With the proliferation of drone photography more houses are being photographed from the air. Here are 12 homes that look impressive in bird's-eye view.

Rock House, Abdulla Al Salem, Kuwait, by AGi Architects
AGi Architects designed Rock House to be largely enclosed from the surrounding streets, with a concrete shell clad in stone creating a solid outer wall.
The house is focused inward around a multi-level central courtyard, which the majority of rooms look onto. Enclosed by angular walls the internal courtyard spirals down to a swimming pool on the ground floor.
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Fukushima Home, Fukushima, Japan, by Cohta Asano
This home in Fukushima, Japan, is made up of a stack of nine overlapping cuboids that are all different sizes and proportions, which can be clearly seen from directly above. Cohta Asano designed the three-storey house as his own home.
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Casa Bruma, Mexico, by Fernanda Canales and Claudia Rodríguez
Fernanda Canales and Claudia Rodríguez designed this holiday home 100 miles southwest of Mexico City for a young couple.
The house is made from nine cuboid blocks that are arranged in a rough circle within a forest clearing. Each of the blocks contains one of the building's functions ? bedrooms, living spaces, guest rooms, garage and utility room.
"The result is an 'exploded house', where the dwelling is composed of isolated volumes that are placed according to the views, the orientations and the exist...