The Lovell House was designed for the active, health conscious Lovell family in the hills of Los Angeles. The house is an early example of the International Style in the United States that evokes principles that were developed by Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright. The house consists of a series of overlapping planes that do not stick to Wright’s proportionality; rather they are a hybrid of Wright’s planar devices combined with Le Corbusier’s stark, streamlined aesthetic — via ArchDaily

More than half a century ago Panerai produced a watch for the Egyptian Navy. This new model, bearing reference PAM00382, is a development of that original piece. It’s unique feature is that the case is crafted from bronze, a material associated since antiquity with the sea — via WatchTime

The Goldenkey Chalet, at an altitude of 2000 metres, is a 41-room hotel situated at the ski resort of Kartalkaya in Turkey. The hotel has two restaurants, a café, lobby, children’s playroom, lounges, SPA and ski room — via ArchDaily

The Project is born over the remains of an ancient, about 120 year old cottage. It had a popular, architectural typology of the region, this means, one floor with two spaces, facing the south, with the rooms in both sides of the central circulation and spaces of chambers and under covers in the upper floor — via ArchDaily

There’s something about the compact, muscular stance of 70s-vintage BMWs that makes them prime candidates for customization. This one comes from leading glass artist Francesco Pagnin of Treviso in Italy, who calls his motorcycle workshop ‘Franz Garage’. It’s based on a BMW R45, the 473cc boxer-engined middleweight built throughout the late 70s and early 80s — via Bike EXIF

Here’s a house with a mysterious engineering problem that I cannot discover the answer to. If anyone has seen the actual house (it’s by BGP arquitectura in Valle de Bravo, 150 km from Mexico City) and seen how this works, I’d be interested in hearing it — via Home Design Find

This 800-square foot Clearlake itHouse is under construction in California right now. Similar to another itHouse that we mentioned previously, the home will be off-grid and solar-powered.  It will also be the first, elevated, above-ground itHouse, leaving the site relatively untouched by the structure.

The Taalman Koch Architecture-designed retreat includes a studio, bathroom, and three outdoor court decks. A wood burning stove will provide heat and propane will be used for cooking and water heating — via Jetson Green

Audemars Piguet has updated its last year’s Royal Oak Offshore tourbillon chronograph watch with a more subdued version, which is going to be sold as a Ref. 26550AU.OO.A002CA.01 model.

If you compare both models, you will see that the new Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Tourbillon Chronograph Ref. 26550AU.OO.A002CA.01 retained the basic shapes of the last year’s version, but now offers a different combination of materials and a more standard layout of the dial.

The case is now made of forged carbon, which is accented with glossy black ceramic bezel, as well as crown and chronograph push-pieces made of the same scratch-resistant material — via World Watch Review

The Bridge House is located in Kent, Connecticut along a 300′ ridge that parallels the Housatonic River not far from Kent Falls State Park. The state park boasts a beautiful series of cascading falls and a historic covered bridge. Joeb Moore + Partners Architects took these impressions and observations of the surrounding environment as inspiration and the jumping off point for the conceptual design of the Bridge House — via ArchDaily

Fittingly named Palais Bulles, or Palace of Bubbles, this residence represents the fundamental ideas of architect Antti Lovag, who views architecture as a form of play- spontaneous, joyful, full of surprise. Built in 1989, it rests on a rocky cliff overlooking the Mediterranean Sea — via ArchDaily