Design

Okay, it is not every day that you come across a home like this. Sliding House, by dRMM Architecture does something that we have never seen or heard any another house do – it slides — via Home-Designing

Carlo Saltarelli has Ducati blood in his veins. He’s a former racer, test rider and dealership owner, and over the years, he’s built up a 100-bike collection of classic Ducatis. In May, this collection goes under the hammer in Monaco. For us, the highlight is this beautiful 1974 750SS Corsa: it’s one of Saltarelli’s own race bikes, and took him to several podium finishes during the 1974 and 1975 seasons — via Bike EXIF

This home extension is all about the outdoors, from bringing natural light and ventilation to the interior to pushing its occupants out into a big backyard or up onto a stunning rooftop deck.

From their time in England, the owners wanted the familiar feel of an open conservatory in their Chicago home addition – and got their wish in spades from dSpace Studio — via Dornob

Fred and Hugo of Blitz Motorcycles describe their latest creation as A gentleman’s bike for a gentleman rider. But it’s not a conservative, retro throwback. BSW is decidedly unconventional, like all of Blitz’s builds so far.

The motorcycle was built for an English customer called John, who lives in Paris. It’s a BMW R60/6, a 599cc airhead that was manufactured in the mid-70s. A strong, economical and relatively simple bike, it weighs just over 200 kg wet and is capable of more than 160 kph in stock form — via Bike EXIF

5-9 Roslyn Street Potts Point [Durbach Block Jaggers] is a triangular shaped site, less than 200m2 in size. The rounded end looks directly onto a small public space. The shape of the site exaggerates perspective, the tiny footprint amplifies the perception of height. We wanted the building to sit easily in its place, to recognise the architectural traits of its neighbours — via ArchDaily

For every hit custom build, there are ten misses. As most amateur builders know, it’s not easy to get the stance and the components just right. And costs can escalate surprisingly fast. That’s where the $2,795 CS-1 Café Racer kit from Los Angeles-based Ryca Motors comes in — via Bike EXIF

The presented house [Nelson Resende] is located in an irregular area, with a constant pendent, in a descendent way, from the street, East, to the opposite limit, Oest. The visual dispersion of the surroundings is increased by the existence of several and different scales, with a disparity of highs, distances and volumetries — via ArchDaily

UK-based Blue Forest makes inventive tree houses and recently introduced a new design concept called the eco-PERCH, which I think you’ll be interested in seeing.  The four-bed retreat can be delivered, assembled, and commissioned in about five days with things like photovoltaics, a composting toilet, and rainwater harvesting, etc — via Jetson Green

This is an extension work of the patisserie Le Coeur. We [StudioGreenBlue] built a new building where we can use as both workshop and takeout shop beside head shop. The client requested to keep existing image and also wants to show the patisserie makes confectioneries to customers. And he wants to have sense of distance between patisserie and customers — via ArchDaily

The Bell & Ross WII Bomber Regulator has an oversized crown that has been placed on the left at 9 o’clock, rather than the more traditionally placed 3 o’clock. The large crown and the wide-notched bezel ensure optimal ease of use, facilitating operation while wearing gloves as a WWII pilot would have. This piece has a higher-end Dubois Dépraz movement — via Perpetuelle

This private residence [Francois Perrin] is located in the Hollywood Hills, overlooking the City of Los Angeles. It is one of the rare remaining building lots of this neighborhood, also one of the few protected areas in the City. The building engages with the surrounding environment in order to produce an Architecture that merges with the Landscape. The contemporary design of the house interacts as well with the natural elements (air, sun and vegetation) but has only a little visual impact in the Hills — via ArchDaily

The Grönefeld One Hertz Fire comes in a titanium case with striking orange accents. It is a new variation on the One Hertz watch introduced by Grönefeld last year. The One Hertz features a rare complication called dead beat seconds, which means that the seconds hand, which has a prominent place on the dial, makes one tick per second — much as a quartz watch would, but it is achieved through mechanical means — via Perpetuelle

Atrium Architects designed this house for a young family, located on the top of a hill surrounded by pine trees near Moscow, Russia — via CONTEMPORIST

The twelfth build from CRD of Spain shows how: it’s a 2009 Triumph Bonneville with a strong café racer slant. A few well-thought-out tweaks to the Hinckley twin have had a radical effect on its appearance — and desirability — via Bike EXIF

The resort [a21 studio] is located in a small hill near the main river separating from Nha Trang city — via ArchDaily

The Bomb Runner is the second in a planned series of Guerilla bikes, which will have Rough Crafts‘ signature blacked-out look and components, but different build styles. The base bike is a 2011-model Sportster Forty-Eight 1200, but this time it has a different silhouette, a higher rear shock and tail section, a lightly modified frame, and a more aggressive lean-forward look — via Bike EXIF

The Costa Verde Hotel in Costa Rica maybe isn’t your typical luxury hotel. No five stars to hold on, maybe not that much fuss and nodding as in a Palace neither… But the hotel can boast one unique lodging that people around the world come for: a boeing 727. Yes, guests sleep in what used to be the cabin of an old model from 1965 — via RJ TimeouT