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Guy Bolton of Greasy Kulture magazine has just sent in this show-stopping Honda custom, which started life as a 1974 CL360. Builder Aaron Elliott bought it as a shitbox from his local classifieds for $100. He’s primarily a car guy, and has worked with Cole Foster at the world-renowned US custom shop Salinas Boys for over a decade. But he couldn’t resist this cheap two-wheeled project, which he thought might have potential — via Bike EXIF

Based on a block form some openings are carved to illuminate the interior space or in most cases tearing and piercing the building to its inner courtyard. The building, designed by Imago, is turned inside out: the exterior façades look opaque, dense, with just a few carves in the main points of the building like the stairs and the main entrance. The interior façades appear as a translucid and continuous glass curtain wall that embrace the internal patio shaded by proposed trees — via ArchDaily

Although most timepieces from the major Italian watch brand tend to be rather all-alike-style, the new Panerai Radiomir 3 Days Platino (PAM 373) manual-wind watch stands out from the crowd with its rather unusual dial layout.

As you can see on the photos, the new watch comes with its usual sandwich-style dial, but has the signature Arabic numerals replaced with baton-shaped hour markers: three singles at 3, 6, and 9 o’clock, and a doubled one at 12 o’clock — via World Watch Review

The design [Pichler & Traupmann Architekten] of the building playfully responds to the restrictions imposed by the building regulations as well as to the schedule of accommodation for the different floors, and develops an encasing figure that encloses all the activities of the bank in a continuous form. The continuity of the building envelope conveys a sense of identity to both staff and customers, while the building’s volumetric shaping ensures it a striking role in the appearance of the town. It is made of aluminium sandwich panels whose coloring might awaken associations with coins or the bank’s corporate identity. Narrow window openings at calculated positions in the façades respond to the need to screen people who work at computers from glare — via ArchDaily

It is always a pleasure to see a second-tier brand going the hard way and turning a simple (and common) complication into a unique feature of the watch. The new Hamilton Khaki SkyMaster UTC automatic watch is the latest example of such an approach — via World Watch Review

As one of the most widely recognized buildings in New York City, as well as the world, the Flatiron Building was/is an innovative architectural statement at the turn of the 20th Century. Completed in 1902 by Daniel Burnham, the Flatiron Building was a prime architectural design at the advent of steel skyscraper construction in the United States. Known for its triangular design at the intersection of 5th Ave. and Broadway, the Flatiron Buildings iconic presence has transformed an entire area of Manhattan into the Flatiron District — via ArchDaily