Italian compact furniture maker Clei has teamed up with designer Massimiliano Mandarini to create this smart and sustainable house design. Green Kinder House has a whimsical look with a wonderful silhouette which includes a traditional shaped roof coupled with a ... Continue >
For such a small spot on the map, Newfoundland's Fogo Island has become an unlikely attraction for architecture aficionados and creative thinkers alike with this ultra modern studio space, designed by Saunders Architecture. Known for another of its notable projects ... Continue >
If we had an amazing backyard playhouse like this when we were kids, there would be no dinner time, bath time or bed time. In fact, it would always be play time with a love of architecture in the future! ... Continue >
One of the coolest features of this peek-a-boo house, designed by New Zealand architects Crosson Clarke Carnachan, is the one that folds away. Wood is the main material used, both inside and out, following traditional New Zealand home styles. This ... Continue >
This innovative small house plan, fittingly designed by the forward-thinking architects at Innovation Imperative, is a sweet spot to escape to get some work done without ever leaving home. Small but sweet, this book nook was designed specifically to meet ... Continue >
This dramatic house plan will make you stop and stare on passing, but the interiors are definitely something to explore. An ultra-modern, industrial-style playground, this innovative vertical house designed by Sanpei Junichi of Japanese architecture firm A.L.X. is as striking ... Continue >
An efficient small house can live so much larger than dictated by its square footage. This urban house in Tokyo designed by modern Japanese architects Keiji Ashizawa was made for comfortable, private living in a dense city core. Flipping the ... Continue >
This bright modern home by Feldman Architecture is as “California cool” as they come. We don’t know what we love most about this gorgeous rooftop garden house – its outdoor entertaining areas, the lush roof top patio, or the sun-soaked ... Continue >
This city cottage offers the best of both worlds – urban conveniences and a country retreat. Finnish architects Verstas designed this compact cottage with big ambitions of nature, comfort, convenience and contemporary style – a combination that’s hard to come ... Continue >
Canadian architects naturehumaine are the brains behind this small home design in Montreal, Canada. The owners idea was to make more of the existing 800-sq.-ft. compact home design, but site and regulation constraints meant a second storey or a rear ... Continue >
Compact but sweet, this small country cottage on the Isle of Skye boasts beauty in its simplicity. Created by architecture firm Rural Design, this 75m2 wood country home has lots of character in its wood-clad exterior and minimalist interior. A ... Continue >
Just down the street from the home where he spent his childhood and where his parents still reside in Newport, Rhode Island, architect David Daniels designed this modern studio house plan with plenty of room to live, work and play. ... Continue >
Japanese firm a.un architects are behind this simple yet modern wood exterior / interior house design in Mie, Japan. From the outside in, this unusual innovative house plan is clad in wood and features a down-to-earth look that works wonderfully ... Continue >
Living in this modern loft must be fun! Australian architecture firm Edwards Moore designed this cool, contemporary loft extension in Fitzroy, Melbourne that can only be described as "shabby-chic". The largely open-concept home features decidedly high-end, luxurious-looking elements like concrete ... Continue >
“Modular,” “sustainable” and “transportable” – these are three words used to describe this sustainable architectural design from Germany’s Studio Aisslinger. The Fincube is a low-energy house characterized by its horizontal slats of locally grown timber enclosing a transparent, glass wall ... Continue >
