A drawbridge-like flap lowers from the steel-plated facade of this Melbourne bunker to reveal a bedroom window. More »

A roof terrace can be glimpsed between the metallic grey timber beams that surround a two-storey house near Riga, Latvia. More »

A private balcony is concealed behind the black galvanised steel exterior of this house in Yao, Japan, by architect Yosuke Ichii. More »

This farmhouse in Hokkaido by Japanese studio Hiroshi Horio Architects has a pointed observation deck where residents dry herbs. More »

This house outside Warsaw by Polish architect Robert Konieczny transforms from a villa by day to a fortress by night. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »

This house in Fukuyama, completed by Japanese studio UID Architects, is composed of four separate blocks clad in black-stained cedar. More »

Concrete wedges project out from the facade of this single-storey residence near Madrid by Spanish architecture studio A-Cero. More »

French practice Moussafir Architectes have completed this refurbishment and extension of a house in the Parisian suburbs, adding deep larch wood window frames. More »

Helsinki studio Avanto Architects have completed this house with four wings overlooking four distinct views in Virrat, Finland. More »

This house in Zellerndorf, Austria, by Vienna studio Franz Architekten comprises three separate units linked by glass passages. More »

This house in Barcelona by architect Santiago Parramón of RTA-Office is clad in slabs of basalt. More »

Dutch studio Knevel Architecten have completed this villa located on IJburg, a new residential district in Amsterdam built on a series of artificial islands. More »

This wood panelled house and studio in Nacka, Sweden, is by Swedish studio In Praise of Shadows. More »

Here's another house by Osaka studio TOFU Architects (see their N House in our earlier story), this time located in Fukui, Japan, and completely wrapped in a material normally used for roofing.  More »