How To Design A House

How to design a 1184 sq ft house for a retired Japanese couple..."A look falls out..." "A rest is taken on a comfortably warm veranda." Etc. 

Pix and more floor plans at designboom>http://tinyurl.com/cvorcyc

A Forest for a Moon Dazzler

Catching up --- Benjamin Garcia Saxe's "A Forest for a Moon Dazzler" (2010) built this house for his mother, based on a house she had built for herself "out of tree trunks, mosquito nets and tin" with a view of the moon. 

Pix and details at archdaily> http://tinyurl.com/3y4uzdj

Costa Rican Container House

Catching up --- Benjamin Garcia Saxe's lovely container house in Costa Rica. Can a shipping container house be lovely? Yes!

Details can be found at archdaily> http://tinyurl.com/3e8aeyv

Very Small Elegant Norwegian House

Low-cost, 258 sq.ft. "Casa Kolonihagen" by Tommie Wilhelmsen, Norway.

Details at goodhomedesign> http://tinyurl.com/ae2tzom

Mirrorized Alpine Capsule

Was Ross Lovegrove's mirrorized 2008 Alpine Capsule every built? 

Via dezeen survey of mirrored buildings>http://tinyurl.com/56we3f

Chic South African Tree House

Catching up -- 1999 Tree House in South Africa. 

Via inhabitat to> http://www.vdmma.com/tree-house.html

Dutch Black House With Anthracite Tiles

Viewed from rear garden, anthracite-tiled Dutch house is not as stark as from other views. File this under Black Houses on my Pinterest board.

For more pix & floorplans go to designboom>http://tinyurl.com/blghm2e