The decision to have a patterned brick lay was a decision made on site.

20K Show Homes The centerpiece of the Rural Studio program is the 20K House. The price is calculated by looking at the highest mortgage someone on Social Security can afford. They normally cost roughly $12,000 for materials and $8,000 for contracted labor and profit. Photo by Tim Hursley

To complete The Incomplete Dictionary of Show Birds series, British photographer Luke Stephenson had to enter the close-knit world of dedicated bird breeders. The subject matters' beauty, in all of its variations and colors, gracefully perch against a simple backdrop. Seen here: Red Canary #1. Via Luke Stephenson. (Pin)

One of the four photography promos sent to us by Toby Burditt

1966 Superstudio holds Superarchitettura show.

The bedroom is a comfortable show of geometric regularity.

INsite: Farnsworth House Light Show. These photographs are offered as pledges to backers of the Kickstarter, which ends May 31. Photo by Kate Joyce

Home Show House by William Krisel.

The designer recently was part of a group exhibition called 'The October Show' at Salon 91 in Cape Town, South Africa. On view was Metcalf's collection of circular pieces, 2 light-boxes, and a crop of collaborative artworks.

The aluminum housing protects birds year-round and attaches to trees with a fastener and lashing strap that does no damage to the tree.

The 15th annual Palm Springs Modernism Show & Sale returns to the Palm Springs Convention Center with rare goodies offered by top dealers. The show kicks off on Friday, February 13 with a gala kickoff party and runs through Monday, February 16.

2010 Elementary Design, a two-man show of Normal Studio’s work, opens at Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.

This photo shows how Wageman shows modern goods alongside more traditional fare.

Double Roof House, a residence and small business designed by Khuon Studio, sits on a narrow lot that measures 44 by 183 feet in Ho Chi Minh City.

A lightweight frame enclosed with taut fabric and sheets of Jobert Okume marine plywood are used for this 44-square-foot hybrid prefab trailer house.

The house’s street-level entrance shows an openness to its surroundings, and a glass door allows curious passersby a glimpse of the interior.

An island topped with a Raw Concrete waterfall counter by Caesarstone ($1,535) provides a place for the kids to make snacks. The Delta faucet cost $380; the Moen soap dispenser was $44.

This shot of the Ravine House's interior shows its glazed back facade and clear geometry.

Onstage, green lifestyle expert and media personality Danny Seo will speak about sourcing American kitchen products, and preview the kitchen renovation inside his 1950s rural Pennsylvania home, to be featured in the July/August issue of Dwell. Photo by David Englehardt.

The houses show the traditional style alongside the contemporary.

Magazzino at the Armory Show, NY 2010. From the Series "Art Fares"

A streetside vegetable purveyor shows his offerings.

A few of the tables exhibited at last year's show.

Neptune’s Temper by Paul Wackers is a standing sculpture assemblage.

The bulb takes center stage in Jessica Hans's Lava Lamp.

Painter Eric Shaw's Loop Lamp is one of the few pieces in the show to riff on the traditional shade.

Chris Lux's Sweet Potato (yellow) blends ceramic, epoxy resin, lighting elements, and oil.

An artist and designer known for her exuberant multimedia creations, Katie Stout used fringe, mesh, and vinyl to create her Trojan Sconce.

Buenos Aires-based Estudio Ramos designs a concrete, wood, and iron stable that houses 44 prized horses and melds with the surrounding plains. In central Argentina, the province of La Pampa is dominated by vast, grassy plains whose fertile soil supports myriad farms and ranches. Stretching out in all directions, the flatlands resemble an ocean in its sheer horizontality. When professional polo player Nacho Figueras—a champion of the sport and a longtime Ralph Lauren model—enlisted architect Juan Ignacio Ramos of Estudio Ramos to build a stable for 44 polo horses, the architect was sure to incorporate the region’s meditative flatness into the design.

An excellent show program with information about all 17 designers was available as a take away. You can find more about them and the show at svenskform.se/17s... The show travels next to the Embassy of Sweden's House of Sweden in Washington, DC, and will be on view February 24 through March 27. From there, it will move to the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle this summer followed by the American Swedish Historical Museum in Philadelphia in the fall.

Porches are a beloved element of the Southern vernacular and lifestyle, traditionally serving as an extension of the indoors—a shady place to gather, socialize, or share a meal. So when the students of Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, entered the Solar Decathlon, a biennial energy-efficient residential design competition, the iconic space figured prominently in their concept. Here, a canopy of bifacial solar panels covers the porch and provides energy for the home.

The LV prototype’s bathroom shows how buyers can vary finish levels according to budget.

This architectural drawing shows the simple, efficient interior elevation.