Who needs a house when you can have a boat dock instead? I’m sure the family home is amazing but I’d be happy as their boat house caretaker. Long warm afternoons, the lap of water under the floor boards, thrum of insects, cool drink in hand, feet in the sun, head in the shade. OK peace and quiet cut by the roar of engines and the high pitched squeals of kids having fun… but it would be worth it. Bunny Run Boat Dock by Andersson-Wise Architects from Austin, Texas.

Say it loud.
Say it clear.
Saturday at work?
I don’t want to be here!

Unless of course it the workplace looks like this. If you have to go in go into something stylish. South Loft, an Auckland office for economists by Fearon Hay Architects.

Families grow and so do houses. A modern extension in Lier, Belgium by p8 architecten.

Pavillion in the Woods by Mexican architectural firm Parque Humano. A place for contemplation, for rest, for temporary shelter.

Raised above the dunes to take advantage of the view, the breezes and the lingering sunsets is a wooden box of a house. Honest in its construction. Thoughtful in its materials. Beautiful in its simplicity. Shelter Island house by Tamarkin Co.