by Diane Slawych | Dec 19, 2018 | Featured, Profiles
It seems that property owners in Hanoi, Vietnam would go to any length (or height) to reduce their taxes. When the city government decided, centuries ago, to base the tax rate according to the width of a property’s street-facing facade (the wider the home, the more...
by Diane Slawych | Sep 24, 2018 | Featured, Profiles
It’s shaped like a giant Hershey’s Kiss, has the silvery gleam of an Airstream trailer and a name that sounds like a laundry detergent. The Dymaxion House was conceived by architect R. Buckminster Fuller as the home of the future. It was designed in 1946 to be the...
by Diane Slawych | Sep 5, 2018 | Columnists
As a potential homebuyer, I want to know as much about a property as possible, and that includes any problems with the place. The fact is, most homes have some issues and when you know what they are, you’re better prepared for any expenses down the road. Naturally,...
by Diane Slawych | Jul 5, 2018 | Featured, Profiles
The boyhood home of Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the highlights of a new self-guided trail launched by Georgia Tourism this spring to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the civil rights leader’s death. Georgia’s Footsteps of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Trail...
by Diane Slawych | May 24, 2018 | Featured, Profiles
“What normal family can live in such a house?” shrugs tour guide Titus Akkermans. No doubt about it, Wall House 2, located in the residential neighbourhood of Hoornse Meer in the Dutch city of Groningen, is an unusual structure. Its curvy modules, each in a different...
