Architects Paul de Ruiter and Chris Collaris have transformed a former private museum in Rotterdam into an energy-neutral townhouse, featuring outdoor spaces on each level of its remodelled rear facade ( + slideshow). More about Balconies and full-storey windows added to villa in a former Dutch museum
Beijing studio MAD has revealed plans for a Parisian housing block surrounded by undulating balconies, which is set to become the firm's first residential project in Europe (+ slideshow). More about MAD unveils Parisian housing block with curvy floors and balconies
French firm Antonini Darmon has completed a social housing block near Paris, featuring a white concrete facade surrounded on all sides by rows of arch-fronted balconies (+ slideshow). More about Colonnades line the terraces of Antonini Darmon's Arches Boulogne apartments
Scalloped balconies create unusually shaped openings across the facades of these two apartment blocks completed by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter in southern Sweden (+ slideshow). More about Tham & Videgård creates rows of upside-down arches with Västra Kajen housing
Angular balconies edged with bands of reflective steel surround this apartment building in the French city of Nantes, providing occupants on each level with unobstructed views of the sky (+ slideshow). More about Christophe Rousselle's Inoxia apartments feature jagged wraparound balconies
Moshe Safdie's firm has completed its Sky Habitat project in Singapore – a pair of balcony-covered housing towers linked by three aerial walkways (+ slideshow). More about Moshe Safdie completes Singapore Sky Habitat featuring aerial "streets" and gardens
The faceted volume of this concrete mixed-use block in Tokyo is punctured by a series of holes that form windows, balconies and open-air stairwells (+ slideshow). More about Tomoyuki Kurokawa Architects completes Tokyo building covered in holes
Angled stone surfaces create zigzags across the facade of this hospital building in Copenhagen by Danish firm 3XN (+ slideshow). More about 3XN completes Copenhagen hospital building featuring slanted stone walls
Vietnamese studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects has unveiled plans for a trio of housing towers in Ho Chi Minh City linked by aerial bridges and shielded from the harsh tropical sunlight by swathes of bamboo (+ slideshow). More about Vo Trong Nghia plans trio of towers covered in bamboo plants and linked by bridges
Two buildings with gabled profiles extend along the edges of an angular courtyard at the centre of this residential development in Stockholm by Joliark. More about Twin pitched-roof apartment buildings by Joliark look onto a central courtyard
Curving balconies featuring tropical planting wrap a lightwell in the core of this narrow home in Ho Chi Minh City that is just 3.5 metres wide. More about Curved lightwell cuts through 3.5-metre-wide Vietnam townhouse by Kientruc O
Vertical timber slats provide shade and privacy for staggered balconies arranged across the facade of this east London housing development by local architects Angela Brady and Robin Mallalieu (+ slideshow). More about Brady Mallalieu Architects adds slatted timber balconies to east London housing scheme
This concrete painting studio by Santiago studio Felipe Assadi Architects is half-submerged in the cliffside gardens of a house on the Chilean coastline (+ slideshow). More about Concrete painter's studio by Felipe Assadi nestles into a rocky hillside on the Chilean seafront
This Seoul residential block was designed by local studio Archihood WXY to look like a cluster of four buildings, with each facade featuring a gabled profile in just one corner (+ slideshow). More about Seoul apartment block by Archihood WXY features tunnel-like balconies and gabled corners
American firm Arquitectonica has completed a residential tower in Miami with a crinkled facade and a public park that passes underneath the raised building (+ slideshow). More about Arquitectonica creates waterfront tower in Miami with a sculptural facade
Rippled facades create curved balconies for the residents of this apartment building completed by NEXT Architects in the Chinese city of Fuzhou (+ slideshow). More about NEXT Architects creates rippled facade for Fuzhou apartment block
Angular balconies and timber panelling characterise these housing developments by architects Zaha Hadid and Daniel Libeskind, both located in Milan's fast-growing City Life district (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid and Daniel Libeskind build a community of 650 homes in Milan
Each floor of this timber-clad family home on an Amsterdam peninsula features wide windows and steel-framed balconies, offering views out over the IJ river (+ slideshow). More about A Room with a View by MeesVisser is an Amsterdam home overlooking the IJ river
Dutch architecture office UNStudio has completed the first two buildings of a major new university campus in Singapore, designed as a seamless network of rooms, balconies and courtyards (+ slideshow). More about UNStudio completes first buildings for new Singapore university campus
Portuguese studio LIKEarchitects has created a steel structure for Porto from a series of stairs and balconies, in celebration of the two architectural elements the designers consider crucial to the city's vernacular (+ slideshow). More about Tripod installation by LIKEarchitects is all stairs and balconies