Small House / By Domenic Alvaro

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Domenic Alvaro
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Photo © Courtesy of Trevor Mein - meinphoto Pty Ltd

World Architecture Festival 2011 - Category Winner: HOUSE
Small house is an ultra-compact concrete vertical house that adds to the urban fabric of inner city Surry Hills in Sydney. The site is so small it can fit into the garage of your typical sprawling suburban home (7mx6m).

Outside In House / By Takeshi Hosaka Architects

Yamanashi, Japan
Takeshi Hosaka Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Koji FujiiNacasa & Partners Inc.

Gradation of scenery, from outdoor area to inside area:
The project was launched when I was commissioned to enlarge a house for a couple in their 30's and their three daughters living in Yamanashi Prefecture.

House in Hieidaira / By Tato Architects

Shiga, Japan
Tato Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Satoshi Shigeta--View of atelier and house

The residence is located at the foot of Mt. Hiei near the border of Kyoto and Shiga.

Cottage in Tsumari / By Future-scape Architects + Daigo Ishii

Tokamachi, Nigata, Japan
Future-scape Architects + Daigo Ishii
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Photo © Courtesy of Daigo Ishii + Future-scape Architects

A low-cost public cottage for locals and visitors, located within a beech woods park. This is the region with heaviest snowfall in Japan, often as deep as 4m.

Bateman's Row / By Theis + Khan Architects

Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom
Theis + Khan Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Nick Kane

Designed by and for Theis and Khan, the scheme is a highly contemporary, yet contextual building that maximises accommodation for both commercial and residential units at a tight site in a popular part of East London.

Khun Jerri and Howard’s Place / By Bensley Design Studios

Mae rim, Chiang mai, Thailand
Bensley Design Studios
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Photo © Courtesy of Bensley Design Studios

A Passion for Good Life. Jerri and Howie have a good life. They live in this exotic home. They work hard and play hard. They are loved by many. And Howie, seeking a long and good life, has dropped 40 kilos!

Snail House / By Tezuka Architects

Tokyo, Japan
Tezuka Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Katsuhisa Kida / FOTOTECA

The house has a section similar to that of a snail. The big opening on the ground floor leads from outside into the living room.

M-House / By Michael Jantzen

Valencia, Santa Clarita, California, United States
Michael Jantzen
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Photo © Courtesy of Michael Jantzen

Relocatable M-vironments are made of a wide variety of manipulatable components that can be connected in many different ways to a matrix of modular support frames.

Open House / By Architects EAT

Richmond, Melbourne, Australia
Architects EAT
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Photo © Courtesy of James Coombe

The internal planning strategies are devoted to the layering of spaces, and orchestrating the sequences in a mise-en-scene like methodology.

House in Inokashira / By Studio NOA Architect & Associates

Inokashira, Tokyo, Japan
Studio NOA Architect & Associates
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Photo © Courtesy of Studio NOA

Before this house was built, there was a steep cliff with luxuriant trees covering the entire site.

Chemosphere-Malin Residence / By John Lautner

Torreyson Dr, Los Angeles, CA, United States
John Lautner
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Photo © Courtesy of John Lautner

The Chemosphere, built by American architect John Lautner in 1960, is an innovative Modernist octagon house in Los Angeles, California.

St. Joseph / By Wolfgang Tschapeller Architect

Niederösterreich, Austria
Wolfgang Tschapeller Architect
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Photo © Courtesy of Lukas Schaller

The house design was formed a concrete to be made habitable independent of the building site. The concrete shell was positioned at the edge of the remainder of a plain along the Danube floodplains. Its basic measurements reached 615 cm by 620 cm by 2230 cm.

House NSV / By adn architectures + Olivier Dubucq Architecte

Walhain, Belgium
adn architectures + Olivier Dubucq Architecte
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Photo © Courtesy of Filip Dujardin

The request of the client was the transformation of an old farmhouse composed of a main building and a cattle shed.

Casa Areia / By Aires Mateus Arquitectos

Comporta, Grândola, Portugal
Aires Mateus Arquitectos
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Photo © Courtesy of Nelson Garrido

This construction is composed by 4 little houses in a place near the sea. They where reconstructed with traditional methods using wood and a traditional stem.

House in Possanco / By ARX Architecture

Possanco, Portugal
ARX Architecture
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Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG

The cultural meeting point joining the house owners and the architects was based on their common interest: an undoubtedly contemporary architecture, but one whose nature and final expression would also be the outcome of a research of the paradigms figuring in the traditional architecture of the region, the Alentejo.

Casa Materka / By T3arc

Puebla México, Mexico
T3arc
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Photo © Courtesy of Luis Gordoa

We built this house around a piano whose sound we had to contain.

Paz y Comedias House / By Ramon Esteve ESTUDIO DE ARQUITECTURA

Valencia, Spain
Ramon Esteve ESTUDIO DE ARQUITECTURA
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Photo © Courtesy of Léa Chave

Huge contention walls, built from a local red stone, come along as you climb up the mountain.

Casa CC / By Longhi Architects

Playa Misterio, Peru
Longhi Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of Juan Solano, CHOlon Photography

Hard and soft connected by light:
Two volumes crown the top of a hill at Playa Misterio a gated beach community 117 Km. south of Lima.

House on the Castle Mountainside / By Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

Ayora, Valencia, Spain
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
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Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Alda

The building is located in a landscape of unique beauty, the result of a natural and evident growth.

Ismaeil Villa / By X Architects

Al Warqa, Dubai, United Arab Emirate
X Architects
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Photo © Courtesy of X Architects

A 4 bedroom family home, including entertainment room, outdoor decks, kitchen and bedroom.