German studio Fabi Architekten has stacked a black building on top of a white building to create this house in the Bavarian countryside (+ slideshow). More »

A square window protrudes from the gabled facade of this house in Germany by Stuttgart architects (se)arch (+ slideshow + photographs by Zooey Braun) More »

KHBT of London and Berlin has doubled the size a 1970s family house in Offenbach, Germany, by wrapping a timber-clad extension around the walls and over the roof (+ slideshow). More »

The steps of an adjacent vineyard inspired Dutch architects UNStudio to generate the inclining profile of this house in Stuttgart (+ slideshow). More »

This house in Cologne by SMO Architektur adopts two contradicting architectural theories: the open-plan lower floor references Le Corbusier's Plan Libre, while the multi-roomed upper floor follows the principles of Adolf Loos' Raumplan. More »

The square windows and mansard roof silhouette of this Bavarian townhouse by German architects SoHo Architektur are an echo of the building that formerly occupied the site (+ slideshow). More »

This red concrete house outside Stuttgart by German firm Finckh Architekten has an oversized middle floor that cantilevers across the driveway (photos by Zooey Braun). More »

Slideshow: there are no horizontal crossbeams to interrupt the vertically striped wooden batons that clad this house outside Munich by German architects Titus Bernhard. More »

Slideshow: the glazed walls of this pavilion-like house in southern Germany are sandwiched between a roof and plinth that mirror one another (photographs by Zooey Braun). More »

A painted-timber skin that skirts around the top storey of this Hamburg house reveals the heights of staggered floors inside. More »

German architects Christ Christ have added box-like rooms and an outdoor cinema to the roof of a house in Wiesbaden. More »

A chunky timber shell wraps over the north facade and roof of a woodland retreat near Berlin by German architects Scheidt Kasprusch. More »

Stuttgart architects (se)arch have completed a house in Germany with an exposed concrete base and cedar shingle-clad upper walls (photographs by Zooey Braun). More »

Following our story about Shigeru Ban's apartments secured by rolling metal shutters, here's a concrete house near Stuttgart that can be sealed with sliding screens. More »