The 21,500 sq ft sales gallery of Artra is designed to look like a contemporary art gallery. The name “Artra” ­itself is a palindrome; it reads as “art” both backwards and forwards. The 400-unit private condominium at ­Alexandra View fronts the Redhill MRT station and will be connected to it in the future.

Many of us live in apartments and condos. And when we go outstation or overseas for an extended period, we often opt to stay in serviced apartments. So then, the concern for good feng shui in an apartment or condo unit should be raised as most of us want to benefit from a balanced flow of energy in the space that we live in.

A frenetic pace of life demands tranquility and the adherence to the dictum of ‘less is more’...

As soon as hunter-gatherers began settling down rather than roving from place to place, house mice began to edge out their wild counterparts, said the study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer-reviewed US journal.

There are multi-functional furniture, multi-functional cookers, and all sorts of other multi-functional items being introduced into the market lately. So, why not have multi-functional plants for your garden as well?

The recent video that went viral about two-year-old twins Brock and Bowdy Shoff, who narrowly escaped grave injury when a cabinet they were climbing on fell on them, has highlighted the need for child-friendly furniture.

In hot and humid Malaysia, when one hears the word off-grid, zero-waste, carbon neutral and water-efficient homes, what comes to mind are uncomfortable basic dwellings.

Small homes and even tiny homes have been in trend for those seeking back-to-basics, practical living spaces. Young couples or singles also choose such homes because of their limited budget. However, living in small spaces does not mean having to live in cramped and messy conditions.

Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, is an oasis in a wasteland littered with untidy cement-block buildings, industrial machinery and gritty towns with sad mini-markets. Except that it is not a wasteland.

Last Sept 17 to 25, more than 400 London Design Festival (LDF) exhibitors took over the UK capital. Scores of designers presented their latest collections and wowed visitors with their amazing artistry and creativity.