Design

Arquitectura en Movimiento have designed the LVII residential building in Mexico City — via CONTEMPORIST

so, i recently got to visit a friend of mine in his new (to him) neutra house. the sten-frenke house. in santa monica — via moby los angeles architecture

Seeing a lot of new builds inspired by the art deco era of late, the latest of which is this art deco-inspired contemporary four-bedroom house in Hayling Island, Hampshire.

It’s a recent waterside build with all the latest amenities, but also a house with a foot (if a house has a foot) firmly in the 1930s when it comes to the look. There is also plenty of glazing that offers panoramic views over Langstone Harbour — location is certainly a selling point here.

You’ll need some money to secure it though. Somewhere around the £1,750,000 mark — via WowHaus

Bell & Ross has announced the release of the WW2 Régulateur Heritage. Their latest watch to be inspired by military history reinterprets pocket watches bomber pilots strapped to their legs during World War II. The WW2 Régulateur Heritage separates the time information with a central hand for the minutes, a counter for the hours, and a small independent seconds hand. The case has a gun-metal grey steel finish. This watch retails for $6600 — via Watch Time

For custom builders, older BMW airheads are starting to approach Honda CB and Triumph Bonneville levels of popularity. This one was built by Aric Russom, an artist and photographer from Western Massachusetts. He’s owned the BMW for 13 years, and in that time, has given it two major overhauls — via Bike EXIF

Chris Elliott Architects have designed the Seacliff House in Sydney, Australia — via CONTEMPORIST

Late 70s Japanese superbikes have character by the bucketload—unlike the plasticized contemporary offerings. There’s ample performance too: a stock Kawasaki KZ1000 puts out around 90 hp, and can run the quarter mile in just over 12 seconds.

Unfortunately, the dynamics of such bikes have fallen a long way behind modern standards. And that’s where the custom workshop AC Sanctuary steps in, restoring and modifying machines like this KZ1000 Mk II — via Bike EXIF

Less than half an hour’s drive west from Paris city centre, designed [Christian Pottgiesser Architectures Possibles] as an extension of a private residence to an 18th-century structure, sought to provide every family member with a private realm. The roughly 5000 m2 plot of old trees called for a project that would leave the spacious ground predominantly untouched — via ArchDaily

This is a 741 Indian Scout built by Jesse Bassett and his sidekick Tim Fiorucci of The GasBox, Ohio — via Bike EXIF

The project [IPOSTUDIO Architects] is located on an area with a landscape of great importance for its intrinsic agricultural tradition, characterised by the presence of terraces built with dry stone walls of considerable size. A compromise between the design philosophy and the morphologic complexity of the soil had to be reached due to the peculiarity of the settlement type. On that account, emerges the idea of a single façade towards the valley and its bending profile which simulates the soil contour lines — via ArchDaily

The Ikepod Horizon HHTK03 has an ETA 2892 movement, the 44mm case housing it is DLC-coated titanium, a rubber strap, sapphire crystal and 50m water resistance rating — via Wrist Watch Review

Called Scoro, it’s owned by Berliner Sven Wedemeyer. Sven started making changes as soon as he bought this Moto Guzzi Le Mans Mark III. My love for cafe racers is huge, so I decided to rebuild it, he says. For me, it’s about sound, feeling and style — via Bike EXIF

This is a building of a textile planning and trading company which handles the entire process from the production to retail. The site is well located on the corner plot near the fashionable city Harajuku. The client had been focusing on female apparel business, so the concept of our building design [Takato Tamagami] which is a metaphor of female beauty was suitable for them to put across their corporate identity — via ArchDaily

Created to commemorate the 160th anniversary of Singer, the Limited Edition 160 Sewing Machine takes it’s design cues from the classic antique metal sewing machines but combines them with the latest technology to make a simple and easy to use machine — via Retro To Go

Daniel Kim from Lit Motors is nothing if not ambitious. His goal is to revolutionise personal transportation by combining the best elements of a car and a motorcycle. The result of his work is the prototype C-1 — an enclosed motorcycle that uses gyroscopic stabilisers to remain upright — via Neatorama

Romain Jerome continues it series of watches containing the “DNA” of famous objects (like the Titanic or the moon) with the Liberty-DNA, which contains material from the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation and the Gold Leaf Corporation supplied fragments of the statue recovered during resoration work, which have been incorporated into the dial. In addition, the bronze bezel (which contains 12 spikes resembling the statue’s crown) will change colour as it ages, just like the Statue of Liberty itself has.

This watch is limited to 125 pieces with a retail price of $14, 900 — via WatchTime.com

If you live near Madrid and you want to add a custom touch to your Bonneville, you’re in luck. Cafe Racer Dreams have made a name for themselves with tweaked Triumphs and Honda CBs, and this is #15, their latest build.

It’s a 2007-model bike, the year when the Bonneville was given a capacity boost to 865cc and the engine was finished in black. CRD’s upgrades to this bike are relatively few, but they’ve given it a whole new stance and a strong retro feel — via Bike EXIF

Ecole Maternelle Pajol is a four-classroom kindergarten on Rue Pajol in Paris’s 18th arrondissement. Parisian architecture office Palatre & Leclère has restored and reimagined the 1940s building, yet they have left the basic feel of the structure unchanged. We believe in repurposing and saving older buildings, but letting them tell their previous stories, even in their new guises — via The Cool Hunter

1970s-era BMW airheads respond well to the cafe racer treatment. But you don’t often see one with a mono-shock conversion. This 1976 R75/6 is owned by graphic designer Casey Wilkinson of the motorcycle-mad Wilkinson Brothers, and he spotted it at the AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days. Despite having 100,000 miles on the clock, Casey bought it, and started drawing up a racy profile for his new acqusition. He mocked up a subframe and swingarm with quarter-inch steel round bar, and shaped a new tailpiece with insulation foam board — via Bike EXIF