Steel and Bamboo Houses

Steel and bamboo housing for those of modest income in Viet Nam. And they look great!

Story & unages via dezeen: http://tinyurl.com/c77o8le

Fujimori's Flying Mud Boat Hut

Terunobu Fujimori's "Flying Mud Boat" is an eccentric, suspended hut. Is it art or architecture?

More pix & story at designboom: http://tinyurl.com/br6wpxo

Cabin for Rent

Rustic cabin for rent, Upstate N.Y. 

Details and pix via remodelista: http://tinyurl.com/c56mo9f

Every Room A Shed

"Draw the Village..." An experimental house with scattered units? What a terrific idea: each room a separate "shed."

More images via blog.leibal: http://tinyurl.com/dyveany

Chinese Ark

We do not believe that the end is at hand (Dec. 21?); the 
end of the world has already happened. Nevertheless....man uses life savings to build this ark. 

archinect> dailymail: http://tinyurl.com/d7spzx2

Make A Silo Into A House

How to repurpose a silo and make it a house. Diagrams included.

Details and more pix via designboom: http://tinyurl.com/csn5fqg

Willem Dafoe's Rubber House

Actor Willem Dafoe's black-rubber house in upstate N.Y. 

Story & pix via remodelista: http://tinyurl.com/cj4ay2d
112 black houses: http://tinyurl.com/aklwyst