A great example for modern architecture design is Seattle based OSKA Architects Ridge House. This modern house architecture is a collection of attached wood boxes springing from three stone piers while a small, detached wood-clad box serves as a private space for a home office. Continue reading →

Outdoor storage sheds should be integrated into the surrounding landscape, since their design will also complement your home. Modern-shed is perfect for storing tools and sport equipment, while can also be converted into a home office or garden studio. Continue reading →

Prefab home ZeroHouse is a comfortable, completely automatic, super efficient home. This prefab home features a living room and kitchen on the first level, a full bath, two bedrooms and a deck on the second level. The ZeroHouse prefab home can be fully customized; from a weekend getaway to an extended-stay home. Continue reading →

The Seatrain private residenc by OMD Architects is a unique, sculptural combination of shipping containers and steel found on-site in downtown LA. Continue reading →

Structural insulated panels (SIPs) or sip panels, for short are high performance building panels used in floors, walls, and roofs for residential and light commercial buildings. EcoSip is aiming to revamp the green building industry with their prefab outer walls. Continue reading →

Container homes by De Maria Design are architecturally designed shipping container based contemporary homes; a by-product of the architect’s total immersion into alternative construction methodologies. Continue reading →

This Hobbit house is called the Mushroom House and it is located in Whistler, Canada. It took Zube, the artist and creator of this Hobbit house, 22 years to achieve and develop a house which seems as a reminiscent of Tolkien and Lewis. Continue reading →

Container homes by Adam Kalkin are inventive and contemporary. Among Adam Kalkin homes is the Quik House; a prefabricated kit house from recycled shipping containers. The shell assembles within one day at your site; from start to finish, it should take no longer than three months to complete your 2,000 sq. ft. shipping container home. Continue reading →

Japanese architecture is based on aesthetics and the natural environment, as we already mentioned in our latest post about Japanese architecture & interior design; that is why I was not surprised to hear that the new Ring House by Takei Nabeshima Architects was awarded Best Private House, in the Wallpaper Design Awards 2008. Continue reading →

This tree house was designed by Lukasz Kos. 410 sq. ft. are spreading vertically to create the 4 treehouse. Continue reading →