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Housed below an old barn in South of Tyrol, the Gfell is an underground hotel with surreal views. Designers at Network of Architecture took a less invasive approach and built down rather than up, placing guest rooms and a spa in the hillside to reduce the impact to the site […]
Porsche has introduced the latest Cayenne Turbo ahead of its official reveal at the 2021 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The top model in the Cayenne lineup, the fastback Turbo GT gets a 90 horsepower bump in power from last year’s model, with 631 horsepower available from its twin-turbo four-liter V8. […]
Built in 1994, Pierre Koenig’s Schwartz House is on the market for the very first time. The historic Santa Monica home was the Case Study architect’s final project to be completed during his lifetime and is a celebration of materials and nature. The steel-and-glass structure is suspended by four black […]
British company White Motorcycle Concepts is turning motorcycle design on its head with the WMC 250EV, built to set landspeed world records. Over 25 years, founder Rob White has cut his teeth working on cars for Formula One, Le Mans, and World Endurance Championship, and that experience shows in the […]
Formerly an old park cafe, the House by the Lake transforms the forgotten property forgotten into a modern family home. The lakefront site is occupied by mature oak and chestnut trees and an existing emperor terrace. Preserving its historic character, the dwelling is situated on 40 diagonal iron stilts that […]
The latest Fast and Furious installment finds Dom behind the wheel of his iconic Dodge Charger — this time with a mid-mount engine. Wisconsin-based SpeedKore has a reputation for some of the most outrageous Mopar builds you’ll see, and their latest creation is the an exact replica of Dom’s ride in F9. Named […]
Sound and touch can have a profound effect on our emotional well-being. The Opus SoundBed leverages this to help users think and feel their best. The platform uses a blend of targeted and full-body vibration paired with spatial sound to create experiences that are meant to heal, focus, and bring […]
In an unconventional approach, the From The Garden House started with the landscaping. The project began with a lush, green garden, forcing KWK Promes to design the home around the vegetation. As a result, the man-made oasis became the focal point of the dwelling. The monolithic gray structure wraps its […]
After introducing the Neptune Space Balloon last June, Space Perspective has begun taking reservations for its first flight. Starting in 2024, the pressurized capsule will take eight people on a luxury ride to the stratosphere. The six-hour journey launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with a slow climb to 100,000 […]
Between 1937 and 1939, Captain George Eyston and fellow Enghlishman John Cobb battled for the landspeed world record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Eyston breifly held the record at aver 350 MPH in the Thunderbolt, an aerodynamic powerhouse using two Rolls-Royce R V12 aero engines, designed specifically for air racing. Rolls-Royce is celebrating […]