Home of the Week: Casa Vallarta, Mexico

Architect Ezeguiel Farca’s inspiration for this garden oasis home in Puerto Vallarta came from the delicate, worn-wood-framed structures common on the Baja California coast. In place of wood, however, he’s used concrete, which stands up better to the ageing effects of the Mexican coast and adds a modern aesthetic punch.

The home is camouflaged into the landscape with green walls and rooftops, which insulate it from high heat. And it takes advantage of the tropical climate with some smart and simple integration of indoor and outdoor spaces, like the glass walls of the living and dinning room, which open up to fuse the space with the pool and terrace and fight humidity.

Plenty of room to do whatever it is one does with one’s spare time when one lives on the coast of Jalisco–this might include capitalizing on the fitness centre, home theatre, two jacuzzis or fire pit on the property.

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Gas or electric? The all-new eighth-generation 2027 BMW 3 Series comes both ways, and we just drove them in southern France.

BMW i3 50 xDrive: built on the Neue Klasse platform with gen-6 batteries and motors, 469 hp from a dual-motor setup, 0–100 km/h in 4.7 sec (BMW’s official figure), up to 400 kW ultra-fast charging, and an estimated 750 km of range on the NRCan test.
BMW M350 xDrive: a straight-six making 443 hp, a lighter 1,935 kg, and 0–100 km/h in 4.1 sec, with a lower, sportier driving position.

Both share the same design cues and cabin, and both keep the 3 Series’ signature rear-wheel-drive balance. It’s the biggest change in the model’s 51-year history, and it’s all still Freude am Fahren.

So which one are you picking? Tell us in the comments.
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We caught up with @jamesmcavoyrealdeal on making his directorial debut with @californiascheminfilm about the bizarre but true story of Silibil N’ Brains, two aspiring hip-hop artists from Dundee, Scotland, who, after being rejected by London record executives for their thick Scottish accents, reinvent themselves as Californians to land a lucrative contract.

McAvoy talks about hidden costs of creative survival, systemic cultural barriers and the delicate tightrope artists walk. 

Interview by @marriska.fernandes 

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The real luxury of a day off is somewhere good to go, and no rush getting there. We drove the 2027 Lincoln Navigator® Black Label® from Toronto to Elora the long way, stopping to recharge with @Lincolnca Rejuvenate, a multisensory experience combining massage, scents, sounds and soothing visuals to provide a few minutes of calm along the way.

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