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MÉTODO designed La Peña Extension in Valle de Bravo, Mexico — via ArchDaily

DT Estúdio designed Ibiuna House MP in Brazil — via ArchDaily

The Panerai Submersible Bronzo (Ref. PAM00968) is a whopping 47mm Submersible diver, perhaps the most in-your-face bronze model yet from Panerai’s Laboratorio di Idee. It’s made of a honkin’ 161 grams of bronze, and you’ll find a sandblasted ceramic bezel insert on a bronze bezel. This watch is all bronze everything — via HODINKEE

RVArchitecture designed Barnhouse Werkhoven in Werkhoven, The Netherlands — via ArchDaily

Shinya Kimura of Chabott Engineering in Azusa, California, has a soft spot for the Yamaha SR400 and SR500. Crystal Trophy mates the engine from a 1978 SR500 with componentry from a 2018 SR400 — via Iron & Air

Built in 1984 this four bedroom, three bath stunner in Portland, Oregon is on the market for the first time in 30 years, the home was designed by Portland-based architect Robert Harvey Oshatz — via Curbed

Architecture Saville Isaacs has recently completed a new beach house located on Avoca Beach in NSW — via CONTEMPORIST

Nathan Good Architects has designed a new contemporary house that’s nestled into a bluff above the scenic Deschutes River in Central Oregon — via CONTEMPORIST

Ben Callery Architects has completed the Elemental House, a modern single storey house that’s located an hour north of Melbourne, Victoria — via CONTEMPORIST

Originally built in 1950 by David Henken, this six bedroom, six bath home in Bronxville, New York, is an updated take on Usonian architecture. In Bronxville, this 510 square metre home on .65 acres stands out in a sea of historic Tudors, Victorias, and Colonials. The house sits on a hill, with views onto nature from every room. In 2012, prominent architect Markus Dochantschi, founder of studioMDA and the former head of Zaha Hadid Architects in New York, expanded and modernised the traditional Usonian design — via Curbed

Located in Holyoke, a riverside town in central Massachusetts, this five bedroom, two bath Queen Anne Victorian is packed with historic charm. Intricate stained glass adds to the beauty, as does the home’s finely crafted woodwork used throughout. 1093 Dwight Street is on the market now for $314,900 — via Curbed

Joshua Mulders Architects designed Hunters Hill House in Sydney, NSW — via ArchDaily

This Geoffrey Prentiss to take advantage of the water views — via Curbed

The unique floorplan of this home in Burtchville Township on the shores of Lake Huron in Michigan was designed by architect William Kessler — a disciple of Walter Gropius and the Bauhaus School — in 1976 with four triangular volumes joined like a sharp-angled hourglass and bisected by a hallway. With 490 square metres, the glass-box home boasts views of Lake Huron, colour-block cabinets, and plenty of floor-to-ceiling windows. A lower floor features a downright groovy red-shag conversation pit with fireplace. Located at 7738 Lakeshore Road, the home has been on and off the market since 2016 and is now asking $1,549,000 — via Curbed

Rodrigo Simão Arquitetura designed House in Samambaia in Petrópolis, Brazil — via ArchDaily

The last place you’d expect to find a Brough Superior SS100 is in the heartland of Russia, over 4,000km from the Nottingham factory where it was built. But that’s where this stunning example lives: in the Motorworld by V Sheyanov museum in the former closed city of Samara — via Bike EXIF

Atelier tao+c designed U-shape room in Shanghai, China — via ArchDaily

Two Feathers designed Featherston Studio in Melbourne, Victoria — via ArchDaily

This Frank Lapasso-designed art deco apartment in Chicago, Illinois has just gone up for sale. The block in Chicago’s Old Town, which is known as Theophil Studios, dates back to the 19th century. But in 1940, Frank Lapasso got hold of it and gave it the art deco/moderne makeover you see today. But the exterior isn’t the only selling point. The interior was reworked and maintains those good looks too. In fact, that’s the biggest surprise of all. Yes, it has been updated here and there, but it looks like much of the 1940 refit is still in place in this apartment — via WowHaus

Built in 1895 by local lumberman Miles McNair for his family, this 382 square metre, five bedroom, four bath home in Brodhead, Wisconsin features Victorian appeal with many original amenities — via Curbed

Gian Salis Architect designed House on a Slope in Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany–via ArchDaily

Solange Cálio Arquitetos designed Bourgainvile 2 House in Vila Imperial, Brazil — via ArchDaily

Jorge Marsino Prado designed Asia House, in Asia, Peru — via ArchDaily

Palm Springs, California, has plenty of jaw-dropping real estate, and the latest to catch our eye is this six bedroom, six bath stunner on 2.5 acres. It’s the home of Linda Johnson Rice, a renowned businesswoman who is CEO of the Johnson Publishing Company and an independent director at Tesla — via Curbed

Bobby Haas, of the Haas Moto Museum in Dallas, has built up a collection of 130-plus extraordinary motorcycles, and occasionally commissions them too. Craig Rodsmith is one of his protégés, and his incredible front wheel drive motorcycle is the latest resident of the hallowed halls — via Bike EXIF

New York City’s John F Kennedy International Airport has a new addition that’s a blast from the past. The airport recently introduced its first on-airport hotel that pays homage to the former Trans World Airlines (TWA). Once one of the country’s largest airlines, it began operations in 1930 and shuttered its doors in 2001; the Flight Center at JFK closed that same year. The expansive space has since been repurposed into a luxury accommodation aptly called TWA Hotel.

The TWA Flight Center was designed by renowned architect Eero Saarinen and built in 1962 — just as air travel was becoming commonplace for the general public. It features sweeping lines and an airy openness that although vintage, still feels contemporary. Rather than fighting this style, present-day architecture firms Lubrano Ciavarra, INC Architecture & Design, Beyer Blinder Belle, and Stonehill Taylor highlight the mid-century modern look — via My Modern Met

Phorm architecture + design designed One Room Tower in West End, Queensland — via ArchDaily

Casey Brown Architecture designed Hart House in Great Mackerel Beach, NSW — via ArchDaily

The Ulysse Nardin Freak NeXt (ref. 2505-250/00) is a unique concept watch. The movement is a calibre UN-25X, self-winding with Grinder automatic winding system, 12 Hz flying oscillator and Ulysse Nardin Anchor escapement, with a 70-hour power reserve. The platinum and titanium case is 45mm x 14.1mm in size, has a 30 metre water resistance, with a white rubber-coated bezel with Super-LumiNova — via HODINKEE

Atelier Branco Arquitetura designed Library House in Brazil — via ArchDaily

The house dates from 1965 and is described by the agent as a modernist sanctuary, the work of renowned architect John Hipwell. The agent also adds, unsurprisingly, that this perfectly-preserved house has had just one owner since 1965. Which is perhaps why the house looks so incredibly authentic. The guide price is $800,000 — via WowHaus

Located in Armonk, New York, this three-bedroom, two-bath home was originally designed in 1954 by noted architect Roy Johnson with many mid century elements in mind. But Johnson created the home for a ship’s captain, using subtle nautical references combined with the nature-forward tenets of mid century design. Six Half Mile Road is on the market now for $890,000 — via Curbed

SAA arquitectura + territorio designed Muelle House in Pichicuy, Chile — via ArchDaily

More than a century ago, simple stone houses called blackhouses used to fill the Scottish and Irish countryside. Built with stone walls and floors and topped with a thatched gabled roof, the structures were primitive shelters for farm workers and animals.

Though the homes were exceedingly simple, they’ve proven to be stylistically influential hundreds of years down the line. A new house from Scotland-based firm Mary Arnold-Forster Architects is a modern take on the blackhouse, though it has little in common with its stony predecessor beyond its traditional form — via Curbed

Fuselage is a cabin in a box. Yes, you read that right. Like Ikea desks and direct-to-consumer sofas, this new flatpack vacation home from Tree Tents is shipped to you in a box and can be constructed upon arrival — via Curbed

Furman + Keil Architects designed the renovation and an addition to a house in Austin, Texas, that was originally a 1980’s suburban brick home — via CONTEMPORIST

Linda and Paul of November Customs are based in a small town in the north east of England and run the business out of a tiny wooden shed in their backyard that’s slightly smaller than a shipping container. This 1991 Kawasaki Zephyr 750 cafe racer is Linda’s personal ride—designed and built to suit her excellent taste — via Bike EXIF