The concept of owning a home designed by a well known
architect is something most of would only dream of. Times
are changing and so are the marketing plans of many
property developers who are increasingly using well known
architects to sell their homes
It is true that international property investors have a
huge choice of luxury resorts from around the world to
choose from. With so much competition attracting the most
desirable customers is becoming increasingly difficult. One
way in which some resort developers have decided to attract
potential buyers is by using high-profile architects on
their projects.
Shigery Ban, who designed the Pompidou Centre in Metz, Zaha
Hadid, Piero Lissoni, Chad Oppenheim and Japan's Kengo Kuma
are all well-known architects and designers and they are
all being employed to design luxury hotels and resorts.
What's even more astounding is that this group of celebrity
architects is currently working on one resort - Dellis Cay.
This private island is part of the Turks and Caicos Islands
in the Caribbean.
Dellis Cay is being developed by Turkish tourism magnate
Dr. Cem Kinay. Piero Lissini is designing the main hotel
and a set of villas in his typically modern, bold and
simple style. In a recent interview in The Independent, Dr.
Kinay notes that "The architects are our biggest selling
point." One bedroom apartments on Dellis Cay start at
£835,000.
Another new development that is making use of well-known
architects is Portugal's Bom Sucesso, north of Lisbon on
the Silver Coast. There are more than 20 popular European
architects that are working on different designs and
buildings for Bom Sucesso, including Alcino Soutinho,
Goncalo Byrne, Alvaro Siza Vieira and even England's
award-winning David Chipperfield. The architects adhered to
a set of rules that provide the formal unity of the
project, but which simultaneously enabled them to follow
their own original and specific objectives. Most important
among these rules and vital for the originality of the
resort, was that all rooftops should be covered in greenery
and any walls should either be covered in greenery or else
simply not exist at all.
Other resorts around the world are using architects to get
a leg up on the competition. Melvin Villarroel is working
on a community in Marbella, Spain called Lomas Club. Homes
at this development are also being designed by Angel
Taborda and Victoria Guana, and Villarroel is also working
on several other new resorts in Spain.
Matteo Thun is designing a new set of fascinating
apartments in the Austrian resort of Katschberg called
Edel:Weiss. Sir Norman Foster is working on several
projects; one is in Egypt called Serrenia and there is also
Corniche Bay resort in Mauritius. These villas will only
cost £1.7 million.
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Author: Nicholas Marr is CEO of overseas property
investment web site
http://www.homesgofast.com/David_Chipperfield.php
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