North Carolina is the next US state we're featuring in our ongoing series of American residential architecture roundups. Our top five houses in the region include a renovated mid-century residence and a stacked-volume home overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains. More
With the demolition of Robin Hood Gardens now underway and the tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire still fresh, writer and curator Owen Hopkins has called for politicians to stop using Britain's post-war architecture as a scapegoat for today's problems. More
Bamboo plants grow up the front of this slender house in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, which Vo Trong Nghia Architects has covered in huge, grooved concrete planters. More
Nestled into a wooded hillside, this residence by US firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and Canadian studio Bohlin Grauman Miller Architects has large glass walls offering picturesque views. More
Dezeen promotion: entrepreneur Adrian Cheng worked with architect Minsuk Cho of South Korean studio Mass Studies to design a clubhouse, gallery and eateries for a housing development set within landscaped grounds on Hong Kong's Clearwater Bay. More
South Korean architect Moon Hoon has completed a concrete house on the island of Jeju, featuring cantilevered boxes stacked on top of each other and braced by diagonal reinforced-concrete beams. More
Gottesman-Szmelcman Architecture has completed a luxury apartment complex perched atop a cliff north of Tel Aviv, featuring terraces sheltered beneath latticed canopies that overlook the Mediterranean Sea. More
The staircase at the centre of this Toronto house has mirrored balustrades that bounce light and reflections off one another to create a kaleidoscopic effect. More
Brickwork panels alternate with gaps up the sides of this housing project in Mexico City, which local firm HGR Arquitectos has organised around a line of patios at the centre. More
American firm Samsel Architects has built an L-shaped home for couple and their in-laws on a farm in North Carolina, using the area's rural vernacular architecture to inform the design. More
This new set of images provides a closer look at the trio of towers designed by architecture firm OMA for Miami's Coconut Grove. More
The living spaces of this seaside house in Cape Town are lined with sliding glass walls that can be pulled aside to connect the interiors with a series of external decks, patios and balconies overlooking the ocean. More
A large sliding window set into the end wall of this extension to a terraced house in Dublin by Irish practice Architectural Farm is enclosed within a wooden frame that provides internal and external seating. More
Floor-to-ceiling windows allow guests to wake up to views of the Dolomites at this complex of copper-clad holiday apartments in northern Italy by Plasma Studio. More
US firm Jensen Architects has revamped a Victorian home in San Francisco with perforated aluminium panels across the back and minimalist interiors to match. More
Ukrainian studio S&T Architects has released detailed renders showing its design for a summer retreat in the Carpathian Mountains, comprising two concrete and glass buildings that face each other across a swimming pool. More
This steel-and-glass box perched above an abandoned limestone quarry in West Virginia is designed by Wiedemann Architects to provide a living space and workshop for a Parisian sculptor. More
A rooftop running track will connect the two towers of this housing complex, designed by Milan-based Peter Pichler Architecture for a Dutch town. More
This recreational vehicle masquerading as a tiny cottage is clad in charred wood and sleeps up to eight people. More
It's over to New Jersey for the next instalment in our series of roundups of houses from each US state. Our selection ranges from a beach retreat on the Jersey Shore to a contemporary suburban home in Princeton. More