WAN (World Architecture News) has announced their finalist long list for the 2012 houses of the year awards.

here is a link to all the entries.

amazingly, two vancouver houses made it to the list this year! have a look :

 

the southlands residence, vancouver, canada

designed by : DIALOG

 

 

 

 

 

 

house 4249, west vancouver, canada

designed by : DGBK

 

 

 

 

below are some of my other favorites:

park road, london, united kingdom

designed by : display architecture

 

 

 

 

 

 

two passive solar gain houses, porthtowan, cornwall, united kingdom

designed by : simon conder associates

nice to see someone using passive solar concepts to reduce heating load in a house. the overall design is kept simple as well.

 

 

 

 

house in kings cross, king city, canada

designed by : bortolotto design architect inc.

not only is this house also in canada, but it also makes use of some key sustainable features.

 

 

 

 

coalcliff house, sydney, new south wales, australia

designed by : indyk architects pty ltd