For another year, in 2014 ArchDaily has featured hundreds of houses from designers around the globe, with homes that appear to float above ground, sink below grade, snake through forests, jut over cliffs, and blur the line between building and environment. This year, we've seen some of the most intuitive, outlandish, and creative designs cropping up around the world, from São Paulo to Ho Chi Minh City to Stockholm, and to celebrate the end of the year we've rounded up our 50 best projects from 2014, representing an incredible range of living environments from the world's most innovative architects.
Enjoy the sandy surrounds of House in Miyake or the minimalist paradise of Love House; or escape for a getaway to Weekend House in Downtown São Paulo. Find out which houses stray from the norm, reviving the wooden cottage and redefining the stone cabin with a touch of linearity and serious panoramic views. Step inside wondrous spaces that soar skyward or connect with the earth, speak to the divine or convene with the spiritual – and yet all share the unmistakable feeling of 'home.'
Find out which houses make our list after the break
Case / Jun Igarashi Architects
Car Park House / Anonymous Architects
House for Trees / Vo Trong Nghia Architects
House Unimog / Fabian Evers Architecture + Wezel Architektur
House in Fontinha / Manuel Aires Mateus + SIA arquitectura
Cien House / Pezo von Ellrichshausen
Split View Mountain Lodge / Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter
Estate Bungalow / Narein Perera
Moose Road / Mork Ulnes Architects
House in Kawanishi / Tato Architects
7x18 House / AHL architects associates
Lavaflow 5 / Craig Steely Architecture
Vault House / Johnston Marklee
Island House / Peter Rose + Partners
Gumus Su Villas / Cirakoglu Architects
Savioz House Conversion / Savioz Fabrizzi Architectes
Solo House / Pezo von Ellrichshausen
Villa-Gallery in Karuizawa / Makoto Yamaguchi Design
Casa C / Camponovo Baumgartner Architekten
Ipes House / Studio MK27 – Marcio Kogan + Lair Reis
Mölle by the Sea / Elding Oscarson
Quebrada House / UNarquitectura
Weekend House in Downtown São Paulo / SPBR
House in Balsthal / PASCAL FLAMMER
A Hill On A House / Yuko Nagayama and Associates
House #1.130 / Estudio.Entresitio
The House of the Infinite / Alberto Campo Baeza
Desert Courtyard House / Wendell Burnette Architects
Jerry House / Onion + Arisara Chaktranon & Siriyot Chaiamnuay
Tula House / Patkau Architects
House in Miyake / Hidetaka Nakahara Architects + Yoshio Ohno Architects
Skylight House / Andrew Burges Architects
S House / Vo Trong Nghia Architects
House Husarö / Tham & Videgård Arkitekter
House in Byoubugaura / Takeshi Hosaka
