The Rucksack House by Stefan Eberstadt
Rucksack House created by Stefan Eberstadt is a great new way to expand your living space perched between art and architecture, form and function. A hovering illuminated space that looks like a cross between temporary scaffolding and minimal sculpture. As mobile as a rucksack, this mini-house is intended to be an additional room that can be suspended from the façade of any residential building.
Quetzalcoatl Nest: A Cross Between a House, a Snake and a Bird
The Quetzacoatl Nest was built and designed by Organica’s Javier Senosiain. It looks like those houses you draw as a kid but even if I’m an adult now, I wouldn’t mind living in that awesome space that looks like a snake. The house is named after the Aztec snake/bird god of learning and knowledge, was built around a 12.36-acre lot, and the architect made sure the house’s shape would prevent trees to be removed.
The house is currently occupied by some lucky guy who enjoys living in harmony with nature. The rooms are mostly above the ground but there are a few subterranean rooms and passageways. I might sound like a hippie, but this is my dream house, and I wish more architects were as imaginative and daring these days.
Summer house in Stockholm by Tham & Videgård Hansson
Stockholm architects Tham & Videgård Hansson has developed a nice light-weight building in wood and glass as a summer house in the Stockholm Archipelago.
BLOOMhouse
Construction of the BLOOMHouse was guided by design ideas and plans that evolved from three generations of BLOOMHouse Architectural Studio groups. It is designed as a single, long volume oriented with the long sides facing North/South for passive solar performance. Windows are oriented to take full advantage of natural ventilation. The South facing windows also feature louvered screens that block sunlight during the summer, yet allow more warm sunlight during the winter.
Sakura House, Meguro, Tokyo by Mount Fuji Architects
What came to my mind were the two classic ‘Glass Houses’ by Mies and Philip Johnson. The sense of freedom and openness that makes us want to walk naked inside these houses surely owes to the transparency of the glass itself, but it is the fact that the buildings are surrounded by a pleasant environment ‘the forest’ that counts the most.
Since ‘the forest’ itself already provides a comfortable living environment, it is left for the architecture to separate internal to external atmospheres with thin, transparent membranes.They demonstrate that as long as there is an environment suitable for living, a ‘house’ is no more necessary.
Brad Pitt’s House
Mr. Pitt designed his home in the Hollywood Hills, a place that could be called a sanctuary rather than a house. He says he has always been inspired by three famous architects, Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas & Daniel Libeskind.
The contrast of the rooms made of wood from the floor to the ceiling and the white rooms brings a really dynamic atmosphere but it’s also very relaxing. Brad chose modern furniture that is simple, relaxing and perfect to cozy up and read a book.
The “It” House
Designers, fine artists and architects designed “iT” in a variety of styles, applying different sorts of glass to create a particular ambience in every room. The iT house is composed of a public wing and a private wing. The court which separates the house into two parts and is surrounded by sliding glass doors refreshes all the rooms around.
Inflatable Chicken Protector
To protect your chicken or your birds from the H5N1 virus, you can offer them a luxury inflatable house that will look great next to your swimming pool.
Even chicken has the right to have a modern house!
Huge Soccer Ball House
After the small soccer ball survivor house, here comes the king size soccer ball for all the family. We don’t know if it’s the kind of architecture that blends well with nature, but we are sure soccer fans will love it.
Moby Sells His House
I learned today that Moby is selling his house for a cool $3.5 million. It’s the kind of houses I wish I could afford, as it is mostly made of wood and set in a natural environment. It’s definitely the perfect place to compose classy laid-back tunes like Moby’s. What a lucky guy. At least I have more hair than him.
Link (via apartment therapy)
The Boarding House
Pro snowboarder Marc Morisset realized his dream of building a house on an empty lot in British Columbia which looked like a completely unbuildable wooded hillside. The project was designed by San Francisco based Studio (n-1), the company of Christos Marcopoulos and Carol Moukheibe. The result is an amazing three bedroom mountain home in harmony with its environment.
