Due to space limitations the new owners, a family of four, decided to heightening the existing bungalow and furthermore to renovate [Roger Christ] the basic structure. To keep the bungalow’s typical character three single boxes were placed on a cantilevered flat roof, which are connected only by a glass corridor — via ArchDaily
This 1980 CB750 KZ, the latest custom from Cafe Racer Dreams. Nicknamed Brownie
, it’s a CB750 on a diet. The Spanish builder’s changes are relatively small and conservative, but well-judged—this is the second bike they’ve modified in this style, and it’s becoming a signature look — via Bike EXIF
LSA Architects have designed the South Yarra house in Melbourne, Australia — via CONTEMPORIST
No need to tell you why this Mondrian coffee table set at Made is so named.
But we will anyway, The idea is, presumably, to create a suite of tables that mimic the artwork of Piet Mondrian in the 1920s. Not a new idea, we featured a similar concept at Liberty last year, but it’s still very well done and a nice ways to add some practical modernism to your home for not a lot of cash — via Retro To Go
How the other half live? If your numbers come up on the Lotto this weekend, you could set yourself up in the 1960s Villa Ex in Cap D’Antibes, South Of France, which happens to be up for sale.
A very distinctive design, dating from 1966, the work of architect Claude Parent, who designed the property for sculptor André Bloc with a view of both the bay of Antibes and Golfe-Juan.
How much? That’s not clear. It’s one of those price on application listings. But as we said, if the Lotto numbers come up, you might want to give the agent a call — via WowHaus
Yamaha’s underrated Virago from the 1980s is really gaining favour as a custom base. Classified Moto have already shown the way, and here’s another terrific example—this time from Greg Hageman of Doc’s Chops. It’s a 1982 Yamaha XV750, and it was built for Season Two of Discovery Channel’s Cafe Racer TV show. Hageman built a new subframe to support the lovely, wasp-like seat unit, and lowered the forks by two inches to improve the stance. There’s a Tarozzi fork brace to tighten the handling, along with Tarozzi rearsets and clip-ons for a better riding position. At the back is an adjustable, air-assisted shock and a simple Acewell unit has replaced the standard instruments — via Bike EXIF
This is perhaps the strangest/weirdest house we’ve ever featured — and amazingly, this architect-designed Tunnel Road Castle three-bedroomed house in Berkeley, California, USA is actually a fairly recent build.
Not that you’d guess. It has all the hallmarks of 1960s or ’70s excess. In fact, it was created by Ace Architects in 1996, inspired by the saxophone and the trumpet, depending on the angle you are looking at.
See the agent listing for all the images, well worth your while. It’s on the market for $998,000, which isn’t cheap, but compared to UK prices, isn’t a killer amount either — via WowHaus
In 1985, Ducati made a replica of its Pantah-based TT racers called the 750 F1. Around 1,500 were made, and won acclaim for their streamlined design and exceptional handling. This particular machine originally belonged to Lou Saif, the well-regarded restorer of TT2 and TT1 factory race bikes — via Bike EXIF
Ty-Hedfan [Featherstone Young] is a new house perched above a river in a small village at the top of a valley, five miles from Brecon and the beautiful Brecon Beacons National Park. The site is quite unique, sloping down to the confluence of two rivers, Ysgir Fach and Ysgir Fawr, that run across the length of the property. Ty-Hedfan, meaning hovering house
takes full advantage of this river side location — via ArchDaily
As a kid, Bobby Sirkegian had better What I Did On My Summer Vacation
stories than the rest of his school chums. Already making a name for himself in early Southern California drag racing, running and winning against full grown men, 13-year-old Bobby travelled with his bike-dealer father to Wendover, Utah in 1953 to take part in the fifth annual Bonneville Speed Week. Because Bonneville officials knew of the youngster’s prowess on a drag bike, he was given special permission to run on the salt flats. He lined up for passes in the 650cc class on this stripped-down 1951 Triumph Thunderbird, just treated to a full restoration by Sirkegian, now 72. It’s one of the bikes on offer at Bonhams’ 12 November auctionat the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles — via Bike EXIF
On a long, narrow plot of land with a more or less pronounced slope, SCT Estudio de Arquitectura were commissioned by the owners to demolish the house they lived in and build a new one.
The first decision consists of inverting the situation level of the day and night areas, positioning the night zone on the ground floor and the day zone on the upper floor, where the views are better and there is more privacy with regard to the adjoining plots and allowing for use of the pool and solarium on the level where the daytime activity is generated — via ArchDaily
If this house looks familiar, you’ve either got a good memory or you watch too much TV. That’s because this five-bedroomed Huf Haus in East Horsley, Surrey was featured on Grand Designs back in 2003.
Not cheap, you’ll need to pay £1,350,000 — via WowHaus
Limited Edition of 98 ~ 42″x19″ — via Dale Evers Design Studio
The world’s first and only twin-pulse-jet-engine motorcycle is officially up for auction. The machine was originally constructed by Robert Maddox for a customer who wanted to try his hand at slipping into the 200-mph club. It’s not clear whether the owner had a brief flash of sanity or if he simply found an easier way get his jollies, but the bike is now up for sale with a buy-it-now price of just $25,000.
That’s plenty cheap in our eyes. If we had money bleeding out of our ears, we’d snap up the wild machine, which is supposedly based on a 1929 Harley-Davidson flat-track racer (we imagine that might just mean modelled after…), and park it in our living room. The seller says the bike rides straight and, not surprisingly, is plenty quick. Head over to eBay Motors to check out the auction for yourself — via autoblog
JM Architecture designed the Lake Lugano house in Switzerland — via CONTEMPORIST
With a couple of Macs, the internet and a great idea, Melbourne entrepreneur Martin Hosking has built a global business with more than 7 million unique products — a number that grows by more than 5000 a day.
The business, Red Bubble, is a kind of iTunes app store for artists and its success has some of iTunes’ hallmarks. All business transactions are completed online and now all in the cloud, even its accounts and personnel files.
It sells fascinating stuff at modest prices, is as fanatical as Apple about quality and its community has some of the cult aspects you find among Apple devotees.
It’s an all-Macintosh environment, even to the iMacs used to run daily Skype video conferences between the company’s headquarters in Melbourne and the US office it opened recently in Palo Alto, California — via redwolf.newsvine.com
In Indonesia, custom motorcycle builders have to contend with unusually restrictive vehicle legislation. Imports are heavily regulated, and worse, the government generally limits the maximum engine size to 250cc. So when the guys at Deus Baliheard about a beat-up Yamaha SR400 for sale, they snapped it up. They reckon it’s the only SR400 on the island, so they’ve given it the attention it deserves — via Bike EXIF
Café Racer Dreamsis a Spanish custom shop with a sleek and pared-back style. So this vintage-themed machine is something of a departure for Pedro and his crew, but it works beautifully. It’s based on the 1979 Ossa Copa 250, a lightweight two-stroke single known for its four distinctive fins on the cylinder head — via Bike EXIF
The Squidulus line of skateboards from Stimulus Skateboards features superb squid designs. The Squidulus artwork was designed by Joe Scordo — via Laughing Squid
BFLS have designed the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, Wales — via CONTEMPORIST
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