Make The House Fit the Plot

This house outside Tokyo perfectly fits the oddly shaped plot and includes a parking spot. 

Look inside and at floorplans at designboom>http://tinyurl.com/cmfkub9

"Chinese Coin House" in Bolivia. Please mow the roof!

For more pix go to inhabitat> http://tinyurl.com/cnmcjo7

Small Black and White Japanese House

Neo-modern Japanese house sandwiched between pre-fab and traditional houses. Black is for bedroom and studio; white is for more public areas. Car not included.


Step inside at design-milk> http://tinyurl.com/8ghez2q

How To Design A House

How to design a 1184 sq ft house for a retired Japanese couple..."A look falls out..." "A rest is taken on a comfortably warm veranda." Etc. 

Pix and more floor plans at designboom>http://tinyurl.com/cvorcyc

A Forest for a Moon Dazzler

Catching up --- Benjamin Garcia Saxe's "A Forest for a Moon Dazzler" (2010) built this house for his mother, based on a house she had built for herself "out of tree trunks, mosquito nets and tin" with a view of the moon. 

Pix and details at archdaily> http://tinyurl.com/3y4uzdj

Costa Rican Container House

Catching up --- Benjamin Garcia Saxe's lovely container house in Costa Rica. Can a shipping container house be lovely? Yes!

Details can be found at archdaily> http://tinyurl.com/3e8aeyv

Very Small Elegant Norwegian House

Low-cost, 258 sq.ft. "Casa Kolonihagen" by Tommie Wilhelmsen, Norway.

Details at goodhomedesign> http://tinyurl.com/ae2tzom