Ski House Wedged Between Two Farm Buildings

Thinking small? Thinking slim? Thinking of ski houses? See elegant 380 sq ft ski house inserted between two farm buildings in the Italian Alps.

Story and pix via remodelista> http://tinyurl.com/9wnhv6l

Mies Van der Rohe Award Shortlist

This Icelandic building gets my vote. What would you choose from the Mies Van der Rohe Award shortlist?

Shortlist via dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/b5a59fk

London Slim In-Fill Extension

Fill in the alley (or stable access)! Let in the light!More about, on dezeen>

                                http://tinyurl.com/aeo574b

Paint It Black

Paint it black. History lesson. Hiroshi Nakao's "Dark Box and Bird Cage" (1993). Except for red facade, outside and inside painted black to create different kinds of darkness...

More photos & statement via paradisebackyard>http://tinyurl.com/a5nboke

My Favorite Suspended Tent

New suspended "Singray" tent weighs 15 pounds and sleeps 3 to four, plus gear. No ground rot, crawlie-creepies, snakes or toads. In lieu of a guest room? A backyard retreat in the trees? 

More details and pix via inhabitat> http://tinyurl.com/9wdmw9m

Room for Improvement

New development in Great Britain. Like the novel roof shapes and black stained larch and extra rooms for work-at-home. Dislike: four building types and four classes. And, no doubt, four prices. In Artopia all houses are the same price and have the same cubic space.

Txt & more pix via dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/a9jco2v

Swiss House of Straw

House of straw, in Switzerland. Yes, compressed straw.

Dwell> http://tinyurl.com/ahwweoa