[ Filed under Architecture or in the Additions category ] Cute, cozy, commonplace, quaint and nondescript – these would be apt descriptors for the rather ordinary-looking one-and-two-story brick row houses in this German industrial neighborhood. Sticking out in stark…

[ Filed under More or in the Art of Design category ] Of the 187 billion pounds of paper produced on our planet every year, how many are used this creatively? A distinctly modern variant of classic origami art, these…

[ Filed under Contemporary or in the Architecture category ] Hip as in cool (not the type), green as in eco-friendly (not the book), this far-reaching wood roof ends far past the framing of the outer house walls –…

[ Filed under Transforming or in the Furniture category ] Flipping down the wooden backrest converts this modest modern aluminum-framed chair into a similarly simple coffee or side table – the perfect compact size for a small living space.…

[ Filed under Offbeat or in the Architecture category ] Like a metallic monolith buried in the sand on top of an otherwise-untouched msa, this building was created to look as solid as a stone amongst the howling desert…

[ Filed under More or in the Do-It-Yourself category ] From camouflage pixel-homes to rainbow-colored houses, a leopard-printed abode to a dalmatian-spotted dwelling, here are some of the most creative, innovative and unusual house-painting colors and ideas you have…

[ Filed under Architecture or in the Additions category ] Did you know: before becoming popular around the world, mansard roofs were developed in response to a loophole in the building codes of historic Paris? Heights were limited by…

[ Filed under Contemporary or in the Architecture category ] Winding your way up along a creek in rural Australia, you round a corner and encounter a structure. It looks less like a house and much more like a…

[ Filed under Furniture or in the Chairs category ] Some viewers will cry the designer equivalent of ’sacrilegious!’ Others may see an inspired artistic interpretation of a modern classic – subversive and humorous remakes-with-mods crafted from Eero Saarinen’s…

[ Filed under Offbeat or in the Architecture category ] Stairs and ramps have slopes and slants, but building floors are precision-tuned to be as flat as they can be constructed … right? This topsy-turvy rural dwelling inverts tradition…