Extraordinary Houses

The world’s most imaginative retreats, villas, and tiny sanctuaries!

Author

Yagmur Baydır
September 04, 2025

🌍 The latest in architecture and design, at a glance:

  • Snøhetta’s Not A Hotel Rusutsu is a floating glass villa retreat tucked into Hokkaido’s mountains.

  • The Kellogg Doolittle House in California looks like a giant concrete seashell nestled in the desert.

  • From UFOs to hobbit holes, ten quirky Airbnbs invite guests to sleep inside a storybook dream.

  • A global tour of jaw-dropping real estate, from French palaces to futuristic glass mansions, showcases just how extravagant the world’s priciest homes can be.

  • In India, Earthscape Studio built Into the Wild, a swirling mud-brick hideout grown straight from the earth.

  • Explore ten bamboo houses, spanning from lotus-shaped towers in Bali to floating homes in Vietnam.

  • Fifteen of the world’s tiniest houses reveal how smart design makes small spaces surprisingly livable.

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See you next edition,
Parametric Architecture

Snøhetta designs Not A Hotel, a Luxurious Villa Embedded in the Slopes of Rusutsu

Kellogg Doolittle House: A Masterpiece of Organic Architecture in the California Desert

From UFOs to Hobbit Holes: 10 Whimsical and Unique Airbnbs You Can Stay In

Architectural Designs of the Most Expensive Houses in the World

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Into the Wild: Earthscape Studio’s Column-Free Mud House in India

10 Bamboo Houses That Redefine Eco Design

15 Smallest Houses Around the World

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