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Beautiful Concrete House in Ubatuba by SPBR Arquitetos Architects: SPBR Arquitetos Location: Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil Year: 2009 Area: 3,660 sqft Photo courtesy: Nelson Kon Description: This 55m x 16m ground plot, situated at the far right end of Tenório's Beach, verges on the seashore at one side and goes up...

The Minimalist House I in Akita by Yoshichika Takagi Architects: Yoshichika Takagi Location: Akita City, Japan Area: 1,076 sqft Photo courtesy: Toshiyuki Yano Description: The site is in the focal point of Akita City where urban capacities are arranged. Notwithstanding its urban area, this is a unique spot as it...

Hurtado Residence by Chemical Spaces Architects: Chemical Spaces Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Year: 2011 Area: 10,000 sqft Photo courtesy: Chemical Spaces Description: The purpose of this outline was to make a cutting edge, workmanship exhibition style space to engross hip, youthful visitors and partygoers. The 11-foot hand crafted aluminum front...

The Gymnasium Apartment in New York City by Charles Gwathmey Location: Soho, New York City, USA Year: 2008 Area: 6,600 sqft Price: $14,5 million Photo courtesy: Paul Warchol Description: On May 6, 1905, amid the pomp and ceremony of a police band and mounted troops, mayor George B. McClellan wielded a...

Grace Santorini Hotel by Divercity Architects and mplusm Architects Location: Imerovigli, Santorini, Greece Year: 2010 Price: €375 to €1050 per night Photo courtesy: Erieta Attali, Serge Detalle Description: This 20-room hotel is carved into the cliff-face 300m above Santorini’s volcanic caldera. The understated design allows this extraordinary landscape to take centre stage. The hotel...

31 Blair House by ONG&ONG Architects: ONG&ONG Location: Singapore Area: 3,290 sqft Photo courtesy: Tim Nolan Description: Numerous notable components were left untouched in the 306 m2 space, holding the site's authentic embodiment and giving an interesting differentiation to the unit's cutting edge interior.What recognizes this preservation house from...

23.2 House by Omer Arbel Architects: Omer Arbel Location: Vancouver, Canada Year: 2010 Photo courtesy: Nick Ledoux Description: 23.2 is a house for a family, based on a substantial country grounds. There is a tender incline from east to west and two masses of old development backwoods characterizing two...

The Glass Pavilion by Steve Hermann Architects: Steve Hermann Location: Santa Barbara, California, USA Year: 2010 Area: 13,875 sqft Price: $15,9 million Photo courtesy: Wm MacCollum Description by Suzanne Perkins The Ultramodern Glass Pavilion by Steve Hermann is a rethinking structure inside of innovation. It is a benchmark building that sets the bar...

Minimalist Juvet Landscape Hotel in Norway by Jensen & Skodvin Arkitektkontor Location: Burtigard, Norway Year: 2008 Area: 800 sqm Price: $1.2 million Photo courtesy: Jiri Havran, Jensen & Skodvin Description: One of the local residents at Gudbrandsjuvet, Knut Slinning, is building a landscape hotel. The idea emerged at another site, Aurland,...

Maison L by Christian Pottgiesser Architects: Christian Pottgiesser Location: Paris, France Year: 2011 Area: 9,360 Photo courtesy: George Dupin, Pascale Thomas Description: Not as much as thirty minutes drive west from Paris downtown area is found the site of about 5000 m2. The somewhat level ground marginally tilts toward the...