Architect Paul Morgan analyzed the winds when designing his house - so much that 'scoops' trap cooling summer breezes

Donnybrook Quarter by Peter Barber Architects - urban living with private outside spaces

read up on Brunelleschi's solution to the unfinished dome of Florence's Duomo and his Santo Spirito Church - considered the two "Florentine miracles"

hollinhills.org/ suburbs for designers?

Exhibit at NY Center for Architecture for the new NY Times building by Renzo Piano shot by Annie Leibowitz

My favourite museums are works of art themselves - Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinatti

Is going to the dentist more bearable when you're in awe of your surroundings? www.hirokitanabe.com/ Minami-Nagano dental clinic by Hiroki Tanabe and Shin Yokoo

Design studio Korban/Flaubert out of Australia incorporates math/geometry and biological models; also checkout the Beijing National Aquatics Center by Chris Bosse of PTW Architects also in Au