Nestled in an abandoned farm overlooking lake Mjøsa in Norway, this small structure is a modern home for two historians and their children. After tearing down the existing barn on the farm (due to rotten main structure), its 100 years old cladding have been reused as exterior cladding and terraces for the new house. Continue reading →

Located in Longbranch, Washington, this beautiful piece of architecture by Oska Architects was designed in 1968 for the former Ambassador to Iceland. I love this house with its clean geometric lines and the way it’s connecting man and nature while blurring the boundaries between inside and outside living. Continue reading →

From the guys who brought us the Metro prefab cabin, here is the MetroShip – A 48 x 12 ft modern houseboat or a luxury condo that floats. Continue reading →

With a couple of Lavaflow houses up his sleeve, San-Francisco-based Architect Craig Steely knows a thing or two about navigating the execution of modern homes in remote Hawaiian areas as well as designing for the extreme climate of the region. Continue reading →

Located on a remote island in Canada’s Lake Huron, this floating, two-story summer house dynamically adapts to the drastic water level changes by floating atop a structure of steel pontoons, allowing it to gently sway along with the lake. Continue reading →

Katja and Adam Thom, from the architectural firm of Agathom, chose a long, windswept granite rock in northern Ontario, Canada to built a small, off the grid wood-framed cabin with a modern slanting roof resembling an airplane wing or a tent flap pulled down and pegged. Continue reading →

Maison Flottante or The Floating House is a 23 meters long barge, commissioned by the Cneai national contemporary art center for publication, to be used as a studio for its resident artists and authors. Continue reading →

Created by Vancouver-based architecture firm Osburn/Clarke, Joe’s House is a small, tree fort retreat home – one of a group of buildings commissioned by the same client – located on an island off the south west coast of British Columbia, Canada. Continue reading →

Created by Japanese Kiyonobu Nakagame Architects, this villa is facing the pacific ocean with mountains as a backdrop, located in Boso Peninsula east of Tokyo, Japan. Continue reading →

This fine modern architecture design, by Collins and Turner Architects, is situated on the edge of an 80 meters sandstone cliff in Dover Heights, NSW, Australia, facing amazing panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean. Continue reading →