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, […]
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CAN-AM ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES
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 […]
NOT A HOTEL ISHIGAKI
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 […]
1998 MCLAREN F1 COUPE
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 […]
ANALOG HOUSE
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 […]
1954 FERRARI 375 AMERICA VIGNALE CABRIOLET
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 […]
SUSPENSION HOUSE
Many homes use an abundance of glazing to connect with nature, but few do so with the same results as the Suspended House. The steel and glass structure is wedged between two wooded hillsides in California, floating above a running creek. Its masterful use of transparency removes all boundaries between […]
CARS / MODERN CARS
MEYERS MANX 2.0 BUGGY
The Meyers Manx debuted in 1964, and VW Beetle-based buggy immediately became a ’60s icon. Nearly 60 years later, the Manx is getting a total makeover as an EV with an all-new aluminum monocoque frame, freeing it from its Beetle origins. The Meyers Manx 2.0 uses a pair of electric […]
OCEAN BUILDERS SEAPOD
About 71% of the Earth’s surface is water. Ocean Builders aims to take advantage of that unused real estate with its SeaPod. The Panama-based company has designed a floating home that borrows from Icebergs for buoyancy. Each circular volume is mounted on 1,688 cubic feet of air-filled steel tubes, pushing […]
LOGAN PAVILION
CLB Architects Design Principal Eric Logan gives his family home in Wyoming a modern refresh. The dwelling was originally built in 1997, taking just four months to complete. Borrowing from the hay sheds that dot the regions, it adopts a gabled silhouette with an oversized roof that extends over a […]