Glowing Report: 5 Softly-Lit Houses

These lamp-like homes light up their blocks—literally.

The 484-square-foot room offers a cool respite from summer sun and a warm place to relax in winter.

The façade is wrapped in 3-millimeter-thick silicon impregnated fiberglass fabric.

The screen shifts between being opaque and semitransparent.

A glowing home in Japan has milky-white, one-and-a-half-inch plastic sheets wrapped around the exterior to let in light...

Seen from the outside, angular slits offer tantalizing glimpses of the home's interior.