A winding maze of sculptural granite and glass, this modern zen house by Spanish architects A-cero makes a unique statement within its lush surroundings. Located in Pozuelo de Alarcon in Madrid, Spain, this futuristic home design features a facade of curved walls of stone dark granite and marble travertine, providing privacy as well as a [...]

As part of a total resort reconstruction, which invited some of Russia’s top architects to flex their muscles, so to speak, most of the buildings here are designed by architect Totan Kuzembaev – including Red Guest Houses. Located in Moskovskaya Oblast, Russia, this unusual raised home design took center stage and even picked up a [...]

Architect Jaak Kangro of Nordicasa Design & Construction sent us some amazing photos of his latest architectural endeavor – a gorgeous timber home design located in the Valdelineares ski resort in Spain. Built almost entirely from 165 mm laminated pinewood, this wood clad house boasts a rustic mountain cottage feel both inside and out. But [...]

Slovenian architecture firm Superform, known for their progressive architecture, furniture and interior design, has delivered on all these expectations (and then some!) with a progressive timber home design in the town of Ljubno ob Savinji, about 70 kilometers from Slovenia’s capital of Ljubljana. A combination of two houses, this unusual house separates the living and [...]

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This landmark building in Oslo by Snøhetta (Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, Tarald Lundevall, Craig Dykers) is the
largest cultural centre built in Norway in 700 years. The competion brief stated that the operahouse should be monumental in it’s expression. Snøhetta’s interpretation of monumentality is a concept of togetherness, joint ownership, easy and open access for all [...]

Located in Bussum, Amsterdam, this casual home design may look like your average abode from the front, but let us assure you, it is anything but! The rear view holds something of a surprise – a delight for the outdoor enthusiast and architecture lover alike. Featuring floor-to-ceiling glass and a large terrace overlooking a secluded, [...]

A tiny treasure in the Australian outback, this cool, tiny house design by Australia architects Casey Brown Architecture brings a bit of the unexpected into its natural surroundings. This prefab cottage measures only 10 by 10 ft., clad in copper with a glass-enclosed lower level revealed when the shades are drawn. This rustic house style [...]

In underground home designs, this unusual house plan is the collaboration between the Netherlands architects at SeARCH and Christian Muller Architects. This underground home, located in the Swiss village of Vals, is set amidst a cluster of mountain houses and if you don’t look carefully you might miss it! The most striking thing about this [...]

Architects Lauren and Eric Wendlandt with Kansas City based Framework Design architecture firm are the brains behind this 6,500-sq.-ft. sustainable home that encompasses residential, commercial and workshop space in one. This Kansas City urban architecture has character, inside and out. The wood clad house combines a natural appeal with industrial-chic elements, artfully blending a home [...]

OBRA Architects had some circular logic for their stunning wood country home design in Southampton, New York. Among the grass and trees of this five-acre property, this wonderful wood clad house features an unusual floor plan with a hollow center, “as if the heart of the house had somehow fallen outside its body,” according to [...]

What a cool example of creative architecture designed for fashion and function! This gorgeous underground house design by Deca Architecture is built right into the idyllic landscape of the Cycladic Islands in Greece. The hill house was designed to withstand the windy climate off the Aegean Sea. It was carved into the earth with just [...]

Eco sustainable homes and sustainable urban architectural design are at the forefront of the Batimat show in Paris. The aptly named Be-Green Houses prove it really is easy being Green, and it can be done in total comfort and style. This pair of contemporary house plans incorporates all the essentials into a colorful, bright design. [...]

When Netherlands architecture firm Grosfeld van der Velde Architecten designed this striking forest home in Teteringen, near Breda, they took into account some important must-haves for the homeowners, namely an eco house design. The move toward sustainable architectural design sets the tone for this project among the trees; a wood clad house that is “green” [...]

Architect Rick Joy put some juice in Sonoran Desert with this amazing desert house design. The prominent rough red roof of this Arizona house draws attention from miles around, but it is the home’s livable, relaxing characteristics that invite you to stay. The steel house’s humble exterior makes way for modern interiors, with stainless steel, [...]

Farmhouse style homes have a warm, understated appeal, but this is one wooden house addition that takes center stage! Designed by award-winning, Belgium-based firm Wim Goes Architectuur, this Flemish countryside home in the city of Gent, surrounded by blankets of green grass and lush gardens, fittingly has a weathered wood extension that adds to the [...]

Designed by architect Alberto Gonzalez, Manuel Villa is a compact house that you wouldn’t expect to see on your stroll through the suburbs of Bogota, Columbia. This unusual house stands out for its unconventional shape and contemporary take on family living. The compact house design features a polyhedron shape, clad in a black exterior with [...]

Designed by Toyo Ito & Associates, this concrete home in Marbella, Chile makes for a marvelous weekend retreat. Named for its unusual floor plan and crisp, stand-out color, this contemporary home dubbed “White O House” takes the form of a huge O, with a central circular courtyard at its heart. This modern concrete home plan [...]

Fusing nature’s simplest pleasures with modern technology, the prefab Cedar House by Hudson Architects was designed to blend with its Norfolk, UK surroundings, while at the same time standing out for its innovative design. From the inside out, this fabulous country home screams “nature!” through and through. This modern prefab design is clad in 15,000 [...]

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This latest container home is designed by Christopher Robertson and built by Numan Construction and is a 1,858 square-foot home with three bedrooms and three bathrooms. In addition to many green features, apparently the construction waste was able to be contained within ten contractor trash bags.

This latest container home is designed by Christopher Robertson [...]

When it comes to aesthetics, offices tend to get the short end of the stick. They often seem like an afterthought, filled with drab, purely utilitarian furniture that doesn’t exactly inspire creative thinking. These 12 modern, clever and sometimes wacky office interiors and desk designs are the antithesis of boring corporate cubicles, serving as stimulating [...]

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Architect Robert M. Cain has wearing his Green thinking cap when he came up with this fabulous, sustainable residential architecture design in Decatur, Georgia. The modern two-storey, 2,800-sq.-ft. RainShine House was named for its innovative design feature, a “butterfly” roof suspended over continuous clerestories that allow for sun-drenched interiors. This unique feature’s inverted winged [...]

This contemporary courtyard house by Seattle-based Hutchison & Maul Architects puts a sprawling 6,700-sq.-ft. house on a long, narrow and steeply sloped lot in Mercer Island, Washington. Panoramic views to the west can be enjoyed from the many courtyards, carved into the hillside. These wonderful courtyards offer a private retreat into the outdoors without leaving [...]

This contemporary, sustainable home idea was conceived by Studio 804 – a design/build program at the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Planning. Schooling the public in the art of eco friendly architecture, Studio 804 went off the grid in their design for this single-family home project in the Rosedale neighborhood of Kansas [...]

“Prefab” and “sustainable” is a pairing that goes together like salt and pepper, but architect Daniel Libeskind does it with a little added spice in his contemporary design for The Villas. Ready to ship and assemble wherever you choose to call “home,” these modern prefab villas are part of a signature series that mirrors the [...]

Architects Marcus Kaestle, Andreas Ocker and Michel Roeder of European architecture firm C18 Architects designed a cubic house for what could well be the most discriminating taste of all – a jewelry designer. Located in the south Germany town of Wissgoldingen, this 2,043-sq.-ft., cubic house design is so simple that it’s spectacular. A facade is [...]

Shabby-chic is the style and sustainability and comfort is the name of the game for these great modern cottages, designed by Casper Mork-Ulnes of Modern Cabana (a San Francisco-based company that builds prefab backyard structures), and showcased by Sunset Magazine. As a ready-to-use, prefab cottage retreat or as an addition to your existing home, the [...]

Simplicity is the name of the game when it comes to this modern beach house architecture. The clients’ request for “much more room” has lead to the redesign of this aging vacation home in Anglesea, VIC, Australia. The architecture firm responded with a collection of timber boxes surrounding the existing main beach house. “The great [...]

“House with Crest” will have lovers of contemporary style homes on a new high – this unusual concrete architecture in Kyoto, Japan definitely warrants a tour. This 2,796-sq.-ft., two-storey house / studio features reinforced concrete construction, which affords it such a distinctive, contemporary style. Of course, the creative thinking of Anna Nakamura and Taiyo Jinno [...]

Japanese architecture firm Suppose Design Office designed this mountain house in the Otake, Japan. With a view to die for and a contemporary design to kill for, this Japanese house has it all. With the mountain range to the south and the sea to the north, lots of windows were a must to maximize the [...]

Located in Lupsingen, near Basel in Switzerland, this modern horizontal house by Luca Selva Architects is a contemporary contradiction to its pastoral surroundings. Situated on a grassy slope and surrounded by rural residential buildings, this unusual, private home stands out for its uniform slate-clad roof and facade, with lots of windows and skylights dotting the [...]

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Oh my. This is what I called fabulous.ness. By Richard Kirk Architects. More pictures here.
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Modern Style (Architecture and Design Library.) by Elin

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Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward opened yesterday at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The exhibition marks the New York institution’s 50th anniversary and runs until August 23. The exhibition follows last year’s completion of the building’s three-year restoration and is the first on the architect of this scope in a building [...]

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Yes is More by Bjarke Ingels Group
DAC, 2009
Paperback, 400 pages

The monograph has become a fairly predictable format for architecture books, varying, it seems, only in terms of how much content is presented and what the page looks like. Collecting photographs of finished buildings, renderings of unbuilt or soon-to-be-built projects, conventional architectural drawings, descriptive [...]

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Sunday I moseyed over to DUMBO and BKLYN DESIGNS™. Lest you forget, the event is “New York’s hottest exhibition of designers and manufacturers of contemporary furnishings, lighting, and accessories made and/or designed in Brooklyn, all handpicked by a jury of editors from leading design and shelter magazines.”

This is the show’s seventh year but [...]

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We’ve featured a few articles about MR+A’s work in the past, from furniture to prefab, so I was pretty stoked to open the mailbox today and find a copy of Princeton Architectural Press’ recent book, Marmol Radziner + Associates: Between Architecture and Construction. Published in July 2008, this book runs the gamut of MR+A’s [...]