Poet Findlay's Goose Hut

"Goose Hut" by poet Ian Hamilton Findlay restored in Scotland. It's made of heather and wood.

Story and pix of garden via gardenista>http://tinyurl.com/amkyujd

Mouse House Gene?

Mouse house-building DNA discovered, says New York Times. We need to know if humans have a similar gene.

Story via NYT> http://tinyurl.com/ar6gsn5

ARTOPIATECTURE PREDICTS!

Residential Architecture predicts more family cluster-housing. Self-sustaining communities. Lock those gates! Pull up that drawbridge! On the other hand, ARTOPIATECTURE predicts pads, pods, cabins, retreats, and new mobile, prefab and floating homes. Small is the new luxurious. Temporary is the new eternal.

Residential Architecture> http://tinyurl.com/b4uldt7
Artopiatecture> http://pinterest.com/johnperreault1/retreats/

Ceiling Shots of NYC Mini-Rooms

ARTIOPIAPROBE: How do people actually live in mini-apartments? Menno Aden's "Room Portraits" snoop it out, from above. 


Menno Arden> http://mennoaden.com/room_portraits.html
Story at inhabitat> http://tinyurl.com/bjmm423

Printed Mobius House

Dutch, mobius "Landscape House" to be 3-d printed in strips... What next? Certainly a surfboard. Maybe a car.

More info via dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/bkv5763

Japanese Sliding Door House

Japanese sliding-door house at the edge of a sweet-potato field.

More pix at design-milk> http://tinyurl.com/aa36oty

Experimental Cold-Climate Japanese House

Japanese experimental, translucent, cold-climate house. Glowing wayfinder at night, cozy all the time (I hope). 

More pix at dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/ay87a2d