The Cactus House building has received its name because of its architectural shape and environmentally friendly features. Cool-looking would be a good enough reason for us, but this housing design was created to maximize each apartment’s outdoor space and indoor sunlight. The splaying stack of slabs creates big terraces for gardening and the irregular shape allows sun to enter from multiple angles. The Urban Cactus is a housing project in the Vuurplaat section of Rotterdam by UCX Architects. The UCX Architects placed the 98 residential plots on 19 floors. The units all seem to have been given an enormous amount of exterior terrace/garden space due to the funky alternating forms. Its biological undulations and draping gardens offer some refreshing curves to the all-too prevalent Dutch box.