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
Architecture practice Studio Vural has envisioned a seaside holiday dwelling that is carved into sand dunes and operates without relying on public utilities. More about Studio Vural imagines off-the-grid Dune House for Cape Cod
Hand-charred wooden planks contrast whitewashed cedar in the facade of this house in Washington state, designed by Portland practice Open Studio Collective. More about Two-toned wood wraps Washington home by Open Studio Collective
Los Angeles practice Stayner Architects has restored a 1950s house in Palm Desert, California, which was designed by modernist architect Walter S White to feature a wave-shaped roof. More about Stayner Architects restores modernist Wave House in California
Architecture firm Feuerstein Quagliara has integrated a series of covered outdoor spaces into this country home, which is designed to provide "visual and physical connections to the landscape from every room". More about Hass House by Feuerstein Quagliara is designed to embrace New York's pastoral scenery