Renovation Innovation with Screens

Beautiful Tokyo renovation done with translucent screens.
Renovation can be innovation. In Japan houses usually demolished after 30 years.

Txt, px, diagrams via archdaily> http://tinyurl.com/as2xex7

Using A Pentagon

How a pentagonal site facing west, light, the need for 
privacy, and local ordinances design a house named "Rosie." . 

Txt, pix. diagrams via designboom> http://tinyurl.com/aaflrbv

Beam House

Minimal house is really about the non-minimal beams inside.

Via sutilitas.tumblr> text & more pix>http://tinyurl.com/bgkny2k

Windows Facing South House

Skillfully placed windows, facing true south, heat in winter but not in summer. 

Via tumblr> text & more pix> http://tinyurl.com/b9gtdb4

Scum Village in Amsterdam

Right-wing architectural shocker --- Scum Village in Amsterdam. Shipping container prisons for "scum" families who offend their neighbors. 

Story via dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/a94y4gh

Another Black House!

Another black house!

Txt & pix via designboom> http://tinyurl.com/cnygqfw
114 black houses: http://tinyurl.com/aklwyst

Two Views of Water-Roofed House

Two views of Koji Tsutsui's short-listed Mill Valley house. 

The architect, via World Buildings Directory:http://tinyurl.com/chvwtu6
The photographer, via tracesform: http://tinyurl.com/br9gyk9