India dominates our houses of the month list for April, which also includes an outrageous chalet designed by Diébédo Francis Kéré.
Read on to find out more about the most popular residences featured on Dezeen this month:
Gulzar's Residence, India, by Field Architects
The most-read house on Dezeen this month was Gulzar's Residence, an adobe-walled home overlooking the Himalayas designed for a prominent naturalist.
Using locally sourced materials and drawing on elements of the region's architectural vernacular, it is organised as a cluster of blocky volumes centred around a double-height living area and a staircase tower.
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Gstaad chalets, Switzerland, by Diébédo Francis Kéré, Nachson Mimran and others
Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Diébédo Francis Kéré worked with creative director Nachson Mimran and dozens of other architects, designers and artists on this pair of lavishly finished residences.
The interiors are elaborately decorated and furnished, incorporating African- and Swiss-inspired crafts, and feature a cave-like swimming pool with a ceiling made from thousands of bamboo tubes.
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Vaazh House, India, by VY Architecture Studio
Located outside Chennai, Vaazh House stands out for its wave-like roof made from earth-toned concrete ribbons.
The roof shelters a courtyard that sits at the centre of the house as well as providing a stepped area to sit or play.
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Priyam, India, by A01 Architects
The third Indian house on the list is a large home in Hyderabad formed of a stone-clad plinth topped with a white sculptural volume.
Inside, the house has a modern, minimalist feel, and is arranged around a central atrium containing a sunken seating area.
House Djurö, Sweden, by Campus
This clifftop home overlooking the Stockholm archipelago was combines exposed concrete with timber, steel and stone.
The client had requested a bunker-like concrete home, but Stockholm studio Campus decided to offset the starkness with planks of stained pine and oak.
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