Studio De Materia submerges private rooms of House JRv2 into sloping terrain
A timber-clad garage rests on top of partly submerged living spaces at this house in Poznań, Poland, which opens up towards the landscape on its lower level. More
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Andres Stebelski opens up artist's Mexico City house to its courtyard during renovation
Stained white walls, black-framed windows and roof gardens surround a courtyard overflowing with greenery in this house in Mexico City, which architect Andres Stebelski has overhauled for an artist. More
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Casey Hughes Architects adds twin-peaked extension to refurbished LA home
Casey Hughes Architects has renovated and extended a 1950s house in Los Angeles, adding a tall metal-clad volume featuring a pair of high windows. More
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Slatted marble walls shade Casa Chaaltun pool deck in Mexico
Elevated walls with marble slats form a canopy above the terrace and swimming pool of this house, which Tescala Architects has based on the natural surroundings in Yucatán, Mexico. More
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Maka Arkitektur completes contemporary Swedish courtyard house
A gabled wall provides the entrance to this holiday home in a Swedish coastal village, which also features rooms arranged around a garden and cherry tree. More
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ACDF Architecture completes home for two sisters beside Canada's Lake Memphremagog
This wood-clad home in Canada was designed as a secondary residence for sisters that split their time between Montreal and the Eastern Townships, and nestles into the landscape overlooking Lake Memphremagog. More
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Moxon Architects builds humble cabin in mountainous Scottish landscape
The mountains of Scotland's Cairngorms National Park offer a dramatic backdrop for this modernist-inspired hut by firm Moxon Architects. More
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Studio MK27 takes cues from Brazilian modernism for Osler House in Brasília
Brazilian studio Studio MK27 has rotated the top volume of this concrete house in Brasília so it extends out over a narrow swimming pool to rest on a pair of stilts. More
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RIBA names top 20 homes for 2017 in House of the Year award longlist
Richard Meier's first UK building and a cork-covered holiday home in Essex marshland are among the 20 contenders for this year's RIBA House of the Year Award. More
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OFIS Architects extends Slovenian house with trio of stacked wooden boxes
Three stacked cuboids covered in strips of dark-stained wood form this extension to a 1930s house in Ljubljana by Slovenian firm OFIS Arhitekti. More
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ODA creates thick gridded facade for Manhattan condo building
American studio ODA has taken cues from New York's historic character while designing this apartment block, which aims to "combat the cold modernism of so much contemporary construction". More
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Timber-framed cabin by Hanna Michelson stands on stilts to peep over the treetops of Swedish mountain
Swedish architect Hanna Michelson has completed a stilted timber cabin overlooking the Åsberget mountains, as the first of four getaways being built for the Bergaliv Landscape Hotel. More
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Eduardo Souto de Moura's House in the Serra Arrábida overlooks huge Portuguese park
The bright white walls of this house by Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura are in stark contrast to the vibrant greenery of its setting, in a mountainous park on the outskirts of Lisbon. More
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Skylights and slatted floors bring daylight into 2.5-metre-wide house in Japan
Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects has completed an exceptionally narrow timber house in Kobe, featuring an atrium that allows daylight to reach each of its levels. More
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Reflecting pool divides two wings of São Paulo house by Jacobsen Arquitetura
A decked walkway extends across the surface of a shallow pool to separate the two main wings of this house in São Paulo, which are lined with rows of timber columns. More
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Budi Pradono combines contemporary and traditional building methods for house in Bali
Bamboo construction is used to create a complex roof incorporating four chimney-like skylights at this house in the Balinese village of Kelating, designed by Indonesian architect Budi Pradono. More
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Jun Sekino completes Bauhaus-inspired beach house in eastern Thailand
Architect Jun Sekino employed clean-lined geometric forms and patinated concrete walls to create a tropical take on modernist architecture for this house in Thailand's Tha Mai district. More
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Five separate houses form Mexican estate by Vieyra Arquitectos
Vieyra Arquitectos has completed a compound in Mexico's Valle de Bravo, building a quartet of houses for each member of a growing family around a central villa. More
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Unfinished homes touted as potential solution to the global housing crisis
Homes without internal walls, kitchens or bathrooms are being billed as a solution to housing crises around the world, after NL Architects won the Mies van der Rohe Award for its refurbishment of the Kleiburg apartment block in Amsterdam. More
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Dan Brunn renovates Frank Gehry-designed LA house for an illustrator
A Japanese-style reading nook and a sculptural wooden staircase feature in this 1970s Los Angeles house, which has been overhauled by local studio Dan Brunn Architecture to "pay homage" to its original architect Frank Gehry. More