Japan, oh how i love thee

Japan has some of the most interesting homes, mostly because there is no room for anything. You get a lot of these square homes, a lot of prefab, and definitely when you're walking around with a map to the address you need to be at, you'll run into these beautiful (I use this word sparingly) homes. It's just awesome how out of the ordinary this place is. In the states homes are to be huge and intricate...Japan though, things have to be pretty small and minimal...AND work!
Half the time in Europe though, the building are all attached. One huge block of building over separated homes. So the Japanese manner of building homes actually attracts me quite a bit. Maybe I'll find some more :)

Source: Reflection of Mineral Home

A little water from Italy

This Casa Masso by Marco Castelletti is a very elegant match to the lakeside water body it sits by. The rooms are spacious enough it seems, and the openings + windows have such a gorgeous view of the land. If I could have a summer home, I would definitely pick this.

Source: Marco Castelletti

A little something from My Teacher

So having studied Graphical Design and Industrial Design, and always following up on as much as I can from my professors. I found out one of my very loved (Scott Wilson) mentors helped in creative design of the X-Box Kinect.

Single Family Home in Varna

The Architecture Group Dizarh a single family home, and to my knowledge, without a name, to blend in with the wooded area is was built in. It's quite refreshing to see this type of building as opposed to my ever-so-loving box homes.

Source: Dizarh

Boh Tea Centre

This Tea Center is great. It's long and overhanging (I like this quality in architecture :), with a tremendously gorgeous view. The ZLG design group really worked well on this one.

Source: ZLG Design Group

Let's Take it Back to 1975

Here is a small series of stamps created by Israeli designer Eliezer Weishoff in about 1975. It's a great piece of graphical design, with in which if I were buying stamps would love to have these. I wish more graphic designers would do this (come to think of it, maybe I'll try my hand in making them. :)
BTW these stamps also talk about the environmental problems and hazards almost everyone endures everyday. And with a little bit of home, shows a bit of a better solution or care to the problem.

{SOURCE} Courtesy of Richard at Ace Jet 170

Damiano House

This home was created by the Tres Birds Workshop, for the Damianos'. When conceptualizing this project, the Damianos' wished for a home that would surpass 400 years of life. Now I don't know if it will stand that long, but I am sure as eco-friendly as it is (It runs on full support of Solar energe, even though it's in Colorado, and they family is a winter loving family) it will last their lifetime.

Source: Tres Birds WorkShop

Novartis Campus

Though done by various architects, some of whom are Frank Gehry, Peter Maerkli, and SANAA, this campus feels like a whole. If I were to get my PHD somewhere it would probably be here, thought I've never though to check if they offer anything I would enjoy :)

Source: Phaidon

Barcode House

Located in Munich Germany, this residential house by the MVRDV Architectural group is set up on 2 lots. Its like most box houses in which the structure is squarish but then its protrusions, subtle angles and composition allow it to acquire it's own shape and character. I do love the manner in which box houses always extend beyond its format, including their selective material use/positioning and colour.

Source: MVRDV