The Margoliouth House is a project where the architects at DLab provided a contemporary redesign for an existing two-storey bungalow in Singapore.

Australian architect Bojan Simic has designed the Orb House in Melbourne, Australia. Orb House adopts a minimalist aesthetic as a counterpoint to the heavy handed, utilitarian architectural fabric that makes up it’s streetscape tapestry. Located on a unique site descending rapidly towards the Yarra River and Yarra Bend Golf Course, it is less a protest statement than an exploration of contrasts through purity of form, a simple transparent circle in a congested patchwork quilt. A monochromatic palette of materials and textures augment the minimalist geometry of the composition. Aspect and light are dramatically introduced via frameless thermal glass curtain walls utilizing commercial glazing technology.

Zurich photographer Bruno Helblink took these photos of a house in Feldkrich, Austria, by Austrian studio Marte Marte. Called Haus Germann, the residence is built on a sloping site surrounded by mountains. The interior features smooth concrete surfaces as well as softwood flooring and built-in furniture.

Here are the new project by studio WORKac on the development and design of future road to Hua Qiang Bei in Shenzhen, China. An impressive design on this plot of 1 km in open shopping area.

ODOS architects completed in August of 2009, the 64 square meter extension to a cottage in Dalkey, Ireland providing natural light and realized with a minimal color palette. The simple extension connects the ground floor level with the rear of the min house. A grand expanse of glass allows the garden to become part of the interior as it creates a tone of tranquility and calmness over the interior experience.

Image ODOS architects. Via Yatzer.

Architects Quim Larrea & Katherine Bedwell have designed the Rambed House near Barcelona. The peculiarity of the natural setting, the views of the valley and the functionality that the client demanded made us think of those Californian homes designed by Richard Neutra back in the 50’s. The house with a “V” shape plan had to be horizontal, tectonic, but at the same time friendly and respectful with the forest. It had to levitate on the site in order to simulate weightlessness.

Vincent Callebaut visionary behind the Lilypad has created a whale-shaped floating garden designed to drift through the world’s rivers while purifying their waters. The Physalia is a self-sufficient ecosystem that generates all the power it needs from the sun and works to reduce water pollution. Physalia was inspired by the Physalia Physalis jellyfish, whose name translates roughly to “Water Bubble”. This water bubble is meant to navigate the major rivers of Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East, traveling along the Danube and Volga, between the Rhine and Guadalquivir, and through the Euphrate and the Tiger. Completely self sufficient and incredible looking, the Physalias would turn heads wherever it floated.