Design

Whipple Russell Architects has designed a new house in Beverly Hills, California, that has sweeping views of the surrounding landscape — via CONTEMPORIST

This hybrid of a Honda Cub and a BMX is the work of Tom Dun. Operating as 56 Motorcycles out of Paris, Tom’s a half-French, half-Australian custom builder, and he specialises in Cubs and other small capacity Hondas — via Bike EXIF

Whether you love it or hate it, the divisive architectural style taking over the Bolivian city of El Alto is certainly a departure from the norm, injecting bold shapes and colours into an otherwise average cityscape. Local architect Freddy Mamani, who has spent the last 18 years developing the signature style he calls Nuevo Andino (New Andean), felt that El Alto was too monochrome. Each of his buildings is like a unique sculptural work of art aiming to enliven the city and pay homage to ancient indigenous motifs of the area — via Web Urbanist

Tara Morton stumbled upon an a listing for a circa-1965 house with a California modernist sensibility and Japanese influence. It had an elegant façade of native Hinuera stone and the interiors got plenty of natural light through broad windows and sliding glass doors. Much of the interior was lined with native Rimu wood, which lent the spaces warmth. Its small pond, tennis court, and pool were surrounded by lush gardens dotted with Japanese maples, cherry trees, and magnolia trees — via Curbed

Thought Parallels designed Lightness of Being in Kozhikode, India — via ArchDaily

The Ellis David Gelman Star Trek house in Malibu, California, USA was was featured in Star Trek: The Next Generation. The house was built in 1981, but with a look that really could be from the future. Unusual, angular and other worldly enough to work as a house a few centuries into the future. Even after a recent price drop, it is still at $5,495,000 — via WowHaus

Built on stilts, this treehouse-like home was designed by San Francisco-based Anderson Anderson Architects. It’s located in lush pine and oak forests with views to the surrounding trees and canopy. An elevator helps to navigate the 266 square metres, and the main living area features high ceilings, 2.4m windows, and a modern kitchen and dining room. 4327 NW North Road is on the market now for $1,295,000 — via Curbed

The Ulysse Nardin Marine Mega Yacht is a luxurious platinum-cased timepiece, limited to just 30 pieces — via WatchTime

Arboreal Architecture designed Loft Library in Walthamstow, UK — via ArchDaily

The Boulter House is one of only three Frank Lloyd Wright homes built in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the two-storey home is asking $695,000.

Designed for two Classics scholars, Cedric G and Patricia Neils Boulter, the home was designed in 1954 and completed in 1956. Mrs Boulter was the daughter of Henry J Neils, whose Minneapolis residence Wright also designed in 1949.

Built to resemble a ship, the home is constructed of African and Philippine mahogany, Douglas fir, concrete block and glass. The Usonian design features four bedrooms plus a study, and is packed with plenty of trademark Wright features — think radiant heated floors, large glass windows and walkouts, and a cantilevered balcony — via Curbed

Austin Maynard Architects designed St Andrews Beach House in Mornington Peninsula, Victoria — via ArchDaily

Vicente Montano designed ATS House in Xangri-Lá, Brazil — via ArchDaily

Kendle Design Collaborative have completed a home in Paradise Valley, Arizona, that features angled ceiling planes that radiate out towards the expansive city and mountain views, while also defining the various volumes of the home — via CONTEMPORIST

Rob Glenton of Fremantle, Western Australia has a penchant for old British bikes. So when a solid condition 1973 T150V Trident presented itself, he jumped at the chance to relive his younger years on a classic Triumph triple restomod — via Bike EXIF

Martin Dulanto Arquitecto designed Topo House in Peru — via ArchDaily

Rerucha Studio designed Art Collectors Retreat in Bellevue, Washington — via ArchDaily

Guillem Carrera designed Casa VN in Alella, Spain — via ArchDaily

Luca Peralta designed Terra Madre in Bisceglie, Italy — via ArchDaily

Buero Wagner designed Boathouse in Utting, Germany — via ArchDaily

SPF:architects have recently completed the Orum Residence, a three level home in Bel-Air, California, that takes on the shape of a three-winged propeller, and is wrapped in glass that mirrors its sweeping views of the Los Angeles basin — via CONTEMPORIST

Kendle Design Collaborative have completed the Painted Sky Residence, a new house that’s located in Scottsdale, Arizona. Surrounded by desert, the house has a simple driveway, flanked by minimal landscaping on either side, leading from the road up to the garage and entrance — via CONTEMPORIST

Not just a cultural hub, this lot also offers up two smaller businesses and living space as part of the package, all of which is part of the historic 1938 art deco cinema in Arcata, California. At first glance, you might think you would be walking through a time capsule as you push open those cinema doors. Sadly not. The cinema was renovated/restored back in 2009, although the work was in keeping with the original 1930s building. The asking price is quite hefty at $1,500,000 — via WowHaus

RAMA estudio designed Casa Lasso in San José, Ecuador — via ArchDaily

California landscape designer Jake Moss, has created a backyard oasis that provides a variety of designated areas for relaxing, dining, and activity.Central to the backyard is a raised wood pathway that leads to a large sunken lounge with bench seating and a fire pit — via CONTEMPORIST

Paulo Martins designed GR House in Sever do Vouga, Portugal — via ArchDaily

This house in Boulder, Colorado is the work of noted modernist architect Charles Haertling. The agent describes it as being in original condition, which means those amazing fireplaces are very much intact and the focal point of the build. It needs work and a couple of modern-day updates might need correcting. But overall, this is a blank canvas with most of the architect’s creativity intact. The house is up for $1,395,000 — via WowHaus

A heart-shaped private island 80km north of New York City is back on the market, this time for $12.9M. Called Petra Island (also called Petre Island), the property boasts two homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, but the 10-acre listing has been mired in controversy.

In 1949, the engineer Ahmed Chahroudi purchased the island and commissioned Wright to design a residence. Wright originally designed a sprawling 465 square metre structure for the island, but when the owner realised he couldn’t afford the project, Wright was forced to build a smaller 110 square metre cottage instead.

Many years later, Petra’s new owner, John Massaro, decided to bring Wright’s original plans to life based on a handful of drawings, floor plans, and other documents that came with the property. He enlisted an architect and Wright scholar to complete the massive home around 2007, but the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has refused to recognise it as an authentic Wright design — via Curbed

Taller de Arquitectura Contextual designed House 8 in Bruma, Mexico — via ArchDaily

TETRO Arquitetura designed House in Serra do Cipó, Brazil — via ArchDaily

This is one of those CB750s: a 1977 Super Sport owned by reader Haris Aziz of Islamabad. When he couldn’t delay the repairs any longer, Haris found out that a stock restoration would cost too much, so decided to have it custom built and chose Zeeshan Motorsports in Karachi to do the job — via Bike EXIF

Freight Architects designed Clifton Vale House in Singapore — via ArchDaily

The sleek creations of Diamond Atelier’s Munich workshop look better than most factory-built show bikes — and they’re perfectly usable too. But Tom Konecny and Pablo Steigleder don’t just design one-offs. Their Mark II BMW café racers are in limited production, offering a faster and more affordable way to obtain that Diamond Atelier magic. And they’ve now just launched another family of limited production BMWs, a series of stylish scramblers based on the R65 — via Bike EXIF

Hoedemaker Pfeiffer have designed a new home in the Pacific Northwest that was inspired by a treasured stone and wood home lost to fire decades earlier in the hills of Appalachia — via CONTEMPORIST

Plan Loci designed Apartments @ 143 in New Delhi, India — via ArchDaily

The models are classic Submersibles in profile, but they’re rendered in Carbotech, a proprietary material based on carbon fibre that Panerai has been using since 2015. There are two models, one 47mm version and one 42mm version, and while the two have different dimensions and different movements inside (the larger model features an in-house calibre while the smaller features a ValFleurier-based movement), the two share the same sleek looks. The matte black Carbotech case is complemented by bright blue accents found in the dial markers, dial printing, and bezel markers, and a blacked-out titanium caseback completes the package. Despite looking all blue in daylight, when seen in the dark the bezel pearl and minute hand actually glow green to make timing dives even easier. Price: $17,400 (42mm), $17,900 (47mm) — via HODINKEE

PMAA designed Penthouse in Barcelona, Spain — via ArchDaily

This three-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath in the Hemstreet Heights neighbourhood of Portland, Oregon shows plenty of post-1960s influences—think new flooring, a remodeled fireplace, and an updated kitchen. 5414 SW Dover Court is on the market now for $719,000 — via Curbed

Austin-based firm Alterstudio Architecture, have completed a new house for a family of four, that features a front patio with a cut-out for a live oak tree to grow through — via CONTEMPORIST

This Honda street tracker is Dani Pedrosa’s retirement present, built by Michael Woolaway, head wrench at Deus in the USA, in collaboration with Red Bull — via Bike EXIF

The home was designed by William Krisel of Palmer & Krisel, a prolific architect known for bringing high design to the masses in architecturally appealing mid century homes. This 1957 version boasts many of the trademark features of a Palmer & Krisel house, including high clerestory windows, post-and-beam construction, stone fireplaces, and angular roof lines. If this looks like your post-and-beam dream, 1042 East Apache Road is on the market now for $1,245,000 — via Curbed

A local stone seller tapped CAAT Studios to design a house that made use of the area’s abundant travertine supply. Instead of building a flat facade, CAAT decided to treat the travertine like bricks, creating a stepped pattern that gives the exterior a wavering, geometric appearance. The house has a simple box layout, but CAAT was able to add some playfulness to the design with the exterior pattern. Four windows are framed by a curving wall of bricks that appear to almost peel away from the the glass. That same curve can be seen on the interior wall of the home, too — via Curbed

FMAU designed Jardin D’hiver in Lavaur, France — via ArchDaily

Foundry Motorcycle’s build is a 1976 B1, making it one of the earliest Kawasaki Z650s. It belongs to regular customer Gary, but arrived at the workshop in a sorry state — via Bike EXIF

Studio 10 designed two rooms — Maze and Dream — for The Other Place hotel, and they’re a fantastical reimagining of MC Escher’s trippy work. Maze is a 60 square metre suite painted forest green and white. The space is designed around a series of angular floating staircases that when viewed from straight-on look like 2-D drawings. Dream is designed in a similar style, only with a soft pink and white palette. Both guest houses feature a Monument Valley-esque series of doors and shuttered windows that look like they might open onto an endless maze of rooms. In truth, both suites have only two bedrooms, but that probably won’t stop guests from getting lost — via Curbed

Christoph Hesse designed Villa F in Medebach, Germany — via ArchDaily

Architecture firm Weian Lim Architects (WALA) have designed the renovation and addition of a dilapidated double-fronted Victorian house, that’s a heritage listed building located in a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria — via CONTEMPORIST

This custom Triumph Bonneville exemplifies the 2LOUD ethos. It’s so subtle that you’d be tempted to pass it over—but look closer, and you’ll discover a host of cracking details and useful upgrades — via Bike EXIF

studio aledolci designed A New Life for a Little Tower in Garda, Italy — via ArchDaily