by REM Editorial Team | Mar 24, 2020 | Featured, News
A home recently listed by Engel & Völkers Halifax is made from 612,000 recycled PET bottles, says builder JD Composites. Listed by James Dwyer, the home at 39 Sunset Lane in Meteghan River, N.S. is priced at $490,000. The builder says the 2,000-sq.-ft....
by Diane Slawych | Feb 28, 2020 | Featured, Profiles
When the residential building La Pedrera was constructed on a prominent corner of Passeig de Gracia in Barcelona, it was immediately ridiculed by critics. Today it attracts thousands of people a year – local citizens and visitors from around the world who regularly...
by Diane Slawych | Jan 10, 2020 | Featured, Profiles
If he hadn’t found work as a successful author, Victor Hugo might have carved out a career for himself as an interior designer. It seems the 19th century French novelist, who penned such celebrated works as Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, had a passion...
by Diane Slawych | Dec 10, 2019 | Featured, Profiles
They didn’t have home warranties, the MLS system or real estate agents back in the Stone Age. The typical home had none of the modern conveniences we’ve come to expect today. No running water or central heat, no bathrooms or fancy flooring. But hey, when it takes...
by Diane Slawych | Aug 30, 2019 | Featured, Profiles
When one of the reactors of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant near Pripyat, Ukraine exploded on April 26, 1986, residents of surrounding communities were told they would have to leave their homes for three days. Most of them never went back. The area surrounding what...
