Cookie Cutter House Carport

Not your normal cookie-cutter house, in Guadalajara or anywhere else.

Txt & pix via design-milk> http://tinyurl.com/cozbvl8

Bedrooms in Bushwick Loft

Three free-standing bedrooms in a Bushwick loft.

Details via dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/d3sp9zt

Container Chic

Shipping Container Chic. In Chile.

Story & more pix @ designboom> http://tinyurl.com/bqylkex

Annual Swedish Ice Hotel

Annual Swedish ice hotel opens soon in Lapland with 16 suites decorated by winning artists, as yet unannounced. The suspense mounts. Newly designed hotel melts each spring.

Story & picture via artdaily> http://tinyurl.com/c2crqlp

Dumpster Housing for Poor and Elderly

Proposal to convert garbage dumpsters into housing for the poor and the elderly. Scary.

Story via designboom> http://tinyurl.com/bhkrpaf

Gotland Prize-Winner

Gotland prize-winner, with sheltered courtyard. 

Via remodelista, gorgeous interioirs> http://tinyurl.com/b7qtecq

Aussie Surfer-Mondrian

"Mondrian" house in Surfers Paradise, Australia. N.D

From tumblr > utilitarian-architecture>architectureofdoom

Early Japanese Neo-Modern

Early stages of Japanese Neo-Modernism produced houses like Blue Box House (1971) by Mayumi Miyawaki.

Via Artopia Favorite> http://midcenturymodernfreak.tumblr.com/

Architecture of Doom

Not for the faint of heart. Artopia recommends architectureofdoom.

http://architectureofdoom.tumblr.com/page/5

Living Dangerously

Living dangerously? No info. I like it nevertheless. Is luxury that which makes you feel like a teenager?

Credit: http://luxurylifestylesblog.tumblr.com/post/37154229654

Save the FBI Building!

FBI Hoover Building doomed? Fans of brutalism please protest!

Story via artdaily>http://tinyurl.com/b78wjtj
For brutalism check out Artopia favorite:http://tinyurl.com/a8jkq9y

House with Car Walls

Japanese house protected from parking lot...Adjacent houses in U.S. cities used to have "party walls." This house needed car and traffic protection. 

Txt & pix via designboom> http://tinyurl.com/ambfktz

Why Writers Need Cabins

What is the lure of the writer's cabin? 
Essay via NYT> http://tinyurl.com/avzzsqq

Writer's Pavilion

Daytime writer's pavilion attached to living quarters by covered walkway. I can dream can't I?

Txt and px via arquitectura-h> http://tinyurl.com/bhw9hkj

Glamorous Dutch Steel House

Steel Study House in The Netherlands.

Story & px via e-architect> http://tinyurl.com/cxrudya

Shipping Container Disaster Relief

Shipping containers to be used for NYC disaster relief.

Story via archdaily> http://tinyurl.com/aphcbpp

Sad Emergency Bed Cupboard

Emergency-housing bed cupboards designed by Dutch team for Salvation Army. Too Droog? Too sad?

Via huffingtonpost> http://tinyurl.com/ba5gp7j

Home and Weekend Shop

"Fika" (coffee break in Swedish) is a home and weekend shop on a 355 sq. ft. plot, in Japan.

More pix & txt via spoontamago> http://tinyurl.com/bfh4jed

Seven Eco-Resort Cabins

Seven cabins in a Portuguese eco-resort.

Via dezeen: http://tinyurl.com/bfen3ha

The Story of a Tree House

The cheerful and inspiring Hemloft Story....plus what is Sport Sleeping? For all who like huts and tree houses.

Via tumblr> http://thehemloft.com/

House Claims Entire Plot

Yard, garden, courtyard or window? House claims entire plot.

Via platformaarquitectura> http://tinyurl.com/a69bvtt

Fear-Of-Shelving Provoked!

Is this a delightful bibliophile's day dream or is it a nightmare? Is there a word for fear-of-shelves?

House for A Book-Lover

Shelf-Pod is a private study facility, located in Osaka prefecture, Japan. The client owns an extensive collection of books on the subject of Islamic history, so he requested that we create this building with the maximum capacity for its storage and exhibition. More at http://archdai.ly/R97akv

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

Mirrorized Studio

Nearly invisible, mirrorized studio. 

Txt & slide show via inhabitat: http://tinyurl.com/c9h9725

House on a Cliff in Chile

House on a cliff in Chile...with panoramic views.

Pix & txt via dezeen: http://tinyurl.com/bvfnmnw

Silo Or House?

Think round! Silo-like house in Japan on narrow plot. Every inch counts.

Txt & pix via designboom: http://tinyurl.com/dxddeua

House for Viewing Fireworks

"Observatory House" designed for views of frequent fireworks on a nearby bay...Japan, of course.

Via subtilitas.tumblr > architect's slide show:http://tinyurl.com/cf9n6fd

Hobby House

Japanese concrete house with "hobby room" for music jams. 

Txt & pix via dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/brxo3gc

Building On A Trapazoid

How to fit a house on a trapezoid. Lived-in interiors, rather than the usual bare ones, are worth looking at. 

Pix & plans via designboom> http://tinyurl.com/c345spg