A new guesthouse and swimming pool are among the updates to a 56-year-old home on Fire Island that has been overhauled by American studio Andrew Franz Architect. More about Andrew Franz updates 1960s home on New York's Fire Island
American firm Salmela Architect has designed a solar-powered urban-infill house that is meant to demonstrate a new way forward for single-family housing. More about Salmela designs Electric Bungalow in Minnesota for architecture professor
A pair of Corten-clad dwellings with sloped roofs form a nature retreat in the Pacific Northwest designed by US architect David Van Galen for himself and his wife. More about Corten steel clads Little House/Big Shed in Washington by David Van Galen
Concrete, steel and glass define the exterior of this California holiday home by US firm Faulkner Architects hidden in the trees of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. More about Faulkner Architects tucks Forest House into wooded site near Lake Tahoe
Curved oak kitchen cabinetry is among the new additions to a 25-year-old, half-dome dwelling in the Catskills partially renovated by American studio DAAM. More about DAAM revamps kitchen of dome-shaped Shell House in New York's Catskills
Construction technology company Mighty Buildings has announced plans to build 15 homes using prefabricated 3D-printed panels in Rancho Mirage, California. More about Mighty Buildings plans neighbourhood of 3D-printed homes for California
Wood takes centre stage in this riverside dwelling in Oregon by American office Landry Smith Architect, complete with black cedar siding and an interior made from white oak boards. More about Landry Smith Architect builds wooden bungalow overlooking Oregon river
US firms LaRue Architects and Britt Design Group have renovated a 1950s waterfront cabin in Austin, turning it into a full-time residence reminiscent of dogtrot houses in the American South. More about LaRue Architects incorporates breezeway into revamped cabin on Texas lake edge
American designer Marc Thorpe has unveiled a concept for a concrete house with vaulted archways and tree-filled gardens for a riverbank in Georgia. More about Marc Thorpe designs virtual house with vaulted concrete arches
New York studio GRT Architects has transformed a turn-of-the-century Brooklyn townhouse into a home and studios for an artist couple, featuring a mix of functioning studios and eclectic interiors. More about GRT Architects divides Brooklyn townhouse into live-work space for artist couple
Developer 3Strands and construction technology company ICON have built four 3D-printed houses in Austin, Texas, from concrete that's designed to cope with extreme weather. More about ICON builds 3D-printed houses from disaster-proof concrete in Texas
American studio Sanders Pace Architecture took cues from traditional Japanese architecture to create a house that looks toward the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. More about Short Mountain House has views over Tennessee national park
Three pavilions topped with a metal roof form this house in the woods of Tennessee, designed by American firm Sanders Pace Architecture. More about French Broad House by Sanders Pace weaves through a Tennessee forest
Architecture studio The Ranch Mine built a courtyard house for a musician in Arizona with white stucco walls and solar panels paired with a Tesla battery for power outages. More about The Ranch Mine creates O-asis home in the Arizona desert
US architecture firm Hybrid has designed and built a compact house along a back alley in Seattle, which is partially lifted off the ground to make way for parking. More about The Lookout by Hybrid raised on stilts over a Seattle alleyway
Chicago studio Kwong Von Glinow has built Ardmore House to prove it's possible to design a high-quality home for a standard city lot. More about Kwong Von Glinow offers an alternative to Chicago's standard developer housing
A lake house in the Pacific Northwest has received a complete overhaul by American studio Graham Baba Architects, creating a "quiet refuge" that prioritises views of the water. More about Washington home renovation by Graham Baba embraces island setting
CLB Architects co-founder Eric Logan has renovated his self-designed home in Jackson, Wyoming, adding a cold-rolled steel gabled roof and a new kitchen. More about Eric Logan adds steel roof to his home in the Rocky Mountains
Blackened timber and quartzite wrap the exterior of this multi-story dwelling by US firm Klima Architecture, which was designed for a family relocating from California to a Utah ski town. More about Charred wood clads Meadows Haus in Utah by Klima Architecture
A central courtyard brings daylight into an inward-facing, cedar-clad home in Salt Lake City that was designed by American architects Kipp Edick and Joe Sadoski for a ski coach. More about Opaque facades hide interior courtyard of Utah’s Host House by Kipp Edick and Joe Sadoski