Loader Monteith extends a remote stone cottage in the Scottish Highlands
Scottish practice Loader Monteith Architects has used two volumes clad in locally-sourced black timber to extend this stone cottage in the Highlands. More
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Mjölk Architekti updates Czech cottage with burnt-wood cladding and revamped interior
Charred-timber cladding covers the facades and roof of this cottage in the Czech countryside, which local studio Mjölk Architekti modernised by adding new openings and improving the layout. More
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Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage saved by Art Fund campaign
UK charity Art Fund's crowdfunding campaign to save artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman's cottage in Dungeness from being sold to a private owner has been successful. More
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Art Fund campaigns to save Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage from private sale
UK charity Art Fund has released photos of filmmaker Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, England, as part of its fundraising campaign to prevent the renowned house and garden from being sold. More
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Atelier l'Abri draws from mid-century A-frame chalets for "sculptural" guest house in Canada
Visitors to Canada's Poisson Blanc regional park can rent this wooden cabin designed and built by Montreal architecture studio Atelier l'Abri, which has a triangular profile that takes cues from A-frame cottages. More
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Paul Cashin Architects creates timber extension for coastal Island Cottage
Paul Cashin Architects has refurbished and extended a 19th-century cottage in Sussex, England, cladding the old and new buildings in larch. More
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Kyle House is a remote Scottish holiday home with a "monastically simple" interior
Architecture studio GRAS has transformed a derelict cottage in the Scottish Highlands into a pared-back contemporary holiday home by slotting a series of oak-lined "boxes" inside the existing stone structure. More
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"Breathtaking" off-grid Lochside House wins RIBA House of the Year 2018
A humble cottage on the edge of a lake in the Scottish Highlands has been named as the UK's best house of 2018. More
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John Wardle Architects restores and extends Captain Kelly's forgotten Tasmanian cottage
Australian studio John Wardle Architects has painstakingly restored an original weatherboard cottage in a remote bay on Bruny Island in Tasmania. More
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Renovated cottage in rural China retains original rustic features
Fashion designer Sun Min and architect Christian Taeubert have renovated a neglected cottage set around a courtyard in rural China. More
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Alter & Company creates playful extension to historic farm cottage
A slide and bright yellow ladder are among the playful interventions employed by Alter & Company in its modernisation of a farm in Surrey, England. More
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HOLA Design builds gabled lakeside cottage in Poland
HOLA Design has completed a gabled lakeside cottage in southern Poland, which incorporates large windows that look out towards two nearby castles. More
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Anik Péloquin creates contemporary addition for historic cottage in rural Quebec
Montreal architect Anik Péloquin has built an angular extension to a quaint cottage in Canada, with an off-kilter roof and white-washed interiors. More
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HGA creates cedar-clad cottages for classical musicians in Vermont
US firm HGA Architects and Engineers took cues from Cape Cod-style homes while conceiving a series of cabins for world-renowned musicians spending the summer in rural New England. More
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Wolveridge Architects builds Courtyard Cottage on Australia's scenic Mornington Peninsula
The residents of this seaside home in Australia can easily cook inside or out, thanks to a kitchen and dining space that opens onto a sculptural barbecue courtyard. More
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Ian MacDonald hides island cottage in Ontario within a pine forest
Canadian firm Ian MacDonald Architect has completed a family retreat in southern Ontario that cantilevers over a rocky hillside and is designed to be mostly hidden from view (+ slideshow). More
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Wim Heylen's brick and concrete bungalow references traditional countryside cottages
The brick walls of this single-storey house in the Belgian town of Nazareth are interrupted by a series of floor-to-ceiling windows and a recessed opening used for storing logs (+ slideshow). More
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Format Elf Architekten adds blackened timber cottages to a rural German resort
German studio Format Elf Architekten has designed three holiday cottages for a resort in the Bavarian countryside that resemble archetypal pitched-roof barns (+ slideshow). More
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Cottages at Fallingwater by Patkau Architects
Patkau Architects of Vancouver have won a competition to design six houses in the nature reserve surrounding Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater house in Pennsylvania. More
