This house on New York's Fire Island escaped Hurricane Sandy unscathed, despite its exposed beachfront location, thanks to an overhaul from Delson or Sherman Architects. More
Architecture firm Office of Jonathan Tate has designed a tall, narrow dwelling in Louisiana that offers a new approach towards entry-level homes in America. More
US studio Craig Steely Architecture has created a two-level home for a sloped site in northern California, with vast stretches of glass that overlook the treetops. More
Neumann Monson Architects has restored a 1850s farmhouse in Iowa, stripping away a series of poorly coordinated additions before updating it for the owners' "modern" lifestyle. More
Texas firm Miró Rivera Architects has built a partially off-grid house with a jagged roofline, as a prototype for a sustainable community in the countryside. More
American firm Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects has created a dwelling in the Pacific Northwest that consists of timber-clad volumes that step down a rocky hillside. More
American studio Robert Young Architects has created a weekend home in a coastal hamlet on Long Island, clad in rough-sawn cedar planks that were left untreated so they can age naturally. More
The traditional gabled roofs of nearby farm structures influenced this single-family residence outside Columbus, Ohio, by Jonathan Barnes Architecture and Design. More
This 1960s home has been renovated by Birmingham-based architecture firm Design Initiative, which sought to return the building's original charm, while modernising its interiors and improving circulation. More
A gabled wooden volume sits atop a brick garage at the front of this bayside home on New York's Long Beach Island, by Brooklyn studio Bernheimer Architecture. More
American designer Geoffrey von Oeyen has created a home office in southern California that features wooden exterior walls and a highly abstracted sawtooth roof. More
American firm Bates Masi Architects took cues from vernacular architecture for this Hamptons home, which consists of sharply gabled forms wrapped in oversized shingles. More
This elevated, cedar-clad treehouse in New York's Ulster County features a huge window that offers views of woodland and mountains, and a path to a lake and a hot tub. More
Netted balustrades, a tiled studio-cum-playroom and roof lights all feature in this renovated and extended Brooklyn home, designed by VonDalwig Architecture. More
Cedar-clad volumes connected by a breezeway form this residence in Maine by American studio Matthew Baird Architects, which was designed to respect its forested surroundings. More
US design studio Workstead has reimagined "heritage elements as modern luxury" during the renovation of this home in Charleston, South Carolina, which was used as a store for selling blockaded goods during the Civil War. More
American firm Butler Armsden has designed this residence in northern California as a series of cedar-clad volumes, which are each accessed from a large outdoor area at the centre. More
American studio MW Works has designed a compact cabin in a Washington forest with exterior walls clad in weathered cedar and blackened cement. More
A black kitchen, pale cypress and caned cabinetry, and earth-toned furnishings are among the details that complement the brick walls marked with plaster and paint inside this residence in Charleston, South Carolina. More
Californian designer Teresa Xu has kept the interiors of this newly built house in San Diego simple, so as not to clash with the owner's eclectic furniture and art collection. More