American firm Malcolm Davis Architecture has placed skylights over existing wood framing to streak the interiors of this San Francisco house with beams of light. More about Woodwork and skylights stream light into Noe Valley Residence in San Francisco
Three white-brick chimneys rise from this house in Virginia, which US studio T W Ryan Architecture designed to reference a modernist Mies van der Rohe house and a nearby plantation. More about Modernist and Southern colonial styles meet in Three Chimney House in rural Virginia
Architecture firm Imbue Design has designed this low-lying off-grid residence on a desolate, grassy lot in Idaho for a family to "distance themselves from social stresses". More about Imbue Design constructs off-grid residence Boar Shoat in Idaho
Architects Robert Arlt and Charles MacBride and a group of students in South Dakota have completed an experimental gabled Passivhaus, which they claim is the first in the area to "sell energy back to the grid". More about Architecture students complete Passivhaus in South Dakota
California architect Juan Saez Pedraja has added a studio fronted with aluminium panels and cedar shades to the backyard of a remodelled Santa Monica residence. More about Saez Pedraja adds small studio to a fashion designer's Santa Monica residence
Next up in our series of roundups of houses from each US state we're looking at Michigan, where residences are designed to make the most of its abundance of shoreline. More about Five of the best houses in Michigan on Dezeen
Architecture firm Bryanoji Design Studio has wrapped aluminium shingles around this angular house in a Massachusetts woodland. More about Aluminium shingles encase faceted Massachusetts house by Bryanoji Design Studio
Weathered cedar covers this Vermont house, which local design-build studio Birdseye Design built into a grassy slope to take cues from nearby barns. More about Birdseye Design integrates Bank Barn house into Vermont hillside
San Francisco studio John Lum Architecture has contrasted the look of this cottage-style house in the city with a steel-and-glass extension at the back. More about John Lum Architecture reimagines charming San Francisco home with modern extension
Architecture firm Roth Sheppard has added a pair of steeply pitched metal gables and a raised rear wing to this brick Tudor Revival house in Denver. More about Roth Sheppard adds black metallic extension to 1930s Rabbit House
American firm Hendricks Churchill has rebuilt a house in Connecticut to merge the aesthetic of a traditional farmhouse and contemporary details. More about Hendricks Churchill builds "modern farmhouse" in Connecticut
Los Angeles studio Mini Inno added a Japanese-style tea room to a 1960s property in Joshua Tree National Park while turning it into a holiday home. More about Mini Inno renovates mid-century home Villa Kuro in Joshua Tree
New York architect Maria Milans del Bosch has designed a house and studio for herself in the Catskills with interventions that are mindful of the natural setting. More about Camp O is an architect's retreat in Upstate New York
Retractable walls and numerous terraces feature in this expansive California home designed by US architecture firm Olson Kundig. More about Olson Kundig designs Los Angeles house "to feel like an adventure"
Large stretches of glass front this black house in San Francisco, which local firm Michael Hennessey Architecture designed to exhibit alternatives to "conventional building strategies". More about Michael Hennessey creates modern bay windows for San Francisco townhouse
Washington firm Stuart Silk Architects has completed a waterfront house in Seattle, which consists of cedar-clad pavilions organised around a Japanese garden. More about Garden with bonsai trees lies at heart of Seattle residence by Stuart Silk Architects
Architecture studio Searl Lamaster Howe has used charred cedar and slate to create this holiday home for a Chicago couple. More about Searl Lamaster Howe tucks Lawless Retreat into Michigan woods
American studio Roger Ferris + Partners has created a trio of wood-clad volumes with pitched roofs for a family relocating from New York City to the Hamptons. More about Wood-clad gabled volumes form Grove House on Long Island by Roger Ferris + Partners
Alabama practice Jeffrey Dungan Architects has modelled this white-rendered concrete house in Florida's Panhandle on a range of architectural styles. More about Jeffrey Dungan Architects builds Harrison Residence on Florida waterfront
The low-slung residence that Swiss architect Albert Frey elevated above a rocky hillside in Palm Springs, California in the 1950s has been restored. More about Albert Frey's modernist Cree House in Palm Springs revealed in new photos