Modest, Modern & Marvelous. The Tsuchinoco House by Satoru Inoue.

Japanese architect Saturo Inoue designed this modern home, the Tsuchinoco House, tucked up on the hill nestled amongst more traditional and older Japanese homes.




The two-story home is small but with very high ceilings and angled walls which allow light to flow through the house and views of the water from just about every room.
















the view from the home:

You can see from the jagged footprint of the home from the foundation:

and the miniature architectural model of the home:





all images courtesy of Satoru Inoue

Satoru INOUE Architects

Modern Home On The Island of São Miguel by Portugal Architect Bernardo Rodrigues

This single family residence, House of the Flight of Birds (or Flight of Birds House), located on São Miguel Island (St Michael Island) in the Azores was designed by Portugal's Harvard and Columbia educated architect Bernardo Rodrigues and recently featured in Architizer and on Arch Daily.

In case you haven't yet seen the unusual modern home with it's incredible rooftop views, take a look.












The incredible views from the homes' inviting undulating rooftop:






The interior:






Architect: Bernardo Rodrigues
Location: Ribeira Grande
Preliminary Study: James Grainger, Pedro Mosca, Natacha Viveiros
Execution: Nelson Ferreira, Ye Xuanyong, Vasco Melo, Laura von Dellemann, Alexandra Balona
Work: Adriana Massague, Rita Breda, Ana Soares, Jessica Silva, Sofia Cordeiro, Raquel Fernandes Elena Archipovait Marcello Zahr
Project Year:2002-2010
photos by photographer Iwan Baan


Bernardo Rodrigues is one of Portugal's most innovative architects. Be sure to see more of his work at his website.