This may be the biggest invention since that long-standing, still-universal staple of the construction industry: the red clay brick. A single identical unit, multiplied by four, forms a rigid structural element – stack these and set them side by side, and you have nothing short of a material revolution. Watch the videos to fully see how these function!

Created by Dror Benshetrit after years of toying with related geometries and building methods, this super-simple, gravity-driven block system has as many applications as one can imagine. It could be used for short-term emergency shelters, on the one hand, or to hold up bridges for the long haul on the other — via Dornob

The large population density of The Netherlands has created an inherent need for housing, giving young Dutch architects like MVRDV the opportunity to design and build large projects in their mainland.

WoZoCo is a prime example of a specific need for housing in the country, providing answers for needs of their time — via ArchDaily

In 2009, the Morgan Motor Company celebrated their centennial by producing a 2/3 scale pedal car version of the classic Morgan Threewheeler. Now they’re back with a full-sized road ready model that would be at home in the garage of any grown-up Biggles fan.

Between 1909 and 1953, about 30,000 Morgan Threewheelers were produced in the company’s Malvern factory. These fuel efficient little runabouts got over 50 mpg and were frequently seen at race tracks, even winning the French Grand Prix in 1913 — via Retro Thing

Andrew Cohen Architects conceived Page Road House’s iconic sculptural form in dialogue with the landscape and topography of a densely wooded 12-acre site in Lincoln, a close suburb of Boston that has carefully preserved its agrarian character. After commissioning ACA to design the Springstep Center for the Arts, the homeowner sought an equally ambitious and forward-looking design for her home to convey her passion for the performing and visual arts. As the founding director of Springstep, she entertains and hosts fundraising events frequently, so the house needed spaces commodious enough to contain a crowd, while still being an inviting and intimate retreat the rest of the time — via ArchDaily

On this very little plot it was impossible to challenge the two high level neighbours which have respectively 6 en 9 floors because a nursery can hardly have more than 2 floors. And feeting to the neigbours would have underlined the disproportion of the statures — via ArchDaily

Continuing demand for spaces for student, gesta this project E-PRO, brother with a same scheme but resolved formally distinct. As a starting point, sought maximize space where located garage, House [Volta Arquitectos] that supports the building program to release a large clear. The irregularity of the Windows on the Green volume, like a console audio channels — via ArchDaily

Architects Atelier Ryo Abe Works shared with us this project that consists on a house for a young couple with two small children. According to the architects, the clients requested a lot of shelf space to display their many collectables — via ArchDaily

Here are some nice looking and very inexpensive Italian watches from Fullspot. Certainly designer, certainly fashion-ey, certainly the opposite of most of what you have in your collection. But actually quite fun — via A Blog to Read