Blue-stained plywood and knotted larch feature in our latest lookbook of residential interiors anchored by statement wooden staircases. More about Eight wooden staircases that make the most of the material
A cluster of monolithic forms lined with grey brick and built into a steep bank defines Tollymore, a riverside house in Northern Ireland by Belfast studio McGonigle McGrath. More about Cluster of rock-like volumes make up rural Irish house by McGonigle McGrath
Accoya wood cladding and expansive terraces feature at the Dune House, which was designed by American studio Ziger Snead Architects for a tight site with many restrictions. More about Giant balconies line Delaware beach house by Ziger Snead
Pale brickwork and ceramic tiles were used to highlight the dappled light and green hues of the woodland surrounding this home in Utrecht, completed by Dutch studio Jeroen Spee Architecten. More about Jeroen Spee Architecten nestles pale brick Villa Bilt into Dutch forest
London studio Piercy & Company has taken over an apartment in the north of the city and given it a new interior featuring custom timber joinery and a mysterious curved corridor. More about Piercy & Company introduces curves and cutouts in guesthouse Apartment 21
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has designed the Woma mixed-use building in Miami's Wynwood neighbourhood with a central plaza and a facade broken up into colour-blocked sections. More about MVRDV "prioritises human scale" in design of colourful Miami building
Barcelona-based H3O architects has renovated a 19th-century house in the city's Gracia neighbourhood, taking care to preserve heritage elements while introducing quirky details like hidden windows. More about H3O uses "playful and intelligent gestures" to update historic Barcelona home
Grassy rooftops and PE rattan facades characterise Split Mass Residence in Indonesia, which local firm K-Thengono Design Studio designed with multi-level social spaces for the family to gather. More about Sloping green roofs "keep the family connected" at Indonesian home
A stone house embedded into the Greek landscape and a sprawling American home with a retractable roof are among the most popular houses featured on Dezeen this month. More about Dezeen's top five houses of August 2026
This waterfront residence overlooking Michigan's Grand Traverse Bay has been reimagined to include a "mosh pit" lounge by California-based Lauri Design Studio. More about Lauri Design Studio renovates "calm, connected" Michigan lake house
A tilted facade with large glazed openings was designed to bring an adjacent forest "directly into the interior" of this home in the Czech Republic by Prague-based Papundekl Architects. More about Slanted facade encloses modular Czech home by Papundekl Architects
Traditional farmhouses often have thick stone walls that block the view of the natural vistas that surround them. Below, we've gathered six examples of modern interventions that instead open up historic homes to make the most of their setting. More about Six farmhouse renovations that bring their bucolic surroundings into view
Architecture practice Nodecraft Studio has created a farmhouse on the outskirts of Bengaluru from a cluster of poured-earth walls and concrete volumes linked by verandahs. More about Nodecraft Studio arranges Bengaluru farmhouse around poured-earth walls
Indian studio Evolving Radical Aesthetics has completed Ushas, a farmhouse built into a steep Kerala hillside with an open-air temple carved into a retaining wall. More about Open-air temple sits beneath granite farmhouse on Kerala hillside
Architect Alexandre Pavlidis has completed Within the Earth, a house on the Greek island of Sifnos contained within a series of sunken stone walls that step down a coastal hillside. More about Rough drystone walls frame sunken home on Greek island by Alexandre Pavlidis
Toronto architecture studio UUfie has expanded and renovated a 1970s chalet in Ontario to conform to its steep, wooded site with a net that serves as an internal barrier and a hammock. More about UUfie organises renovated Ontario chalet "like a hike"
A crisp white cube has been nested within the old brick shell of an existing building to create Casa Nido, a Spanish house designed by local studio Iterare Arquitectos. More about Iterare Arquitectos inserts stark white home into shell of old Spanish building
A brick cube reminiscent of old industrial structures forms this family home in the suburbs of Ghent, designed by Belgian architecture studio Atelier Vens Vanbelle. More about Atelier Vens Vanbelle references brick industrial buildings for cubic home in Belgium
The "dopamine decor" interiors trend is taking social media by storm, but it's just another disingenuous dressing-up of superficial style as life-improving experience, writes Julie Lasky. More about "I find it icky to glibly invoke brain chemistry in the marketing of style"
Dutch studio Woonpioniers has completed CoHouse in Utrecht, a pair of interlocking houses designed for two families within a single gabled volume. More about Woonpioniers models adjoining Dutch homes on "a game of Tetris"