Design

For this project Terry & Terry Architecture maintained certain portions of this original Victorian layout, including the compartmentalized front rooms and the wide hallway that contains the stairs and bathrooms and leads to the kitchen. As one moves to the rear of the house, traces of the original Victorian house dissolve — via ArchDaily

The work on this Panerai Luminor Submersible 1,000 meter diver (PAM 187) is done by Black-Out Concept, which was founded in 2007 by Fabrice Letellier, a man with a passion for all things black, or so it seems — via Perpetuelle.com Watch Blog

The young German watchmaker Dievas has just presented its new tactical Dievas Vortex Professional automatic diving watch.

Established only in 2006, the German brand has almost immediately got popular among watch collector looking for an original-looking, high-quality and reliable watch — via World Watch Review

Completed in 1934, the Willey House by Frank Lloyd Wright is often described as the fusion of his two greater known styles, the Prairie School and the Usonian style. From it’s exterior it possess many of the same visual qualities of his older designs, but also other implications of his newer and developing style — via ArchDaily

The new Altanus Master Classic Gran Data automatic watch offers you everything that you can expect from a dressy timepiece: style, understated elegance, and a reliable Swiss made movement — via World Watch Review

I’ve often thought that the appeal of racing motorcycles is in their sculptural qualities. And despite the charmless name, there are few things more elegant than a ‘dustbin’ fairing from the 1950s. This one is an exceptionally beautiful example, and a testament to the metalworker’s skill. It was created for a 1955 Ducati 125 Grand Prix prototype, a machine based on the 100cc Gran Sport designed by Fabio Taglioni. Nestling in the frame is a single-cylinder DOHC ‘Bialbero’ engine: in Grand Prix trim, it produced a 16hp at a heady 10,500rpm — Bike EXIF

Scott Devon sure shook up the high-end watch world when people got word of the Tread 1. Divorced from all the “tradition” in Switzerland, this California made watch relies instead on suppliers to outfit the aerospace industry. The basic theme of this electro-mechanical timepiece is that time is told on belts (the treads) and read through windows placed over segments of those belts — via A Blog to Read

House DE [davidclovers] is an infill townhouse, spectacularly sited on a hillside above Clearwater Bay, Hong Kong. Combining two existing units into one, the design uses the volumes of three staircases to blend, burrow and interlock spaces vertically across four floors. Each interaction is materially monolithic, using stone, wood and a series of delicate aluminum fins. Defined by these fins, the texture and form of the lantern-volume subtly changes shape and depth, casting shadow and emitting light in different ways throughout the house — via ArchDaily

Matt at Machine is one of Australia’s top custom motorcycle builders. So when a new bike rolls out of his workshop in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, it’s an event. For his latest bike, Matt wanted a reliable, fast Italian cafe racer suitable for long, mid- to high-speed freeway runs. So what better platform to start with than the original Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans? It’s one of the most iconic motorcycles from the 70s: fast, stylish and oozing with character — via Bike EXIF

herbertarchitekten were asked to design the new headquarters of Europe’s biggest lighting online store. The challenge was to transform a former school building, constructed in the 1960s, into a representative office building — via ArchDaily

The £5,500 QTvan is the world’s smallest caravan and is so named because it caters to three peculiarly British obsessions: queuing, tea and caravans.

As well as a 19” television on which to watch the ceremony highlights, and a drinks cabinet with which to toast the happy couple, the tiny caravan boasts tea-making facilities – essential for a royal day out.

If any extra provisions are needed, the caravan is so compact it can be towed inside a supermarket — via ETA

The existing structure was a 30 year old typical Bangalore house with thick load bearing walls. Most of the outer walls were very close to the plot boundary cutting out a large amount of light. The neighbor’s house too was hugging the boundary wall in certain areas which cut off even more light.

The requirement [Kamat and Rozario Architecture] was to de-clutter the existing house and add more spaces, to meet the needs of the family. Our challenge was to rid the house of its dark, dingy corners and simultaneously make it ‘vastu compliant’. We decided that instead competing with the vastu prerequisite, it would be more productive to convert it to an asset — via ArchDaily

The architecture [Pushak] of this new crematorium seeks to meet both the functional and emotional needs of cremations. This involves creating spaces with dignity for relatives who choose to follow the deceased until the cremation. It also means creating spaces of dignity for the staff that confirms the importance of their work. The crematorium has a relatively high degree of transparency and visibility, to create a good workspace and to make the crematorium a reference for the people in the region — via ArchDaily

A major issue for contemporary architectural practice is the use of existing buildings. Addressing this requires a specific approach to the design process [Williams Boag Architects] that optimises the balance between new and existing, realising a contemporary result that adds to human experience within the project and more broadly in urban terms — via ArchDaily

Bangkok-based Supermachine Studio designed the Ubon House in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand — via CONTEMPORIST

Electric isn’t the only alternative to traditional petrol-powered bikes. There are a few diesel motorcycles around, and one of my favorites is the Sommer 462. This one is owned by Lars-Hendrik Schneider, a German living near Salzburg in Austria. Since last summer, he’s been riding a Sommer Diesel Scrambler, which he’s had customized by the factory. And although the factory is mostly a one-man operation based in Eppstein, Germany, Jochen Sommer has put more than 200 diesel motorcycles on European roads so far — via Bike EXIF

Meng-House, a project [seBright] of reconstruction for a private house, is located in the east of an association row of villa community in Jinan, Shandong Province, where there are mountain peaks which may form a good landscape angle of view. The original construction was the new house which was handed over. This community is the typical nature commodity housing which constructs along with the Chinese commodity housing development universal imitation western-style architectural style’s unrest. Based on the above situation, architect has made the pointed reconstruction design to the original construction and the landscape to satisfy owner’s physical demands and the present conditions — via ArchDaily