Luxury Real Estate Headlines: First Week in December 2014

Highlights from this week’s top news stories on luxury and global real estate, art, collectibles and home.

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More builders are adopting the craftsman look—but are ditching the low ceilings and dark rooms.”

Home Buyers Embrace the ‘Contemporary Craftsman’ Look—The Wall Street Journal

House of the Day: Modern Design and Views for Miles—The Wall Street Journal

WSJ House of the Week: Timeless Homes for Every Taste—The Wall Street Journal

Sophisticated View Apartments on Nob Hill—Haute Living

On the Market: A lakeside farmstead with views of the Rocky Mountains—Architectural Digest

On the Market: A historic Mediterranean-style home—Architectural Digest

On the Market: A Victorian charmer with a white picket fence about an hour outside of New York City—Architectural Digest

On the Market: A hillside castle with Baroque grandeur in Baden Wurttemberg, Germany—Architectural Digest

Home of the Day: Private estate at The Oaks of Calabasas—The Los Angeles Times

Home of the Day: W.C. Tanner-designed Revival in Los Feliz—The Los Angeles Times

Burmese Rubies, Colored Diamonds And Cartier Lead Sotheby’s Hong Kong Sale—Forbes 

Privately Owned Turner Masterpiece Under The Hammer At Sotheby’s—Artlyst