Distinguished Goods For The Savvy Individual
Nested into a cliffside in Zihuatanejo bay, Casa Acantilado offers a dramatic addition to Mexico’s coastal landscape. The home’s concrete facade emerges from the rock face as if chiseled into the existing terrain. Its palapa roof mimics the native vegetation, further integrating the dwelling into the scenery, while wood details […]
Before Bugatti retires the venerable W16 powerplant, the company is sending it off in style with a limited production run of coachbuilt cars. The Mistral, an open-top roadster named for a winter wind that blows through Mediterannean France, is powered by the top-level 1,600 horsepower version of the quad-turbo W16. […]
Built in 1954, the Goetschel House is the first single-family residence designed by architectural icon Ray Kappe. The three-bedroom home sits on Mesa Lila Road and is tucked into a hillside with live oak trees. Its exterior features a contrasting facade of raw block and horizontal redwood planks, while the […]
Highland Systems has a history of creating notable defense vehicles, from an APV to a superyacht. Most look like pipe dreams, yet most have at least had a prototype built. This leads us to the Kronos armored submarine. Nearly 30 feet long and inspired by a ray, it can seat […]
Located on the shore of the Hood Canal, the Surly Crab Beach House offsets its rugged scenery with a sleek, modern form. The contemporary dwelling features a boxy form made of concrete, steel, and glass. It’s divided into three volumes, with the main living area situated closest to the beach, […]
Can-Am has announced it’s joining the electric market with a pair of motorcycles — and a Sea-Doo hydrofoil board. Can-Am didn’t offer many details about the pair of bikes, outside of a boxy design and two models. The Origin is intended as a dual-sport, street/trail machine, while the Pulse is […]
Architect Sou Fujimoto takes an organic approach to his Not A Hotel concept. The modern holiday home lives harmoniously with the landscape on Ishigaki with a planted roof. Its lush green is covering blends the circular concrete volume into the coast, allowing the structure to go nearly undetected, while a […]
Only 64 road-going examples of what is arguably the greatest car ever built — the McLaren F1 — were made. Designer Gordon Murray poured everything the team at McLaren had learned over decades in F1 to build the car, and it did not disappoint — and has only gotten better […]
The saying goes, “two minds are better than one.” The same applies to architects. For the Analog House, Olson Kundig principal Tom Kundig collaborated with the homeowner, who happens to be the founder of Faulkner Architects, to create an industrial oasis in the middle of the Truckee forest. The home […]
Classic Ferraris are by definition rare — but few can claim the one-of-one status of this 1954 375 America. 10 cars started life as the 250 Europa, with two being converted by Ferrari to the 375 America specification, with this car being the only Vignale-bodied cabriolet. The car retains its […]