Zero Yen House

Kyouhei Sakaguchi, The Zero Yen House. 

Story at Spoon-tamago> http://tinyurl.com/cm5luav
Exhibit at Watari-um Museum> http://tinyurl.com/cets89v

House with Transparent Skin

House with a translucent skin by Suppose Design. Privacy vs light does not apply. 

Txt & pix from designboom> http://tinyurl.com/coyco8z

Modern Pre-Fab Cabana

Modern Cabana, pre-fab and designed to skirt building codes...Looks good too. 


Details> http://sfosl.com/projects/modern-cabana

Eye-Level Pool in China

Steven Holl's house and private gallery in China inspired by music score found in Cage's "Notations." Note water at eye-level in pix.

Via artdaily> http://tinyurl.com/cpcr986
Also> Steven Holl> http://tinyurl.com/cdh8b6x

Bow Wow at the Beach

Atelier Bow Wow beach house, Japan. Pet house goes to the beach. 

Txt & px from designboom> http://tinyurl.com/c5dszda

Panoramic Windows

Rooms that follow the scenery. A panorama of windows across rooms of varying heights.

See pix etc @ archdaily> http://tinyurl.com/crjxn99

Chinese Tricycle House

Tricycle house and garden, for parking lot living in China?

Story & pix @ designboom> http://tinyurl.com/cppq7co

Japanese Minimalist Mansion for Sale

"Minimalist" house outside Tokyo with mountain view. What 2.2 million $ will buy you. But see slide show.

Story and slides how via NYT> http://tinyurl.com/d6dfdbs

Furniture House

Back at last. Furniture house for your luxury loft. Parts pop out for furniture-on-demand.

Txt & pix @ inhabit> http://tinyurl.com/cscmoxy

Berlin Aquadon Exposed!

Berlin Aquadon in Raddison Hotel exposed! Guests are not allowed to scuba dive....only maintenance workers.

Story @ inhabitart> http://tinyurl.com/7zvt4v2

Luxury Container Hotel

Units of a luxury shipping container hotel, from designboom's 10 best shipping container buildings of 2012.

Via designboom> http://tinyurl.com/cmnxntm

Memory House in Spain

Spanish "House of Would" is based on client's memories. Pre-fabricated wooden boxes, translucent bridges, unfinished wing.

Txt & pix via designboom> http://tinyurl.com/d9k44xh

Texas Green-Roof House

Texas green-roof house, with plantings noted...

Details archinect> http://tinyurl.com/cn97n9g

Open City

"Open City," an intervention by Raumlaborberlin made of stacked sheds designed and built by different people for different purposes. 

Txt, px & more projects @ designboom>http://tinyurl.com/c4vvjfj

Boat House Writer's Retreat

English boathouse stripped and turned into writer's retreat. Beams exposed at last....I'll take it! Can it be moved to Long Island?

Txt & pix via dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/bo8orar (4 photos)

Make It Bigger

Extensions, additions, expansions and renovations are architecture too. A house in Germany doubled in size. Question: can a house be "improved" by size-reduction?

Pix via dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/bu743tf

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