Ala Moana | CoolBoom. not everybody gets a 5-bedroom luxury home on the great barrier reef. insane.

The Split-Level House by Qb Design » CONTEMPORIST. very nice.

Choy 1 Residence by Cary Bernstein Architect » CONTEMPORIST. some pretty live pretty darn well. and in san francisco none the less.

Slim Fit – Homes – Dwell. a gorgeous narrow home in roncesvalles. accompanying slideshow. via wes.

Euclid Avenue House by Levitt Goodman Architects » CONTEMPORIST. here in toronto. pretty cool roof.

Frank Lloyd Wright Fallingwater Lego set. for the architect on your christmas list.

The Aqua Tower by Studio Gang Architects » CONTEMPORIST. newly completed. yet another stunner for the chicago skyline.

The Butler Residence by PATH Architecture » CONTEMPORIST. house in portland, oregon. holy crap.

The Studio of Bark Design Architects » CONTEMPORIST. that’s pretty nice office.

TheStar.com | GTA | Bay Street icon getting a facelift. First Canadian Place is going to have all the dirty stained marble on its facade replaced with white glass. $100M project.

Visual Acoustics – trailer “Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, VISUAL ACOUSTICS celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world’s greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream.”

Oficinas de Facebook / O+A Studio | Plataforma Arquitectura. photos of facebook’s new hq. very cool stuff.

Before & After – A Contemporary Remodel in Utah » CONTEMPORIST. here’s the before photos. lots of nice dark wood.

The Paraty House by Marcio Kogan Architects » CONTEMPORIST. absolutely. mind. blowing.

Big Deal – Brooklyn’s Most Expensive Apartment Is In a Clock Tower – NYTimes.com. $25 million. the photos from the deck of the brooklyn bridge are nuts.


YouTube – Wallpaper* Sliding House. Jump to 2:30 in the video if you just want to see the wooden shell of a house sliding over a glass and aluminum frame. nuts. via lukas

The Perforated House by Kavellaris Urban Design » CONTEMPORIST. this thing just blew my mind.

The Yas Hotel » CONTEMPORIST. the lead on the project is Hani Rashid (Karim’s brother oddly enough). i saw Rashid give a talk about this project. all the glass panels are unique cuts and there is an F1 race track that goes along with the building.

Casa Tropical by Camarim Architects » CONTEMPORIST. some people really do live the good life.

The Cascade House in Forest Hill, Toronto. that’s some modern stuff.