The six winners of the AIA Small Projects Awards, including tea houses and pavilions, are great examples of well-designed architecture on a small scale.

Once a Laotian refugee and, now, a German architect, Van Bo Le-Mentzel understands firsthand what it means to be homeless and displaced.

Design, 'print' and assemble your own WikiHouse using free open-source software and a local CNC mill to cut the parts, even iwith no prior building experience.

Three historic barns are transformed into modern residences while preserving the look, feel and in one case every last board of the original structures.

A striking wedge-shaped home in Japan is covered in gravel and set back from the road, making it look like a massive sculptural object for the garden.

Most of us stick with standard color schemes to make our homes blend in, but these homeowners had the opposite idea - their homes definitely stand out.

An entire neighborhood of houses could instantly retreat into the ground like a turtle protecting itself in its shell in this neighborhood concept, 'Erupting Stability', by Ted Givens.

Building a home with traditional methods is a long and drawn-out process often full of delays, disappointments and stress.

A trio of glass tea houses gives a California homeowner a beautiful place to sleep, meditate and come up with creative ideas in the scenic Silicon Valley hills.

Architecture and graffiti are always a bit scandalous, as architects usually want anything but graffiti on the sides of their buildings. Not so in this structure!