House S by Keiji Ashizawa Design
Every floor of this Tokyo house by Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design opens onto a garden or terrace. More about House S by Keiji Ashizawa Design
Every floor of this Tokyo house by Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design opens onto a garden or terrace. More about House S by Keiji Ashizawa Design
The walls of this house in Australia by architects McBride Charles Ryan have origami-like facets and folds. More about Klein Bottle House by McBride Charles Ryan
French architects Tectoniques have completed a townhouse in Lyon that is entirely black at the front but has three oversized windows at the rear. More about DI-VA House by Tectoniques
Newly positioned windows reveal the overhauled interior of a Rotterdam townhouse that was formerly an abandoned apartment block. More about Black Pearl by Studio Rolf.fr with Zecc Architecten
Architecture collective Cityförster have completed a wooden house in the Netherlands with a black rubber skin. More about Rubberhouse by Cityförster
The third completed house in Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture series has a faceted black upper storey that sits on top of the glass-walled ground floor like a big hat. More about Dune House by Jarmund/Vigsnæs Architects and Mole Architects
A bevelled cantilever contains the living room of this house in Nagoya, Japan, by architects Studio SKLIM. More about Hansha Reflection House by Studio SKLIM
British architects Liddicoat & Goldhill constructed their own north London home using black engineering bricks and slabs of white marble. More about The Shadow House by Liddicoat & Goldhill
The rooms of a black and white house in California lead out to a series of stepped terraces with a view of the famous Hollywood sign. More about Nakahouse by XTEN Architecture
Long, narrow windows cut across the sides of a house in Okayama, Japan, to reveal the locations of internal walls and floors. More about Black Slit House by Three.Ball.Cascade
These twin residences in Riga, Latvia, mirror one another exactly, except that one is clad in timber and the other in blackened steel. More about House on Zaru Street by Open AD
A drawbridge-like flap lowers from the steel-plated facade of this Melbourne bunker to reveal a bedroom window. More about Law Street House by Muir Mendes
A roof terrace can be glimpsed between the metallic grey timber beams that surround a two-storey house near Riga, Latvia. More about House in Marupe by Open AD
A private balcony is concealed behind the black galvanised steel exterior of this house in Yao, Japan, by architect Yosuke Ichii. More about Hi House by Yosuke Ichii
This farmhouse in Hokkaido by Japanese studio Hiroshi Horio Architects has a pointed observation deck where residents dry herbs. More about Tohma House by Hiroshi Horio Architects
This house outside Warsaw by Polish architect Robert Konieczny transforms from a villa by day to a fortress by night. More about Safe House by Robert Konieczny
This house in Fukuyama, completed by Japanese studio UID Architects, is composed of four separate blocks clad in black-stained cedar. More about Tsumuji+Hako by UID Architects
Concrete wedges project out from the facade of this single-storey residence near Madrid by Spanish architecture studio A-Cero. More about Concrete House II by A-Cero
French practice Moussafir Architectes have completed this refurbishment and extension of a house in the Parisian suburbs, adding deep larch wood window frames. More about Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes
Helsinki studio Avanto Architects have completed this house with four wings overlooking four distinct views in Virrat, Finland. More about Four-Cornered Villa by Avanto Architects