Living in a glass house

I love glass houses, though I doubt I'd ever live in one (I still have some longing for privacy, not much, just a bit). This type of place always seems to be built in the middle of nowhere so you can avoid pesky peeping neighbours. In Santambrogio's glass homes, almost every piece of furniture is made of glass too. Take a look at these Italian wonders (I especially adore the mansion sitting on water):

Greener than green.

Treehouses are something I've never personally experienced. Maybe we just don't get that kind of enourmous, back-garden type of tree in the South of Spain (I did have an apple tree as a child in England, however). Maybe we just don't realise what we're missing, what with all the swimming pools and beaches... Or maybe we'd be more interested if all tree houses looked like the Wilkinson Residence in Portland:

Not bad. Not bad at all. This is what happens when you ask architect Robert Harvey Oshatz to design your house.

Organic Architecture

Javier Senosiain's work for Arquitectura Organica reminds me a bit of Gaudí, in his use of colourful tiles and almost biological curves. All of his buildings and designs aspire to become one with nature, and they're often constructed using animal thems. One of my favourites is his Nautilus shell-like house. More info and photos at the article on this place at Beautiful Life, or at Javier's website.