Design

A-cero presents you with a reform project of a house on the outskirts of Madrid. The project is intended to respond to customer needs in terms of distribution, placement and surfaces. Housing is developed on 3 levels, willing to 3 different levels. It has sought the perfect functioning of housing in relation to the needs of the property to adapt to an average gradient field and turning the main rooms of the communal areas of the development, looking for a better use of the views and use of free plot surface — via ArchDaily

Ancient architecture speaks volumes for itself, rarely needing a heavy-handed designer to layer much onto the original. This refurbishment recognizes the fact that visitors wanting to stay in such a space wish to experience a sense of history.

Spanish architect Anna Noguera split this residence in Catalan’s medieval quarter into two rather luxurious, though respectively minimalist, apartments available for rent. The material palette for interior elements was limited to steel, concrete and wood
— via Dornob

The architectural project of this photography studio, specialized in food photos, emerged from an internal competition held at StudioMK27. The team was divided into 3 groups that worked on the development of different ideas for one day. From these first rough sketches a new project, which, in part, was a synthesis of all these sketches and, in part, an entirely new project, was elaborated — via ArchDaily

1948 Timbs Special by Norman E Timbs and restored by Dave Crouse for the 2010 Concours d’Elegance — via TheCoolist

During the first visit by the client to the architect [Van der Jeugd Architecten], they proved very taken with the in situ-cast concrete work office of the architect. This led us to design a concrete dwelling: spatially strong, with an aesthetic minimalism put through to the last detail. Strategically rainwater drains, piping and electrical wiring were eliminated from sight, resulting in an almost Spartan and graphical appearance — via ArchDaily

Durable and sustainable design [Marianne Borge] is the starting point for Woody35 – a very space efficient cabin of 35m2 in maintenance-free wood materials — via ArchDaily

Clay Rathburn of Atom Bomb Customs is an old-school craftsman, and the creator of one of my all-time favorite bikes, Doctor Who. When Clay builds a bike, very little work is farmed out—an admirable approach in this age of off-the-shelf parts. This lovely 1966 Triumph Bonneville T120 is Clay’s latest creation, and it reveals its charms slowly, eschewing glitz for a subtle, timeless style — via Bike EXIF

The triangular zone of intervention on the site releases itself naturally from the existing constraints. The result is a concrete piece of cake, a simple 22m high extrusion of that original triangular shape.

The building [Stephane Maupin / Nicolas Hugon] regroups workshops dedicated to the maintenance of the Parisian subway transportation system that were previously dispersed in different places. Employees gathers to the building and get prepared before being routed towards damaged rails tracks sites — via ArchDaily

Initially planned [NRJA] as a holiday house, at the end of the design process – socially active family’s living house complex at the River Venta near Kuldiga — via ArchDaily

John Maniscalco Architecture have designed the Sugar Bowl residence in Norden, California — via CONTEMPORIST

This single family home [Onion Flats] in the hills of Oakland, CA, overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge and all of San Francisco, is designed to merge comfortably into it’s difficult and steeply sloped site. It is also meant to provide a tranquil yet inspiring setting for a young couple, their two children and their aging in-laws. The physical site offered the project its greatest challenge and direction. It’s 17% slope coupled with height restrictions and adjacencies to neighboring homes required that the building be bunkered into the landscape. This became the source of the project’s programmatic, spatial and architectural strategy, which is centered around the entry or knuckle of the building — via ArchDaily

If Yamaha’s SR series is the mainstay of affordable customization in the Western world, then Honda’s GL series is the Indonesian equivalent. This unusual bobber comes from DariztDesign, described by principal Agus Darizt as just a little shed—a home garage in Jogja (Yogjakarta), a city on the island of Java. Agus and his brother Faiz design, fabricate and paint their bikes in-house, and the green GL100 was the second bike they built. Indonesia has only a limited bike selection, Agus says, so I try to create something else, something different. Indeed: check the custom tube frame and that radical suspension. Agus and Faiz have now built seven bikes in a wide range of styles—including a very tasty Kawasaki KZ200—so check them out on the DariztDesign web site — via Bike EXIF

Inspired by World War II fighter planes, our chair’s aerodynamic curves are hugged in aluminum accented with exposed steel screws, the seat swathed in leather with the softness of a vintage bomber jacket. A low seat and raked back give it true flyboy swagger — via Restoration Hardware

The Cement Factory was discovered in 1973, it was an abandoned cement factory and partially in ruins, comprised of over 30 silos, underground galleries and huge engine rooms; Ricardo Bofill bought it and began renovation works. He identified the program; The Cement Factory was to be used as architectural offices, archives, a model laboratory, and exhibition space, an apartment for him, as well as guest rooms and gardens. He defined the space by demolishing certain structures, cleaning cement, exposing previously concealed structures and creating the landscape architecture by planting various plants such as eucalyptus, palms, olive trees and cypresses; renovation works lasted nearly two years — via Yatzer

Perhaps the most famous racing Ducati of all time is the 750 that took Englishman Paul Smart to victory in the 1972 Imola 200 race. And with a machine as iconic as that, you’re going to get people wanting to copy it. One such man is German Hajo Barth, and to make life easier, the starting point was his SportClassic Paul Smart 1000. Ducati already did a pretty good job in emulating the original Paul Smart bike, but Barth wanted something even closer—not only in looks, but also performance. So he took his bike to the dealer Ducati Rhein-Sieg in Waldbröl, and they set to work — via Biek EXIF

The 4-valve Guzzi motor has to be one of the most imposing powerplants of all time. And Jasper Mulder, a marine contractor currently working in Nigeria, was so smitten he chose his 1993 Moto Guzzi Daytona on the strength of that motor alone — via Bike EXIF