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
A tree grows through a wooden deck between two angular black volumes that form this house that architect Smiljan Radić has designed near a national park in Chile. More
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
Architecture firm PPAA has designed a black house atop a sloped site in Mexico's Valle de Bravo region with a swimming pool that meets the tree canopy. More
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
Beyond the black facade of this 1990s townhouse in Melbourne's South Yarra neighbourhood are a series of simple, white-painted living spaces designed by Winter Architecture. More
US architecture firm William Kaven Architecture has stepped a black house with expansive balconies down a wooded ground to overlook an Oregon forest. More
US studio MB Architecture has stacked shipping containers to construct this black holiday house in Amagansett, New York in a few days. More
Architect Smiljan Radić has designed this secluded black-concrete house among woodland in Vilches, Chile, to feature three huge rooflights that extend at odd angles. More
Alison Brooks Architects has built an art-filled black house alongside a Georgian farmhouse in Gloucestershire that has been converted into a dedicated gallery space. More
UK charity Art Fund's crowdfunding campaign to save artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman's cottage in Dungeness from being sold to a private owner has been successful. More
The stone base of a former mill has been repurposed as a raised plinth for house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, designed by TAP Architects. More
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
A skinny house clad in black steel by Apollo Architects & Associates slots into a tiny plot of land in Tokyo, Japan, and features minimalist interiors. More
Courtyards and double-height spaces create a bright and airy atmosphere inside this black house in Mexico City, which was designed by architecture studio PPAA. More
UK charity Art Fund has released photos of filmmaker Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, England, as part of its fundraising campaign to prevent the renowned house and garden from being sold. More
A glazed cut through a barn-style gabled house set into a hill in rural Poland by Kropka Studio has views of its mountain surroundings. More
A house in Japan by Atelier Kento Eto is clad entirely in black corrugated metal with sliding doors that reveal a double-height hall with white walls. More
From waterfront properties with uninterrupted views to gabled homes nestled among pine trees, we've rounded up 10 black cabins that provide hideaways in unique places around the world. More
A house by Studio Puisto in Finland, sits between a lake and a dense spruce forest and is clad in black-oiled wood and topped by sloping zinc roofs. More
