Imagining Scandinavia as a toadstool-riddled glade where travellers can rest in sylvan hollows might seem like a gross stereotype. It might also be correct.

The slightly wonky owner-builder architecture of the Northern Rivers region has been condensed into an exhibition– and now a book – at Lismore Regional Gallery.

Nimbin is known as a stoner's paradise, but the village and surrounding region are full of hands-on people. A new exhibition at Lismore Regional Gallery shows off the impressive owner-builder architecture of the area.

3D printers may still be a hobbyhorse flogged by a fringe group of technologists, design enthusiasts and the odd architect, but soon there will probably be one in every household.

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright created the 'prairie' house, which is often referred to as "the best all-time work of American architecture". He also designed this doghouse for a Labrador retriever named Eddie.

It sounds like something a child would dream about, and looks like it was designed by one too: the Futuro House, a prefabricated 50 square metre house designed in Finland in the late '60s to look exactly like a B-grade sci-fi flying saucer.

LLoyd Kahn reckons he isn't the DIY poster guy, but that is bullocks. He's the man who first published Shelter in 1973 and helped fuel a movement.

Locked cabinets, off-limit areas and secret rooms are always the most enticing places to enter and spaces to snoop. Every two years, Historic Houses Trust opens up some private Sydney buildings so you can do just that.

They say "writing about music is like dancing about architecture", but thankfully words and architecture have a much more harmonious relationship.

Just the name of this one ticks important boxes for us, especially from the vantage point of a deadline desk.