As more architects get their hands literally dirty with the design-build process, this form of project delivery is resulting in some quite elegant structures.

A house by architect Ben van Berkel rarely could be described as a glass box. Instead the principal of the Amsterdam-based UNStudio avoids the rectilinear modernist approach for a more organic direction.

Toshiko Mori designs a modernist house in picturesque Camden, Maine, that is embedded in the earth but opens out to the view.

For a house in a lush Miami precinct, Brillhart Architecture explores a vernacular modernist idiom.

In the far reaches of a peninsula in Wisconsin, Johnsen Schmaling has designed a textured wood structure with a green roof and expansive views of nature.

The Dresner Residence reflects architect Steven Sivak's interest in concrete and his client's minimalist style.

New York–based Bernheimer Architecture carves out double-height skylit spaces to create a sun-drenched vacation house in coastal Rhode Island.