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“I was the kid on the school run who spent the whole time looking out the window identifying every car - and I mean every car. It’s lucky really that my mum is into cars too, and somewhere along the line the Ford Explorer she had when I was younger ended up wrapped in bright orange stickers.”

Huckleberry Mountain (Huckleberry Mountain) is a photographer and videographer based out of the Cotswolds – but one look at his Instagram and you’d be forgiven for thinking he lives in decidedly more exotic surroundings.

His big break into the car world came when he was asked to join in filming the London to Tokyo Gumball 3000 Rally; “I cancelled all of my plans to make that happen, this was ironically my first job in the car industry, the rally I obsessed over as a kid!”

A few years later he found his own dream machine, a 1978 911 SC sitting on an eBay listing. “When I first went to see the car I was trying to play it cool, as you do,” he explains, “but as soon as I took it out for a test drive that all went out the window. The sound of the flat 6, shifting through the gears of that characteristic 915 gearbox and feeling every dip, crack, stone on the road…I wanted this car in my life.”

Initially interested in a Cayman GT4, Huck explains he became enthralled with the Californian car scene, specifically aircooled Porsche meets; “there was a sense of community and expression I hadn’t really encountered before in the industry, no sense of right or wrong, just a group of likeminded people of all ages getting together and appreciating each-others cars.”

On making the 911 SC his own, Huck explains; “the way the car drives was always the priority. hence starting on the engine with PMO carbs, 964 cams, lightweight clutch and a custom exhaust system.” Along with replacing the standard shifter with a wooden gear k**b made out of skateboards (a nod to his videographic origins), the most striking alteration is the RSR wing. “I knew I wanted the back end to have more presence, and the wing was the best way I’d found to add some. Pretty soon my least favourite angle of the car became my favourite!”

Photos by Alex Pay and Jake Boreham for Type 7
Words by Callum Davis for Type 7

If we could meditate on a office rooftop, we’d probably be calmer between work 🧘⁠
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Take this meditation hall, inspired by a traditional Thai temple (vihara) and religious tower (chedi).⁠
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The architects at M Space built it on a rooftop garden in Thailand, facing a large nearby Buddhist temple called the Great Stupa of Wat Dhammamongkol.⁠
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Its design reimagines a vihara’s typical elongated roof and a chedi’s stepped pyramid shape.⁠
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The shape of the lotus flower, a defining symbol in Buddhism, comes into view past the entrance. ⁠
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Inside, warm teak wood, pale gray steel, and slabs of glass define the structure. Through the enveloping glass boxes, the light within changes depending on the weather outside.⁠
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When the sun rises on the east side and hits the glass directly, the coating deflects the heat and keeps the interior cool. ⁠
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On the west side, the nearby office buildings block the sunlight and provide natural shade. ⁠
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There are also lower glass walls on both sides that can be fully opened for ventilation.⁠
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The entire hall rests on ceramic tiles, surrounded by a shallow pool of water and a garden. Looking at it already resets your nervous system between work.⁠
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Photos by 92🗝 M Space Photo: Ketsiree Wongwan DOF Sky|Ground
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Nothing wakes up a sleepy Munich street like Marks & Cars coming to town. If you happened to be in the city and you weren’t at yesterday’s meet hosted by Marks Feinkost and our friends at Classic Driver, we’re sorry to have to tell you that you missed something pretty special.

Alongside a number of local cars, Porsche Museum showed up with an incredibly rare 356 Carrera Abarth GTL, as well as a 993 police car and a 918 Spyder. Swipe to explore the scenes at Munich’s best cafe get-together.

Photos by Lorenzo Kikisch for Type 7

In a townhouse garden in North West London, architecture studio De Matos Ryan put up a triangular treehouse partly lifted off the ground 🌲⁠
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They built it, but it’s the client’s kids who co-designed it, inspired by their favorite cartoon show, Danger Mouse. ⁠
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The main character has a sidekick named Ernest Penfold, and that’s who the kids named the treehouse after, because for them, the structure is his “hideout.”⁠
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Since there’s no tree on-site, the architects had to build the structure into the concrete garden instead. ⁠
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The timber exterior is a literal representation of the tree, and thin steel cables across the surface allow plants to grow around the treehouse. As the architects say, that creates the sense of a tree that was never there.⁠
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To enter, kids crawl from below. Inside, the space feels like a hollowed tree trunk, a spaceship, or a castle turret.⁠
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There’s a lookout level accessible via the rope ladder and a hatch that flips open to reveal a secret upper nook. Tube lights illuminate the space, and triangular windows, a downsized version of the structure, let air and natural light in.⁠
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Penfold has a bittersweet catch: if the owners sell the house, they’ll have to disassemble and remove the treehouse. At least they can take it with them and rebuild it, hopefully near trees by then.⁠
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Photos by ©Hufton+Crow
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“I think we spent the first two days just staring at it” 😍

Days earlier, Mike Sapena (dauer962lm_gt) had been barely aware of this car’s existence. Now it was sitting on his driveway, committing him to years of restoration work ahead. Sometimes a project car is so special that you don’t really get to decide when it’s going to enter your life, you just have to be ready to figure it out when it does.

“After a few days, it became apparent that the car needed complete restoration. I called in a buddy to help strip it down. Neither of us had ever worked on a 935 before, and we certainly didn’t know all of its detailed components, but we decided to take it apart and carefully organise every piece.

Once reduced to a bare chassis, I began my internet research. I came across a company called Gunnar Racing in Florida. They had just completed a restoration on the Interscope 935 K3 and had published an abundance of before-and-after photographs. I was astounded by the quality of their work and immediately realised this was not a project I could complete myself.

I called the owner, Kevin Jeannette, and I told him about my 935. He asked me which one, because he knew them all. He said ‘Oh, that’s Fitz’s car! Chassis 11, I raced against it for many years.’ - he even offered to buy it, which I politely declined.

After a lengthy discussion, I asked him to take care of the bodywork, paint, brakes, and suspension. I was going to handle the engine and transmission. The entire project took approximately 3 years.

Originally we had planned to refinish the car in its Sachs livery, as it had run in its IMSA days. One day, I received a phone call from Kevin. He’d received a CD of photos from a photographer in Germany who shot it in its original Jäegermeister livery, when it was a Kremer team car. After several discussions, we agreed it should return to its original orange.

I’ve owned it 22 years now, and I can honestly say when I open the garage, I still get the same excitement I felt when I saw it for the first time.”

Photos by Jonathan Harper for Type 7
Words by Alfie Munkenbeck for Type 7

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Not a spaceship or a space tower, but infrastructure that distributes water to residents 🚀⁠
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In the southern part of Rome, the Centro Idrico di Vigna Murata still works as a water tower, even as it doubles as an architectural landmark.⁠
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The steel tower rises to around 120 meters, which puts it among the five tallest structures in Rome. Near the top, at roughly 100 meters up, it carries two ring-shaped tanks, one above the other.⁠
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Built in corten and stainless steel, the tanks are held aloft on a tower, and as gravity keeps the water pressure steady across the zone, whatever the ground does below doesn’t affect it.⁠
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There’s another catch: the tower is also a giant sundial. Ninety-six vertical steel panels wrap around it, separated by gaps between them. As the sun moves across the sky during the day, it casts a shadow that slowly travels around the curved surface of the tower. ⁠
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Each panel represents exactly 15 minutes of the day, and with 96 panels in total, the shadow completes one full journey around the tower every 24 hours, telling the time as it moves.⁠
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It was designed by Francesco Palpacelli for the city’s water utility ACEA and completed construction in 1989. Reports say there was a proposal for the tower to anchor a water science park to teach visitors about the process of water distribution, alongside the construction of a panoramic café on the upper ring and a viewing terrace on the lower tank.⁠
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None of these plans was ever realized. The water tower was briefly opened to the public in 2019 before the authorities closed it off again.⁠
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The tower still stands within the Giuliano-Dalmata district in southern Rome. From afar, passersby can marvel at the spaceship-looking tower, perhaps entertaining the thought that it may be a rocket after all.⁠
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Photos by Roberto Conte / Gaux, Elena Becchetti, Leonardo Morosini, and Francesco Manzo via Wikimedia Commons⁠
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“At first I didn’t believe it was a genuine, factory-built 935. There are many replicas, so I brushed it off and didn’t pursue it. Two weeks later, my friend called and asked whether I’d gone to see it. He insisted it was genuine, and told me I might even recognise it. That finally convinced me to make the trip.”⁠
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It’s mind blowing that “barn finds” like this even exist. The idea that there are legendary race cars sitting abandoned somewhere in storage just waiting for someone to wipe away the dust seems hard to believe, which is why Mike Sapena (dauer962lm_gt) almost never bothered to investigate what turned out to be a genuine Kremer 935 K3 sitting just an hour’s drive from his home.⁠
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“When I arrived, I was immediately warned that the car was in terrible condition. I was told that if I wanted a major project, it would be perfect - but if I expected a running car that needed minor repairs, this definitely wouldn’t be for me.⁠
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We went into this large, abandoned warehouse. As the lights slowly flickered on, I could see the dim silhouette of a Porsche 935 at the far end. I have to admit, I was getting excited. I still didn’t know whether it was genuine but even from a distance, the car looked incredibly cool.⁠
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As we approached, the full extent of its condition became apparent. The car was badly disassembled and in serious disrepair. The gentleman taking care of it pointed toward a pile of boxes and said, “the engine is in there.” Pieces of bodywork were stuffed inside the cockpit, all four tires were flat, and practically every section of the body appeared to be hanging on by a thread.⁠
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I began inspecting. Almost immediately I started recognising the special details Porsche put into these cars to reduce weight. After examining the chassis and serial number closely, I could confirm that it was, in fact, a genuine 935. Even more remarkably, it was a Kremer K3. At that moment, I knew without question that I was going to buy it.”⁠
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Photos by Jonathan Harper for Type 7⁠
Words by Alfie Munkenbeck for Type 7⁠
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You’d think it’s AI generated, but this spellbinding bookstore exists in China 🌀⁠
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It’s the work of studio Li Xiang | X+LIVING for the bookshop chain Zhongshuge in Shenzhen, turning the retail space into an artsy library with a twisted bookshelf in the middle of it all.⁠
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The bookshelf curves like a spiral staircase laid on its side, and when viewed from the front, it has the face of a clock’s cog wheel, with handrails shaped like watch hands.⁠
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The polished black floor and mirrored ceiling reflect the giant clock-like installation all over the space, producing endless twisting tunnels within it.⁠
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Bright white lights glow from inside the shelves, illuminating the onyx-shaded display tables that form river-like curves through the winding shelves, a nod to the phrase “time passing like water.”⁠
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In another room, a forum area appears on one side with books that interpret what a ladder of wisdom could look like, framed by “floating” tables that give it a temple feel.⁠
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Kids can enjoy the theme-park-inspired nook with structures shaped like a Ferris wheel, a fairytale castle, and a carousel-shaped reading table.⁠
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Studio X+Living has worked on several Zhongshuge bookstore spaces across China, and for this branch, architect Li Xiang says she was inspired by the Anish Kapoor installation “Memory,” which she encountered in Germany back in 2008.⁠
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Photos by SFAP
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