
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

