American studio SHED referenced Japanese design and three-ring circus tents when creating the Me-Kwa-Mooks Net-Zero house in Seattle, Washington. More about Circus tents and Japanese architecture inform Seattle house renovation
Seattle architecture studio Wittman Estes drew on ancient Chinese landscape paintings and principles of garden design for this black house in Washington. More about Gardens bookend Yo Ju Courtyard House in Washington by Wittman Estes
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features Sylvan Rock, a home designed by luxury carmaker Aston Martin. More about A house designed by Aston Martin features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
US studio S3 Architecture worked with luxury carmaker Aston Martin's architectural design service to create Sylvan Rock, an angular black-cedar home in Hudson Valley, New York. More about Aston Martin collaborates with S3 Architecture to design first residential project
This house at the bottom of Lookout Mountain volcano in Truckee, California has glass walls chosen by local studio Faulkner Architects to tint the interiors "the colour of cooling magma". More about Tinted glass bathes Lookout House by Faulkner Architects in red glow
Seattle studio Wittman Estes has designed two elevated wings to open up and extend a beach house from the 1940s in Hood Canal, Washington. More about Wittman Estes elevates extensions to 1940s beach house
A cantilevered upper storey with symmetrical, glazed dormers is the focal point of House on 36th, which Beebe Skidmore has completed for a young family relocating to Portland, USA. More about Large windows and cantilevers animate House on 36th by Beebe Skidmore
Chicago practice Wheeler Kearns Architects has built a lake house in Michigan with a cluster of buildings clad in wood. More about Wheeler Kearns Architects clusters gabled units for Lake Michigan house
New York practice Desai Chia Architecture has wrapped a house in Connecticut situated on top of a rocky ledge with charred cedar and large windows that overlook the hilly landscape. More about Desai Chia Architecture perches black Ledge House on rocky hillside
Los Angeles design firm Working Holiday Studio has transformed a property in the California desert into a shoppable holiday home that "stands out" against its desolate landscape. More about White stucco Casa Mami by Working Holiday Studio contrasts California desert landscape
US studio Field Architecture has designed the dining room of this house in a suburb of Silicon Valley, California so it is open to the outdoors and frames an oak tree. More about Dawnridge House by Field Architecture splits in two around giant oak tree
US architecture firm CLB Architects has wrapped two gabled structures with dark cedar planks to form this house in Wyoming situated to face the mountains. More about Gabled cedar structures form Lone Pine Residence in Wyoming
US architecture firm Olson Kundig has connected three pavilions with covered glass walkways to form this house in Utah surrounded by mountains. More about Three pavilions form Wasatch House by Olson Kundig in Utah
Three gabled volumes form this residence that perches on a cliff in the Hollywood Hills neighbourhood of Los Angeles, designed by local practice Standard Architecture. More about Swimming pool cantilevers from Los Angeles residence by Standard Architecture
Long roofs extend from this cedar residence in California that architect Alec Petros designed for a client he met in a bookstore. More about Overhanging roofs shade outdoor areas of cedar-clad Seaside Reef House
New York studio Vondalwig Architecture has overhauled the exterior of a 1960s house in Hudson Valley with blackened wood, and updated the interiors with features like white-painted brick and a curved pink wall. More about Vondalwig Architecture refreshes mid-century house in New York with blackened wood
New York architect Vincent Appel has designed Sheffield House in Massachusetts to replace the resident's childhood home with cedar walls as the "picture frame of the spaces of memory". More about Bleached cedar frames apple orchard from Sheffield House in Massachusetts
This house in California's Silicon Valley, designed by local studios Pacific Peninsula Architecture and Leverone Design, is built with blocks of Texas split-cut limestone. More about Chunky limestone walls feature in California residence Atherton Contemporary
US architecture firm Olson Kundig has installed large wooden shutters across the front of a house in Jackson Hole, Wyoming designed to take advantage of its mountainous landscape. More about Pulleys open wood shutters covering Wyoming house by Olson Kundig
San Francisco firms Síol Studios and Levy Art and Architecture have updated this house in the city's Noe Valley neighbourhood with a gridded glass extension and two rooftop decks. More about Black gridded windows form Valley Street house extension in San Francisco