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
modern vancouver houses 
Very interesting, glad we got some local love this year!!
i sure was hoping that the vancouver contenders had a chance, but now that the winner and shortlisted entries are announced, i was disappointed. link to the short list here :
http://backstage.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=21849&q=house%20of%20the%20year%20shortlist
and the winners list here :
http://www.wantoday.com/resi_house_winners_2013/index2.html
and winner house here :
http://backstage.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=21932
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