“Oh you know, I live down at the old gas station.” Not exactly what you’d expect to hear from the average person you meet. But then again, Juerg Judin isn’t exactly an average person. And his home is definitely not the average home. This Berlin-dwelling Swiss took an old gas station—Shell, if you’re interested—and made himself a very comfortable, ultra cool, oh-so-trendy modest city home. And, no, it’s not for sale. (more…)

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The old saying, “Old scooters never die, they just recycle,” is more than a slogan on a bumper sticker now that Spanish design studio Bel & Bel is converting old Vespa scooters into one-of-a-kind office chairs. That’s right, the old one-cylinder, gasoline- powered smokestacks are being replaced on the road with new, highly efficient electric scooters, and the classic Italian models are stacking up in metal salvage yards like exploding Ford Pintos. (more…)

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They say things happen for a reason. I say, only if you let them.

Take this gigantic fallen pine tree, for example. When it fell several years ago, the owner of this Brentwood estate decided to simply let it be. And to his amazement, the tree continued to grow horizontally. Rather than tear it up by the roots, he honored its tough tree spirit by building an incredible tree house all around it.

The pine lies low in its LA digs, serving as a foundation of sorts underneath the multiuse office tree house by Rockefeller Partners Architects. The structure was designed with strategically placed, angled steel columns (like a bunch of wild trees growing right through the house), cedar and walnut woods, a lovely “butterfly” roof and a multitude of windows that allow nature inside. (more…)

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