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.
Also included in our monthly roundup of our readers' favourite residences is a lime-rendered house in Mexico, a cross-laminated timber holiday home in Sweden and a home in India built alongside mango trees.
Read on to find out more about Dezeen readers' favourite houses this month:
House and Studio in Kyoto, Japan, by Tato Architects
Measuring four by 30 metres, local studio Tato Architects filled this narrow site in Kyoto with a skinny home and ceramics studio illuminated by two skylit voids.
Inside, zigzagging staircases and walkways connect the home's separate eastern and western wings, which are elevated over an expansive ground-floor studio.
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Tollymore, UK, by McGonigle McGrath
Belfast studio McGonigle McGrath set six staggered rectangular volumes into a steep bank to form this riverside house in Northern Ireland.
Grey brick walls were built atop a stepped plinth formed from board-marked concrete, while large windows and glass doors overlook the surrounding nature.
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Perched beside a wooded hill in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Casa Amona is a two-storey home and studio wrapped in white lime-rendered walls.
The home was designed by local architecture studio Colar for a multi-generational family, with a stacked layout of rooms that function as independent units and an enclosed ground-floor living space that can convert into a bedroom without architectural intervention.
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Pine House, Sweden, by Johan Sundberg Arkitektur
Pine House stretches across a forested landscape in southern Sweden with a low-lying cross-laminated timber structure arranged in a cross-shaped plan.
Swedish studio Johan Sundberg Arkitektur wrapped the three-bedroom holiday home with pine panelling that was left exposed and untreated to weather over time.
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House Beyond the Mango Trees, India, by InLe Architect
Indian practice InLe Architects shaded the interiors of this home in Kerala with timber shutters and the cooling canopy of two large mango trees.
The entrance is positioned between the trees, which leads to an elongated dining room designed as the heart of the home, and an adjacent outdoor patio.
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