Blueprint Magazine

http://www.getthatmag.com/digital/blueprint/

Blueprint Magazine is a great source, aswell as blog websites, to obtain cutting edge contemporary designs.

Featuring an in-depth and informative article, Blueprint focuses upon innovative and aesthetically pleasing designs.

In February 2009 they had a Japanese special which feature contemporary designs by many Japanese architects

http://viewer.zmags.co.uk/publication/f942872a#/f942872a/1

Within the edition, the sketches of one building were featured, this gave me an insight into how architects sketch and portray their ideas.

This house by Fujimori, is based on the context of traditional Japanese tea houses, and the height could relate to flooding, although this is a bit extreme, but this did make me think about the height of my house, and how many steps I would need.