In our latest roundup, we look at recently completed homes and extensions that offer a contemporary twist on traditional bay windows. More about Seven UK homes that reimagine traditional bay windows
Scottish architecture studio Pend has updated a heritage-listed Georgian farmhouse in East Lothian, adding an extension clad in fluted, blush-toned blocks of precast stone. More about Pend wraps extension to historic Scottish home in fluted pink-toned stonework
Perforated screens of reclaimed terracotta brick and metal mesh for climbing plants wrap the volumes of this home in Australia, designed by local architect Peter Besley. More about Peter Besley shelters Brisbane home with walls of perforated brickwork
Artist Jobe Burns has completed the renovation of a 300-year-old farmhouse in southwest England, transforming it into a home designed to celebrate its rural identity and timeworn details. More about Jobe Burns uses traditional methods and materials to revive historic West Country farmhouse
London architecture studio Material Works has updated a Victorian home in Hackney, extending into its garden with a large double-height bay window framed with natural stone. More about Material Works extends Hackney home into an oversized bay window
Brussels-based architecture studio Hé! has updated a traditional Flemish home in Belgium, inserting a glazed timber and metal volume to form a "new living space" on its upper floor. More about Hé replaces traditional roof of Flemish home with glazed winter garden in Belgium
A narrow alleyway winds between the monolithic, blocky volumes and patios of this coastal home in Sicily, designed by Italian architecture practice Solum. More about Solum carves "labyrinthine" alleyway through coastal home in Italy
An inverted pitched roof creates sloping and curved ceilings that "blur structure and sculpture" at this home in Porto, Portugal, designed by local studio Fala Atelier. More about Inverted roof creates sculptural interiors for home in Porto by Fala Atelier
Local studio Dominic Spalt Architektur has renovated a 1960s house to create a multi-generational home characterised by red steelwork elements in Schaan, Liechtenstein. More about Striking red steelwork marks transformation of 1960s Liechtenstein home
Architecture practice UnTAG has created a home in the Western Ghats mountain range, India, which has terracotta-hued spaces and integrated planting. More about UnTAG uses plants and earthen textures for biophilic villa in India
From houses clad in reflective surfaces to those that draw on traditional desert architecture, we've selected eight homes and hotels built to facilitate human life in the arid deserts of California, USA. More about Eight elegant California dwellings designed for desert living
London studio Neil Dusheiko Architects has extended a home in Kent, creating a minimalist glazed garden pavilion sheltered by a large timber-lined roof. More about Neil Dusheiko Architects extends Kent home with light-filled garden pavilion
Australian studio Matt Gibson Architecture + Design has expanded a 19th-century terraced house in Melbourne, adding two contrasting brick extensions informed by Arts and Crafts-style architecture. More about Matt Gibson adds Arts and Crafts-style brick extensions to Melbourne home
Bross and Nick Flygt have completed Horsö, a minimalist summer house in Kalmar finished in untreated wood that complements its surroundings. More about Bross and Nick Flygt design "low-key" coastal home in Sweden
Canadian firm StudioAC has completed a residential building called Junction Semi for a family of seven, which features pale wooden cladding, a courtyard and a double-gable roof. More about StudioAC "carves outdoor space" into Toronto duplex for multi-generational family
New York studio General Assembly drew on Californian modernism for the renovation of this 1960s villa in The Hamptons, featuring pine-green tiles and a stainless-steel soaking tub. More about General Assembly adds "unexpected design details" to modernist Amagansett beach house
A covered walkway connects the series of pavilions and patios that make up this house near Barcelona, designed by local studio Twobo Arquitectura. More about Twobo Arquitectura organises Casa Tres Patis around distinct patios
Cork panels and timber slats contrast with a traditional Victorian frontage at the Meadow Road house in Kent, renovated and extended by London practice Studio Bark. More about Studio Bark extends Victorian home in Kent using flatpack U-Build system
Architectural studio BLDUS has created a slender home in an urban alleyway called Brown House, which features a rooftop farm and the use of "healthy" building materials such as cork, bamboo and hemp. More about BLDUS creates alley house in Washington DC with cork cladding
Architecture studio Specht Novak Architects has wrapped a Frank Lloyd Wright-informed house in blackened-wood siding in Pennsylvania, USA. More about Specht Novak Architects reimagines Usonian design for lakefront house