Houses L i a found for you to be inspired by.

I found this house, and although the architecture is very simple, it is a 96 square foot house and the way everything is arranged to fit in this small space is very interesting. http://larryfire.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/the-smallest-house-in-the-world/

Here is a collection of interesting houses:
http://weburbanist.com/2008/07/17/unique-beach-houses-and-lake-houses/
I like Castel Meur, which is a house built between two rocks. The exterior of the house matches the stone, and although it was built in 1861, and isn't in the style of what we know as modern design I think it fits into the landscape very nicely- but if a house was built in the same spot now the designer might make the roof more modern so it would look more like a rock.

The next house is very modern, and is designed after a mathetmatical shape by the austrilian McBride Charles Ryan Architects. In this set of pictures, I like the bottom left one. I like the open space inbetween the house, as well as the color and how the color of the stairs matches the color of the walls.

The last set of pictures show houses in extreme places, a small "island" or basically a large rock in the ocean, with a house on it which seems like a bad spot for a home, based on the location, and inability to get there without having your boat smashed to smitherines when a large wave throws it against a rock.

The second to last set, which looks like a UFO is not very pretty, and appears to be made out of concrete. But keep in mind it was from the 60s, and is designed to withstand earthquakes, both of which redeem some of its appearence. Since it is circular the lay out inside is also probably very interesting.

Also on that website was this which is a list of all their posts relating to architecture. They have green, hotel, jail, futuristic, castle, contemporary, and cutting edge examples of architecture.

When I was walking a few weeks ago I saw a building that looked a lot like Nora's model, and I recently found out its the Daily News Building. It resembles Nora's skyscraper in terms of the skin, as well as the shape of the building.

- L i a