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Hendee-Borg House by WOJR
This exceptional house in Sonoma, California was designed by WOJR for two artists who use the house as their residence as well as their studios.
Split View Mountain Lodge by Reiulf Ramstad Architects
As winter advances our thoughts turn to snow and the pleasures of being ensconced in a warm, inviting mountain lodge with picture postcard views.
The Floating Kayak Club in Vejle by Force4Architects
Vejle is a town at the mouth of the Vejle fjord in Denmark, and jutting out into the fjord from the front of the harbour is this remarkable kayak club designed by Copenhagen-based Force4Architects.
Spaces by Material Immaterial Studio
Architects and designers have long favoured concrete as a construction material, partly due to its versatility and cool industrial aesthetic.
Downtown LA Loft by Patrick Tighe Architecture
Regular readers of this blog may accuse us of being obsessed with industrial style loft spaces.
Bal House, Menlo Park by Terry & Terry Architecture
Bal House in Menlo Park, California, may look like an ordinary mid-century ranch house from the front.
Muji Hut
As Japan is home to some of the most densely populated areas in the world, it comes as little surprise that micro-living is so popular.
Studhorse House, Winthrop designed by Tom Kundig
Think of the wild West in America and one immediately gets the vision of wide open space and a sense of splendid isolation which evokes the spirit of pioneering adventurism.
Archisutra by Federico Babina
Throughout the ages buildings have often been seen as phallic symbols (just look at the Gherkin).
Casa Na Xemena, Ibiza by Ramon Esteve
When it is dull and rainy outside, there is no better way to lift the spirits than to indulge in a spot of daydreaming about beautiful houses in the sun.
Museum of Indigenous Knowledge in Manila by Kengo Kuma
The Museum of Indigenous Knowledge may be planned for a busy street corner in Manila, but the nature-inspired design proposed by Japanese architect Kengu Kuma could easily have transported visitors back to the neolithic age.
Toda House by Kimihiko Okada
In Japan, despite the extremely high population density, most people still live in detached single-dwelling houses, partly due to the ever-present risk of earthquakes.
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