mover
Mitsubishi built Tokyo’s first office block in Marunouchi 114 years ago and is now behind the area’s redevelopment into a major financial centre. Overleaf, we dissect a building site.
