Corinne Kerk

SENIOR CORRESPONDENT

Corinne Kerk is a senior correspondent with The Business Times. She covers lifestyle and other news.

The intermediate terrace house sits on a 32-metre long plot.
DESIGN

An urban designer’s own, multi-generational home

This intermediate terrace house defies convention to deliver light and life in shared spaces to its occupants

At Longchamp's Green Concept Boutique, the vibrant hue is the star.
STYLE

Head over to Longchamp’s travelling green concept pop-up this long weekend

The French brand’s installation makes its sixth stop in Asia at Raffles City Singapore

K-pop star Jennie modelling a pair of Ray-Ban Meta Blayzer Optics.
STYLE

Meta AI glasses review: stellar sound, sharp recording, subject none the wiser

The wearable tech represents power to the user – and apprehension to everyone else

Van Cleef & Arpels' Lucky Spring Butterfly between-the-finger ring in yellow gold, lapis lazuli, blue agate and white mother-of-pearl.
JEWELLERY

Spring jewellery 2026: new colours and materials to wear

Make way in your jewellery box for the latest arrivals

Mollie Rogers Jean De Dieu says engagement is not about presence – it’s about emotional connection. She wears a tweed coat and leather pumps from Longchamp.
BTLUXE EXCLUSIVE

Why emotions shouldn’t be swept under the rug – even at work

This business leader has good reasons for her passionate advocacy for emotional inclusion

Manami Resorts sits on a sugar baron's "rest house" estate.
TRAVEL

From sugar barons to spectacular sunsets: The sweet life in Sipalay, Philippines

High-society pedigree meets environmental responsibility in an intimate resort by a sugar mogul’s daughter

Vinson Keefe Anggasaputro has tried his hand at a variety of entrepreneurial pursuits. He wears a ⁠shirt, blazer and trousers from Shanghai Tang.
NEW-GEN HOTELIERS

Vinson Keefe Anggasaputro: From trading virtual furniture to building a hotel

The serial entrepreneur on what he learnt from his businessman father and that huge gamble he took buying the former Selegie Centre

Until recently, Zach Lee has stayed under the radar. He wears a shirt from Boss, and overshirt and jeans from Zegna.
NEW-GEN HOTELIERS

Zach Lee: Architect of Hotel Royal’s new future

Following the success of Baba House in Melaka, the group’s Harvard and Cornell-trained leader has major plans for its iconic but ageing property on Newton Road

Kapa's pair of semi-detached houses in Westlake Avenue were rebuilt from a bungalow. Rather than produce a mirrored pair, the two homes were designed as a considered whole to look like part of an evolving streetscape.
DESIGN

Costly renewals: Transforming an old landed house into your dream home is getting harder

Rising land and construction costs have made landed property ownership much more elusive

Matou House explores the use of a new architectural wraparound for an old house.
DESIGN

How to tastefully expand a house’s living space on a ‘modest’ budget

This home is also an architect’s version of adapting an old property for contemporary use