The Garden house was designed by ADD+ Arquitectura – Manuel Bailo Esteve, Rosa Rull Bertran, 2003 located in Igualada, Spain. The house has been designed in a parcel with extremely high topography. The parcel is located at the end of the city of Igualada, and the project will look to the landscape at the front. The structural solution of the project is a continuous steel tube fitted in the earth at the extremes. A steel tube covered with aluminum panels which flies over the trees of the parcel. Read more »

The Vidyalankar Reloaded was designed by Planet 3 Studios Architecture is located in Mumbai, India. From an old industrial structure in Mumbai to the new centre of learning in the Vidyalankar campus, it would be difficult to imagine a more vibrant transformation than that of the recently completed Vidyalankar Reloaded. Planet 3 Studios Architecture were unanimously chosen by students and educators to design this 35,000 sq ft space. Read more »

Sherman Residence is a really cool mountain home by Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects. Located in Mill Valley, California, this modern design blends nature and innovation in a truly contemporary house on a hill. The sloped terrain set the tone for the home unique shape. The main volume of this mountain house sits close to the hillside, clad in a natural wood that complements its surroundings. Read more »

Located in Japan, the Shell House is a sculptural large shell shaped structure that built in the woods of Karuizawa, located in Kitasaku, Nagano. The Shell House was designed by Japanese Architect Kotaro Ide, ARTechnic Architects, the concrete home building comprises two tubes with oval sections is meant to function as a vacation home, which is able to withstand the humid summers and cold winters of the region. To accomplish this, Kotaro Ide opted not to use the typical wood structure of two-storey house design in the area because of their susceptibility to decay easily. Read more »

John McNaughton ‘Twisted House’ 2005, Indianapolis Art Center Artspark, Indianapolis, Indiana

John McNaughton ‘Twisted House’ 2005, Indianapolis Art Center Artspark, Indianapolis, Indiana, originally uploaded by hanneorla.