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Extraordinary Houses
The world’s most imaginative retreats, villas, and tiny sanctuaries!
🌍 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
How an Abandoned Cement Factory Became Ricardo Bofill’s La Fábrica
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