Nonchan's House

I appreciate the lightness of this house in Japan designed by Masatoshi Shikada and Kaoru Kuzukawa.

Images from SpaceInvading.

House of Arts and Culture Beirut

A competition entry by Jaja Architects. (Images from Bustler.net)

Icon of Beirut

This design is by Ziad El Khoury. (Images from Dezeen.com)

Arabian Library

Library in Scottsdale, Arizona by Richard + Bauer. (Images from Inhabitat.com)

Kalmar MOMA

Kalmar Museum of Modern Art in Sweden by Tham and Videgard Hansson Arkitektur. (Images from Dezeen.com). I love the way the architects chose to bring more natural light into the museum through clerestories and a slot-like slanted ceiling design.

FlatFlat

I know this is a lot of posts in one day, but today I discovered a lot of new design blogs and sites and I really need a place to put this inspiration before I forget it.

I found this one on the Contemporist as well and is FlatFlat by SAKO Architects. The bold colors, interesting use of electric lights and organic curves really caught my eye. The idea of this space being a sort of organic, interior park was also a pretty intriguing notion, especially when contrasted with the starkness of the white and clean-cut edges. It's a pretty fantastical space.

Recycle!

Tadao Ando was my first favorite architect. I loved his clean, subtly powerful designs and I really loved the way he worked with light in his buildings. I first learned about Ando's Morimoto restaurant about a year ago, but I still really appreciate the way he utilized plastic water bottles to create this amazing lit wall. It's such a creative way of reusing something that is generally viewed as common, or as trash, and turning it into something that is incredibly appealing, visually.