Sauna-In-A-Box

Ironic gift idea --- 41k portable sauna, solar-powered. Judge not; want not.

Txt + pix via remodelista> http://tinyurl.com/cuhceyd

Phoenix Wright House Saved

Our favorite picture of the day: Frank Lloyd House in Phoenix saved!

NYT> http://tinyurl.com/cceree6

Oldest Wooden Architecture

Pegged at last? The world's oldest wooden architecture --- a well-lining.

Story and pix via hyperallergic> http://tinyurl.com/ce43nzp

Nomadic House

Nomad House for artists in residence, Utrecht and other sites.

Via kortekniesthulmacher> http://tinyurl.com/cdektnk

Each Spa Cabin a Camera

A spa/hotel in Norway where every cabin is like being inside a camera looking out at nature....

Txt & pix via remodelista> http://tinyurl.com/bvss7us

One Wing Soars in Portugal

Large house in Portugal with two wings. Only the irregular wing, pictured here, soars...

Via archdaily> http://tinyurl.com/ct2f27w

Neo-Modern Clutter

 New Japanese house titled "What Categorizes the City and Me." Site uncharacteristically shows lived-in clutter!

Text & pix @ designboom> http://tinyurl.com/bpxlnd6

Rectangle of Light

Rectangle of Light House, Japan....

From tumblr> subtilitas> http://tinyurl.com/c8b886e

Swiss Cube House

Swiss cube house has two sections removed. Does this remind you of a certain minimalist artist?

Story & pix @ design-milk> http://tinyurl.com/d5hfdv5
More cubes> http://pinterest.com/johnperreault1/cubes/

Korean Container Art School

Although we favor residential architecture -- from houses to huts --- we also like buildings of all kinds made from shipping containers. So here's an art school in Korea. 

Story, pix, etc. via designboom> http://tinyurl.com/bloyphx

Viewing Tower Without Foundation

In The Netherlands new viewing tower purposely has no foundation.

Story & pix @ inhabitat> http://tinyurl.com/btargkz

Cubes in Austria

In Austria, single-cast concrete-shells of main house and guest house. Minimal structures = minimal impact on landscape.
Text, plans, pix via dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/chsah87

Vertical Corbu

Vertical integration of new Japanese house. Corbusier's domino system on its side? See interior.

Txt & pix via designboom> http://tinyurl.com/cyvvvg9

Eames Case Study House #4

Eames! Case Study House #4. 

Story & pix via inhabitat> http://tinyurl.com/c396lfy

Pine and White Neo-Modern

Japanese Neo-Modern --- Pine and white. 

Txt & pix via dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/czus94u 

Only the Brave

Swedish guest retreat features cabin for one -- no insulation, tar paper roof with moss. Survivalist chic?

Story and pix @ remodelista> http://tinyurl.com/cdp6l4z

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