Beautiful Detail Showing The Use Of Handmade Bricks And Ammonia-fumed White Oak.

Interesting re-use of an existing 1960's stone house by wrapping in a new LVL and glass outer envelope.  Haus Hohlen by Jochen Specht in Dornbirn, Austria, 2014.

http://www.jochenspecht.com/arbeit/HAUS%20HOHLEN

Zero-energy house with two separate living units in a Darth Vader-style helmet from AMUNT in Tübingen, Germany.

http://www.amunt.info

On the theme of stair-storage solutions, here is one from 3XA.

http://reszka.nazwa.pl/cityzens/?p=69

Beautiful mashup of precision welded steel and laminated wood substructure with a vertical rough cut wood siding.

http://www.lode-architecture.com/lode/maison-d/

Wire-mesh and paving stones never looked so good.

http://so-il.org/artifact/534

Jean Prouvé made this gorgeous, user-assembled chair called the ‘CB22’ in 1947.

Dutch coffee bar & public space using 100% reclaimed materials and a shou sugi ban exterior siding detail.  The wood is lightly-roasted with a blow torch, then oiled.

http://www.bureausla.nl/projectpage/#/project/noorderparkbar

http://www.overtreders-w.nl/index.php?sb1=project&sb2=project&sb3=npbar

Quirky yet awesome outdoor space.

http://www.johansundberg.com/en/#villa-hakansson-tegman

Elegant, curving stair-storage solution from Claesson Koivisto Rune.

http://www.ckr.se/

Stair-to-roof solution, from the ingenious Robert Konieczny.

http://www.kwkpromes.pl/en/outrial-house/2332