An expansive gabled ceiling illuminated by clerestory windows shelters the open living spaces of Sugi House, a home in Kyoto designed by Japanese studio Ujizono Architects. More about Home in Kyoto is a "subtle rearranging" of familiar spaces
Giant shutters close off the towering facade of Wardrobe House, a rectangular wooden home in the Czech Republic designed by local studio Šépka Architekti. More about Šépka Architekti models prefab house in Prague on wooden wardrobe
TV show Grand Designs is still going strong after 27 years. In this interview, the show's host, Kevin McCloud, considers how British architecture has changed over that time. More about Residential architecture is getting more playful says Kevin McCloud
Local studio Fieldwork has transformed a run-down building in west London into a home and casting studio with "a sense of drama and atmosphere". More about Fieldwork turns dilapidated building into mansard-roof-topped home and studio
Blocky volumes in exposed concrete contrast with the lush greenery and rooftop vegetable garden at House K, a home in Vietnam designed by local architecture studio HGAA. More about Nature is "inseparable from daily life" at House K in Vietnam
US studio Desai Chia Architecture has referenced the form of "native oak leaves" in shaping the metal roof on Chatham Residence, a rural house in New York designed for retirement. More about Desai Chia shapes New York house to "cast shadows that mimic nature"
A distinctive roof maximises mountain views and prevents snow build-up at this timber-framed house in Japan's Shimane Prefecture, designed by Japanese studio Enter-Archi. More about Broken-pitch roof tops wooden House in Yakami by Enter-Archi
Mexican architecture studio Chain + Siman has created a weekend house with a series of contemporary gables that connects to a stone-clad bunkhouse in Valle de Bravo, outside of Mexico City. More about Chain + Siman balances "old and new" at gabled Mexican house
A monolithic grey-brick home in Northern Ireland and a skinny house in Kyoto are among the most popular houses featured on Dezeen this month. More about Dezeen's top five houses of September 2026
Architecture studio Stanton Williams has completed two boarding houses for girls at Winchester College, wrapping courtyards with gabled brick buildings that reference the historic layout and architecture of the 640-year-old site. More about Stanton Williams designs boarding houses to "support the culture" of Winchester College
London studio Hayhurst and Co has reorganised Hampstead Town House around a triple-height void, transforming the interior of the north London home while retaining its distinctive 1970s exterior. More about Hayhurst and Co carves triple-height void through 1970s Hampstead townhouse
Lime-plastered brickwork, timber boards and cork panels were used to help capture the changing light at Pine House, a terraced home in London renovated by local architecture studio Polysmiths. More about London home renovation by Polysmiths uses "light as the primary material"
UK studio RX Architects has returned to a house it previously completed in Sussex to add an extension, designed to blend in with the existing timber-clad form. More about RX Architects expands Sussex home with extension "immersed in the garden"
Cosy nooks and a study are among the spaces designed for reading at House of Shadows, a multi-generational home in Bengaluru, Karnataka, by Indian studio Cadence Architects. More about Multi-generational house in Bengaluru designed to be "conducive to reading"
Canadian studio RHAD Architects has completed Two Bay House in Nova Scotia, Canada, which consists of blocky volumes with carved-out voids, mass-timber framing and blackened wood cladding. More about RHAD Architects gives Nova Scotia house "quiet, monolithic presence"
Austrian studio Lechner & Lechner Architects has added an annexe clad in charred timber to a house in the Alps, designed as a minimalist space to "withdraw and think". More about Lechner & Lechner Architects adds charred timber-clad annexe to home in Austrian Alps
Scottish ash joinery and clay plaster add warmth to the granite walls of this low-lying extension to Cairngorm Cottage in Scotland, designed by local studio Architecture Office. More about Stone walls form "strong yet subtle" cottage extension in Scotland
Timber shutters and the canopies of two large trees shade the interiors of House Beyond the Mango Trees, a home in Kerala by Indian practice InLe Architects. More about Mango trees shade "restrained and calming" home in India by InLe architects
Local studio Gonzalo Bardach Architecture has created a concrete house with shading screens and green roofs for "atmospheres that support everyday inhabitation with calm and depth" in Argentina. More about Gonzalo Bardach balances "thick walls and filtering planes" at Casa JR in Argentina
Trapezoidal motifs appear throughout this concrete condominium block in Tokyo, designed by Japanese studio Ryuichi Sasaki Architecture. More about Ryuichi Sasaki Architecture uses trapezoid motifs for concrete housing in Tokyo