Abode Abroad

From Casablanca’s crown jewel to a beacon of renewed splendor, Royal Mansour Casablanca triumphantly reclaims its place as an icon. Once the epicentre of Casablanca’s glamorous social scene, the hotel, originally unveiled in 1953, captivated the elite with its allure….

Abode2 sits around the crystal ball with Joanna Leggett of Leggett Immobilier, the leading international estate agency in France, to see if can gleam an insight into what’s going to happen to French property prices in 2024 Everybody has an…

Dubai saw record-breaking sale prices throughout 2023, with super-luxury residences selling for up to US$4,000 (AED14,692) per square foot, marking consecutive year-over-year increases since 2020, according to Chris Whitehead, managing partner, Dubai Sotheby’s International Realty. According to Whitehead, for the…

Nicky Dobree and AND Architects completed Val d’isere’s newest and largest chalet to date, Etoile du Nord, in early 2023. Ten years in the making, the chalets are pioneering, taking chalet design to a new level. They are the result…

Karl Lagerfeld, the German designer whose prolific output earned him the moniker “the Kaiser” – is set to have his name honoured in a series of luxury villas in Dubai. Lagerfeld, who died in 2019 aged 85, headed the houses…