NOIE Co-operative Housing Tokyo is the setting for the NOIE co-operative housing development of eleven concrete and steel homes packed into a brownfield site that is superficially unprepossessing, yet which offers residents light, space, individuality and, if they choose it, communality too. Read now
Potsdam Villa by nps tchoban voss This is the extraordinary new residence created by long-established German architects nps tchoban voss for a local client. The design might at first seem brutal, yet in its detail this is a home that delights. Read now
El Papagayo Restaurant Cordoba by Ernesto Bedmar We're not sure what the record is for the world's narrowest restaurant. At just eight feet, El Papagayo Restaurant Cordoba in central Argentina, must be a contender. Read now
Margot House Barcelona Hotel While Margot House - its name doesn't include anything as crass as the word "hotel" - is in the heart of the busy Eixample neighbourhood, it doesn't exactly shout about its presence, and that's partly because of its compact size. Read now
The Kew House Fuses Modernism and Architectual Heritage Kew House, London's Kew Green area, adjacent to Kew Gardens, is a difficult place for a new-build home. There's the bureaucratic tangle of constructing in a conservation area to negotiate, along with working alongside the fine architecture of surrounding residential stock. Read now
House in Vale de Margem by Marlene Uldschmidt Architects In this environmentally protected rural district of the Algarve, local architects Ultramarino / Marlene Uldschmidt opted for a sleek contemporary design that's conceived to be "balanced harmoniously". Read now
Oak Knoll Residence by Jorgensen Design Modern architecture seems archetypal to vertical construction, yet the studio at Jorgensen Design prove to defy trends; constructing a contemporary home entirely on the base of the Valley floor. Read now
Villa Melana by Valia Foufa and Panagiotis Papassotiriou Villa Melana is the work of architects Valia Foufa and Panagiotis Papassotiriou and is set on on a steep cliff. Athens Architecture, Greek Architecture Read now
Courtyard House by Kouichi Kimura Architects The Courtyard House by Japaneseja firm FORM / Kouichi Kimura Architects, uses a minimal palette of white and raw concrete to fashion a U-shaped residence Read now
Antwerp Town House by Sculp(IT) A newly-renovated townhouse in Antwerp marries the old city with the new in one very successful project from Sculp(IT) architects, Antwerp architecture Read now
The Outstanding Cast Iron Turntable by Fern & Roby If you'd like something more bespoke to play your treasured collection on, may we recommend the new turntable by artisanal sound specialists Fern & Roby. Read now
Inside Calvin Klein's Miami Home Calvin Klein is selling one of his homes, his $16m mansion in Miami. An estate agent's images allow a rare glimpse into this all-white seafront mansion. Read now
Mexico's Urban Recycling Initiative Cordoba-ReUrbano's Answer to Mexico's Urban Recycling Initiative, Mexican Architecture, Mexico City architecture, Colonia Roma Mexico, Cadaval Solà-Morales Read now
The New Whitney Museum by Renzo Piano Now open in a show-stopping location on the Hudson River is New York's vast new Whitney Museum, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. Read now
The Cliff House by MODSCAPE Cliff houses have traditionally been built on top of cliffs. Now, from Australia, comes the concept of a dwelling that hangs off the edge of a cliff. Read now
The Brain by Olson Kundig Architects The Brain by Olson Kundig Architects, A concrete box set in lush woodland outside Seattle might seem like an unlikely place to go for inspiration. But The Brain is just such a structure, tailor-made for a film-maker . Read now
Pedregal House by Garza Iga Arquitectos Designed by young Mexican architecture and construction practice Garza Iga Arquitectos the Pedregal House is, at second glance, an uncompromising Modernist statement with its concrete cubes and neo-Brutalist appearance. Read now
The Solar da Serra House Solar da Serra House, Brazilian architecture, 4.3 Arquitetura, minimal architecture, modern design, contemporary architecture, Arquitetura Read now
Concrete Shell Chair by HLB Studios Concrete Shell Chair by HLB Studios inspired by Eames, mid-century modern, mid-century design, French design, concrete design, concrete furniture design Read now
The Sunflower House by Cadaval & Solà-Morales Fishing village on the Mediterranean in Spain's Costa Brava is a 21st Century Modernist house Hence its name: this is the Sunflower House. Read now
Fern and Roby Cube Speakers American artisanal furniture makers Fern and Roby have come up the ideal solution with their Cube Speakers, crafted out of reclaimed beams from an old factory. Read now
The Factory Jaffa House by Pitsou Kadem The Factory Jaffa House by Pitsou Kadem. The Isreali port city of Jaffa has an ancient history and a tortured present.The Factory Jaffa House embraces Israeli Modernism as well as the past, and that's quite an achievement. Read now
