Urban Motor is a CR&S dealer in Berlin, Germany, but it doesn’t just sell new motorcycles. The company has put together a lovely classic BMW café racer, using a 1983 R80 G/S as the base. Earl Grey
has been upgraded with a R100RS front fork, motor and driveline, putting a healthy 70hp at the rider’s disposal — via Bike EXIF
We [Guilhem Eustache] used local materials and techniques like clay, tadelack, Pierre de Ourika. We have preserved the wildness of the land although we have planted more than 500 trees. We doubled the walls to help deal with the climate, creating room high-rise and sun protections. Each region and country deserves architectural answers, adapted in line with requirements climatic, cultural and economic conditions — via ArchDaily
Italian Moto Guzzi guru Filippo Barbacane has just finished a new custom, Black Jack
. Simple and understated in silver and black, it’s based on the 1000 SP — a somewhat ungainly tourer built between 1977 and 1985. Barbacane has transformed the machine with his usual painstaking attention to detail, creating a stylish, usable and fast bike — via Bike EXIF
Ensamble Studio is back for an encore performance with this bizarre cow-eaten concrete enclosure, finally finished and ready to be a real living space if you can stomach staying inside chewed-out architecture — via Dornob
Remember the beginnings remarkable rural rebuild from last year? It may be rather hard to forget: 4.5 million plane parts (or: 400,000 pounds of airplane) were transported by truck and helicopter, then turned into a unique desert dwelling — a feat finally completed last month.
First the plane was sliced into major sections, then moved by the best means possible to its destination — a hilltop location in Malibu surrounded by sparse rolling landscapes, perfect for wing-shaped roof forms.
Designed by David Hertz Architects, the new buildings (a main and guest residence pair) use the wings, stabilizers and more to enclose and shape spaces.– via Dornob
The LN scooter, which has now landed at selected dealers ahead of the full launch. There’s an LN 150 to follow later in the year. Both are twist and go
automatic scooters, mixing that with old school looks reminiscent of the original using plastic and metal — via Retro To Go
Houses, as a rule, have sharp edges. Some have the occasional curve (art deco properties in particular). But most don’t. The builders of this four-bedroom circular house in Inkberrow, Worcestershire don’t seem to have read the rule book.
It’s weird, it’s modern and it is very distinctive. Not cheap, but not as expensive as you might think either at £699.950. Find out more from Rightmove — via WowHaus
Duncan Kitchin is an amateur astronomer in Oregon. Like many of us, he has a telescope that’s kind of a pain lugging outside (my old ‘scope was the same size and shape as a water heater, leading to much hilarity as it sat in the living room). Duncan got tired of dragging it out when it was clear, then hauling back inside when the observing was done.
What’s a guy to do?
Well, if you’re an astronomer and a Doctor Who fan, the solution is obvious: pour a concrete pad, install the permanent mount for the ‘scope, and then make yourself a protective shell around the whole thing… shaped like the TARDIS! — via Bad Astronomy
This 4 bedroom 3.5-bathroom unique beach home [Fuse Architecture] is the product of the client’s desires to reflect the personal lifestyles of their family. This property is located on a highly popular surf spot in Santa Cruz, CA, which is perfect for this active, surfing family of six. The design is perfectly suited to fuse together the distinctiveness of a modern home with the active beach vibe that encompasses the family — via ArchDaily
It might be a little too stylised for some, but if you want a period house that really is ready to just walk into, this five-bedroomed art deco property in Bexleyheath, Kent could be for you… at a price.
Not the cheapest on the market at £950,000, but it was never going to be anything less. Find out more from Robinson Jackson — via WowHaus
DEEP BLUE Watches makes its Perpetuelle debut with an impressively spec’d dive watch, the new DEEP BLUE Depth Master 3000. The 3,000 meter (about 9,800 feet) depth rating is what caught my eye — very few brands offer watches with such a rating, and those that do are among the elite — think Rolex, Breitling, Bell & Ross, Girard-Perregaux, Hublot, and CX Swiss Military, among others — so this is a nice accomplishment for DEEP BLUE and puts them in very good company. Based on price points of its other models, I would guess the Depth Master 3000m dive watch will price near $1,000, which is remarkably affordable for such performance. As you can see for yourself, the watch looks great! Note, however, that it is a monster on the wrist; 49mm diameter 19.5mm thick — via Perpetuelle
Clavel Arquitectos were asked to refurbish an existing attic in the city. The main requirement from the client was to design a living space to display his personal collection of paintings. On the other side, the architect wanted to evoke the feelings of a suburban house and take them into the city — via ArchDaily
If the Yamaha SR400 is the easy-going, easily swayed favourite of café racer builders, the two-stroke RD400 is its delinquent half-brother. It was launched in 1976 as a slightly more refined version of the RD350 firecracker, but was still a quick, nervous bike to ride — via Bike EXIF
This 1930s public library in Breightmet, Bolton, Lancashire is an amazing building, very much of of its era and with modernism to the fore in its design. Love that central circular entrance — check out the last of our pictures to see it with the window above before the vandals got to it. Inside (thanks to images we’ve seen on the agent’s site), you’ve got those two wings coming off it, with period windows both on the side and on the ceiling — via WowHaus
Frank Gehry is not your average architect. He has a history of creating bold, innovative and often controversial buildings that stand out… such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, which transformed the town it was built in but had some Spaniards wanting to lynch him — via Big Ideas
Sweden’s Stellan Egeland is one of the world’s most innovative custom motorcycle builders. Like Belgian maestro Fred Krugger, Egeland is prepared to push the limits of styling and use as much modern technology as possible. His approach resulted in a podium finish at the 2009 European Championship Of Custom Bike Building — with the remarkable hub-steered Harrier — and his BMW HP2-based Slugger
is the follow-up — via Bike EXIF
In 1981, Ducati unveiled a gorgeous racing twin based on the successful Pantah. The TT2 used a Verlicchi-designed frame with a steel cantilever swing-arm, Marzocchi 35 mm forks and 18” magnesium wheels. The machine we’ve got here is even better: a thorough upgrade built for Spaniard Joan Antoni Fontquerni. He’s transformed his ’82 model into a lean, sinewy racer with heart-stopping looks — via Bike EXIF
Japan holds Harley’s Sportster range in higher regard than probably any other country in the world. The Sportster custom subculture is huge, and somewhere near the top of this very large tree is Hide Motorcycles (aka HIDEMO). This is the SP-26, the latest custom to roll out of the Kawasaki City workshop. And despite the completely new bodywork, it’s a relatively subtle update — via Bike EXIF
The Triton is the stereotypical café racer — especially when painted in the iconic silver and black colors. So it’s getting harder to find one that impresses. This lovely machine fits the bill, though. It hails from France, and is owned by photographer Vincent Michel — via Bike EXIF
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