The founder of architecture firm Assembledge+ has completed a house for himself in Los Angeles featuring walls that seem to completely disappear to open up to a garden. More about Assembledge+ founder designs Laurel Hills Residence in Los Angeles for himself
Architect Arne Algeröd and his artist wife Soile clad their house on a rocky site in Sweden with corrugated fibre cement panels to protect it from the sea's salty spray and harsh winds. More about Architect and artist build their house by the sea in Sweden
American designer and artist John-Paul Philippe has turned a weathered log cabin in Connecticut into his home and studio featuring striped wooden walls, eclectic ornaments and rustic finishes. More about John-Paul Philippe refurbishes neglected Connecticut barn to create his remote home and studio
Los Angeles architect Clive Wilkinson has designed his own family home atop a hilly site to draw cues from nearby modern dwellings that resemble "spaceships on stilts". More about Angular terrace tops Clive Wilkinson's self-designed Los Angeles home
Architect Bernardo Richter took cues from a holiday home by Alvar Aalto when designing this brick house in Curitiba, Brazil. More about Bernardo Richter arranges his brickwork house in Brazil around a courtyard
For his own residence, California architect Dan Brunn has designed a long, slender home that stretches over a brook on a wooded property in Los Angeles. More about Bridge House by architect Dan Brunn straddles natural stream in Los Angeles
Ecuadorian architect Felipe Escudero has designed a house for himself in Quito that includes a black kitchen and a space to make rap music. More about Felipe Escudero designs himself a Quito residence with space to make rap music
London architect Alex Michaelis, co-founder of Michaelis Boyd, has designed a home for his family as a "striking, contemporary take on Corbusien modernism". More about Alex Michaelis wraps his London family home with curvy brickwork walls
Architect Guillermo Acuña has added a wide wooden stair to an old boathouse as part of his self-designed retreat on a remote bluff in Chile. More about Guillermo Acuña fronts his remote Chilean retreat with large wooden staircase
A micro vineyard, a rooftop garden and an abundance of artwork are among the features in an island retreat that New York architect Vibeke Lichten has created for her family. More about Vibeke Lichten designs her own concrete Eco House for secluded New York island
Architect Daniel Zamarbide worked with Leopold Banchini to design a pared-back Lisbon house with glass-walled rooms overlooking a full-height living space, as his own home. More about Staggered floors overlook four-storey void at architect's house in Lisbon
Architect Jorge Ramírez has preserved an old fruit tree, tired mud walls, and decorative archways in his family's 1930s home in Aguascalientes, Mexico, and then added a white yoga studio on top. More about White yoga studio "delicately shelters" Jorge Ramírez's weathered Ceiba House in Mexico
Dark-stained cedar planks cover a series of volumes that are stepped and rotated down a slope in a Utah forest, forming a house for architect Chris Price and his family. More about Chris Price's black TreeHaus staggers down wooded hill in Utah
Architect Alfonso Arango has designed himself a 24-square-metre weekend retreat next to his childhood home overlooking the Andes mountains in Colombia. More about Alfonso Arango builds tiny black cabin next to his childhood home
New York architect Rafael de Cárdenas has transformed a tired apartment in a 20th-century brownstone into a home for himself, featuring "multiple living rooms of varying moods". More about Rafael de Cárdenas renovates rundown Brooklyn brownstone for himself
Expanding a remodelled bungalow in Los Angeles and connecting it to an adjacent commercial building has allowed architect Martin Fenlon to create more living spaces for his family and offices for his studio. More about Martin Fenlon completes expansion of his own Los Angeles home and studio
Japanese architect Makoto Suzuki has designed his own live-work space as a series of interlocking timber-clad buildings near Sapporo on Hokkaido island. More about Timber volumes form live-work spaces for artist and architect in rural Japan
Architect Matt Nardella has turned an abandoned bodega in Chicago into his home and studio, arranging spaces around a courtyard he created in the centre. More about Moss converts Chicago corner shop into art gallery, apartment and its own studio
Architect Chad Oppenheim has built himself a getaway on a secluded three-mile-long island in the Bahamas, featuring a living room that extends onto a deck overlooking the water. More about Oppenheim Architecture founder builds Bahamas holiday home atop a sandy dune
Huge windows and patios in this concrete house in Tel Aviv shed natural light across the interior while also allowing the family full views of the surrounding garden. More about 3322 Studio builds concrete home in Tel Aviv around enclosed patios