Inspired by Japanese design methods and informed by warm California modernism, the Leura house embodies a new and decidedly Australian brand of contemporary sustainable architecture.

First images of the all renovated Parisian concept store Colette, which opened its doors again today. Nothing short of incredible!

The Mayans and Egyptians constructed incredible feats of architecture able to weather the test of time, but they had no idea their pyramids would inspire the shape of the latest carbon-neutral super-structure to hit Dubai.

Goldbar NYC, amazing !

Fragile Lab is an apt name for this retail showroom by Import/Export Architecture. The facade appears tenuous with its off-kilter columns. Designboom has some great interior shots.

Mexico City > Nestlé Chocolate Museum, rojkind arquitectos

The C-Lab is the Columbia Laboratory for Architectural Broadcasting, a experimental research unit devoted to develop new forms of communication. ArchDaily interview with them, explores the role of architects in today's society.

Norwegian architects 70ºN designed this prefab house, a mobile habitat for 2 people.

The Joanopolis House by UNA Arquitetos, which uses local Brazilian materials and is beautifully integrated into its site.

Expo Zaragoza 2008

Jean Nouvel's aquatic complex Les Bains des Docks, recently opened in Le Havre, France.

Meticulously and with surgical precision Richard Galpin breaks down the fine top layer of large-scale architectural photographs into geometrical forms and lines.

Alan Family House, Los Angeles, CA / Neil M. Denari Architects Inc.

Nice shelter by architectural student Andres Miguel Lillo Coria. Located in the Region of Maule's Andes Mountains, it is in pine and is assembled in a way to allow the visitor to view the beautiful landscape.

Once again spanish architects show innovative random facades. In Barcelona, by ADD+ Arquitectura.

A stylish hardware store, in Quito, Ecuador by Arquitectura X.

Award winning Mora River Aquarium encloses an aquatic habitat inside a sleek building, in the shape of a barn, built from several white sections.

Inspired by the gers of native Mongolians, the lifepod is the ultimate in modern nomadic living.

AT103, chosen as one of the hottest architects for 2008 by Wallpaper, designed this stylish apartment building in Mexico. Love the pink entrance.

Modern tea house by Jun Igarashi Architects. Beautiful untreated concrete and rust colored roof that can double as a table.

Spanish architects really mastered complex facades, specially when it comes to social housing. Social Housing in Granollers by Bailo Rull ADD+ Arquitectura

An art house extension with an amazing skin made in braided steel stripes. By ssm Architekten

Studio Klink's Villa Peet. What strikes me as unusual about the house is the blank facade, with almost no windows facing the street at all. Images of the interior spaces show it to be super light and transparent, with views to the garden from everywhere in the house.

Cave Tagoo offers a contemporary twist on the traditional gorgeous, luxury Greek vacation.

A gorgeous example of site-specific architecture, designLAB's IFAW headquarters cleaned up a polluted brownfield site to revitalize the area's native greenery.

An amazing ephemeral pavillion made by nArchitects in Lacoste, France. A fabulous work on top of the Marquis de Sade’s castle.

This new hotel in Brisbane, Australia is more high-end than crocodile dundee.

This panorama of all five NYC boroughs at the Queens Museum of Art is bigger than my entire apartment!

German del Sol is a chilean architect that gets the most out of local landscapes. On his geometric hot springs, he enrouted a natural source of hot water with colorful architecture and green roofs.

Dos Mas Uno Arquitectos designed this amazing social housing complex in Spain.

The Third Space - an incredible installation put together by 52 German design students from the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich who created a gorgeous space out of 1.3 million cable ties. The project took 16,870 hours to complete.

Planar house is a very detailed project done by Steven Holl in the middle of Paradise Valley.

Villa Meindersma, a rounded house kinda like a bitten donut. By dutch architects Cie.

The Mountain Dwellings are the 2nd generation of the VM Houses - 2/3 parking and 1/3 living. Parking area became the base for terraced housing - a concrete hillside covered by a layer of housing...

Norwegian Snøhetta has been commissioned by the Ras Al Khaimah investment Authority and RAKEEN to design the Gateway project which is situated at the entrance to the city and will form a landmark for the city entrance.

House in Minami-Boso, Chiba - Japan / Kiyonobu Nakagame & Associates - This villa has one continuous wall folded in different directions setting up the various views.

A wooden house in chilean country side. I like how the interior spaces are contained by the structure, protecting it from the sun while being fully opened to the landscape.

The Seeko'o Hotel in Burdeaux, France. A nice all-white design by Atelier King Kong.

Jackson Clements Burrows spectacular house by the sea. Located in Victoria, Australia it features a big overhanging balcony overlooking the beach.

The facade of the iconic CCTV Building in Beijing by OMA is completed, just in time for the Olympics.

More than just a striking façade, this building’s hexagonal curtain is based upon climate modeling and serves to regulate the structure’s temperature and daylight by varying the size of each cell’s window.

The trompe-l'œil by Renate Buser. Another great artist that loves to create illusions.

JVA designed this particular community building with resting facilities in Kleppstad, Norway. Located on an amazing landscape, the building looks like a stone from behind, blending with the surroundings.

The Oliver kindergarden in Zaragoza, Spain, features a nice green roof, which actually looks kinda reddish at the time. It has inner patios covered with wood beams. For sustainakids?