This postmodern house is easy to spot as an artist's home. Anything but traditional, its design and interiors exhibit a variety of influences and different forms of expression. An eight-foot-tall, swirling black brass sculpture on a bed of white stones welcomes you to the three-storey structure. The sculptor also sees his house as a work of art: "A house is a three-dimensional piece also. It's a different kind of artwork."

(First published in Real Living, Real Homes section, November 2009. Photos by Rene Mejia, styling by Gwyn GS Guanzon; adapted for use in Female Network)