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Alma Road Residence sited in the grounds of a protected structure, on a lynchpin corner plot, on a street of tall Victorian Houses Architects: ODOS architects Location: Dublin, Ireland Year: 2015 Photo courtesy: Alice Clancy Description: "This project sought to turn the restrictions of the site into an...

52 cubic wood: the material is innocent, but never is the architect Architects: JOSEP, Atelier Haumer Location: Mödling, Austria Year: 2016 Area: 2.454 ft²/ 228 m² Photo courtesy: Bernhard Fiedler - JOSEP Description: "The 52 cubic wood building– produces carbohydrate (glucose) from carbon dioxide CO2 (which equates to 260.000km...

Dwelling at Maytree: a simple bold sculptural form which sits at the foot of a steep escarpment in the Wicklow hills Architects: ODOS architects Location: Wicklow, Ireland Year: 2008 Area: 3.089 ft²/ 287 m² Photo courtesy: ODOS architects Description: "This house is in essence a simple bold sculptural form...

Old barn which used to store farming equipment converted into a home with a design office and a master bedroom Architects: Kichi Architectural Design Location: Ibaraki, Japan Year: 2013 Photo courtesy: Ippei Shinzawa Description: "This residence, consisting of a design office and a master bedroom, is the result...

Glass House Mountains House perched on the edge of the remnant rim in Maleny Architects: Bark Design Architects Location: Maleny, Queensland, Australia Year: 2013 Photo courtesy: Christopher Frederick Jones Description: "Designed for expatriate Australian clients in international banking working in Bucharest, Romania, the ‘Glass House Mountain House’...

The Nakai residence in the middle of the desert, constructed for Lorraine Nakai Architects: DesignBuildBLUF Location: Unnamed Road, Bluff, Utah, USA Year: 2012 Photo courtesy: James Anderson, Scott Zimmerman Description: "The Nakai residence was constructed for Lorraine Nakai, a Navajo, academic and avid collector. In the middle of the desert...

Kangaroo single house with two houses within by Hyunjoon Yoo Architects Architects: Hyunjoon Yoo Architects Location: Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Year: 2014 Area: 2.340 ft²/ 222 m² Photo courtesy: Youngchae Park Description: "This house is for two families. One is parents generation, and the other is son’s family. In...

Zeta House is situated in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on a 40,000 sf plot of land, adjacent to a communal park Architects: 29 design Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Year: 2012 Photo courtesy: H. Lin Ho Description: "The Zeta House is situated in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur...

Single-family home's luxuriant scenery can transcend the role of a static vista Architects: LOOK Architects Location:  Padang Tengku, Pahang, Malaysia Year: 2009 Area: 4.381 ft²/ 407 m² Photo courtesy: Amir Sultan Description: "Luxuriant scenery can transcend the role of a static vista, as the single-family home – Country...

Large weekend getaway house for a joint family- consisting of three smaller villas Architects: Opolis architects Location: Aamby Valley, Maharashtra, India Year: 2014 Area: 10.000 ft²/ 929 m² Photo courtesy: Ariel Huber Description: "Situated within the Western Ghats, Amby Valley has a very rain drenched monsoon and this location...