When it is dull and rainy outside, there is no better way to lift the spirits than to indulge in a spot of daydreaming about beautiful houses in the sun.

The Museum of Indigenous Knowledge may be planned for a busy street corner in Manila, but the nature-inspired design proposed by Japanese architect Kengu Kuma could easily have transported visitors back to the neolithic age.

IJburg is a new lakeside neighbourhood to the east of Amsterdam.

In Japan, despite the extremely high population density, most people still live in detached single-dwelling houses, partly due to the ever-present risk of earthquakes.

Green architecture has been much discussed but few architects have realised the concept in such spectacular fashion as Stefano Boeri with the Bosco Verticale ("Vertical Forest"). 

The Aria is a 9-storey apartment block located in the Bondi Junction area of Sydney.