Pine and White Neo-Modern

Japanese Neo-Modern --- Pine and white. 

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

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

House To View Cherry Blossoms

Modest Japanese house maximizes views of cherry blossoms. Another house designed from the inside out. 

Pix & text via designboom: http://tinyurl.com/cr83kf8

Thin-Steel Tokyo House

Narrow, thin-steel house in Tokyo.

Story & pix via designboom: http://tinyurl.com/cxq4qoy

Where Is The Door?

Or you could use a flagstone path to point out the door, as in this minimalist, neo-modern house in Portugal.

Txt & more pix:http://blog.leibal.com/interiors/residential/house-belas/