The Villa, Daniel Libeskind’s first signature series home, is like a contemporary, cutting edge sculpture that creates a new dialogue between contemporary living and a completely new experience of space.

Designed by Portuguese architect Alvaro Leite Siza Vieira, Casa Tolo is a 180 sq. meters holiday home located on a long and narrow, steep hill in northern Portugal. The site’s extreme slope defines the main characteristic of this unique concrete structure.

This modern studio is based upon an expanded loft design relocated to the countryside. The art studio serves as a place for both drawing and painting as well as providing for the amenities of storage, cooking, cleaning, and reading.

Over the last couple of years, Ryan Walsh of DRW Design Build has been consistently working on his 1925 bungalow in Portland, Oregon. Due to tight financial constraints, Walsh did an excellent job in remodeling and expanding the original structure into a modern home by using an alternative design approach combined with recycled materials.

Maison Flottante or The Floating House is a 23 meters long barge, commissioned by the Cneai national contemporary art center for publication, to be used as a studio for its resident artists and authors.

Created by Virginia-based Bushman Dreyfus Architects, the design of this modern house in East Aurora, New York is so painstakingly beautiful, with its floor to ceiling glass facade overlooking a serene lake side setting and a vast wooded area.

Located on lake Laka in Upper Silesia, Poland, is the CO2 Saver by architect Peter Kuczia. This extremely sustainable, modern house blends into the surrounding countryside through its matching landscape toned timber facade.

I love this modern building design concept by Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). Located on southern islands Brygge in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Wing Residences location was inspired by the traditional way of placing buildings along the area’s waterfront, providing water views as well as access to the harbor promenade.

Designed by Balance Associates Architects, the Rainbow Rock house design blurs the distinction between indoor and outdoor space. Inspired by the site’s natural beauty, natural materials such as granite, cedar and stucco were chosen to reinforce the inside/outside concept from the exterior to the interior.

The Gherkin Building, by London-based architect Norman Foster, is a magnificent, 180 meters tall office building located in 30 st. Mary Axe, London, UK.