This week's picks:

+ The Building Design 2008 YAYAs, Young Architect of the Year Awards, for the UK's most promising architect under 40. Via designboom. Above, Kraus Schoenberg's Haus W and Feix & Merlin Architects' Beach Hut.

+ Markku Hedman Architect's mobile Housebox, an eight sq. meter "'summer-container', ..., easily transportable, has sleeping, living and kitchen space." that collapses to a 2.8 x 2.4 meter box. Via Materialicious via Judit Bellostes.

+ Johan Leufstadius of Movado Arkitekter's Sovhus 4:12, a 12 sq. meter sleeping cabin in Värmdö. Via Materialicious.

+ Ideabox's green prefab Island Cottage debuts at Seattle Home Show at Jetson Green, "The 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 625 square-foot home was designed as a recreational cottage for places like the San Juan Islands, a home for small footprint urban infill, or an ancillary living space for an accessory dwelling unit.".

+ Takao Shiotsuka Atelier's zen Garden and Sea weekend house at noticias arquitectura.

+ Parasite Studio's 150 sq. meter White Apartment at Arch Daily, "The furniture and partition units define areas and organize the space, ordering the whole display of activities. By its design, the furniture overcomes its state of static object within space and takes part in a dynamic manner in the definition of the apartment.

+ Sou Fujimoto Architects' nested House N at Arch Daily, "comprised of three shells of progressive size nested inside one another. The outermost shell covers the entire premises, creating a covered, semi-indoor garden. Second shell encloses a limited space inside the covered outdoor space. Third shell creates a smaller interior space.".

+ Architecture W's M house at Arch Daily, located "at the edge of a cliff that hovers over the northern part of Nagoya".

+ Architect Marcus Hofbauer's garden office, "an alternative solution to an extension of the main family home and makes for a separate, self-contained area for undisturbed working.". Via DESIGNSPOTTER.

+ Remodelista's visit to Rothschild/Schwartz Architects' Final(ly) house, "Located on a dramatic, wind-swept ridge in Sausalito with spectacular views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the Pacific Ocean, the structure incorporates many sustainable features (both Jessica Rothschild and Reuben Schwartz are LEED accredited), including a living roof, high-efficiency PV panels, reclaimed local 100-year-old redwood siding, cork flooring, and radiant heating.".