Seattle firm Best Practice Architecture has converted an unused garage on a property in the city into a black house for the owners' elderly relative. More about Seattle Granny Pad by Best Practice provides living space in unused garage
Leopold Banchini Architects has built a house it describes as a "domestic factory" beside an industrial train station in Lancy, Switzerland. More about Casa CCFF by Leopold Banchini offers alternative to Switzerland's typical concrete houses
Architect and designer Knud Holscher has built a simple glazed house on Fanø, an island off the southwest coast of Denmark. More about Knud Holscher celebrates Danish craft with summer house on Fanø island
Chilean architecture firm Umwelt has constructed a wood house and a black cabin for a young family, on a property overlooking the Pacific Ocean. More about Umwelt builds house and detached guest cabin for surfers in Chile
Canadian architect Alain Carle seems to have a thing for black. Here are six of his studio's minimalist residential projects clad in charred wood, dark metal or painted brick. More about Six black houses in Canada by Alain Carle Architecte
Alain Carle Architecte has completed a black home in Quebec, with a split-level organisation that creates "interior landscapes" for its owners to inhabit. More about Intersecting gabled sheds form "abstract and intriguing" house by Alain Carle Architecte
Fraher Architects has refurbished a terraced house in London's King's Cross, adding a rear extension clad in perforated black metal, and a metalwork staircase. More about Industrial setting informs robust palette of Fraher Architects' Signal House
Chilean architect Felipe Lagos has created a pointy black cabin for his family, with several design elements that help it endure extreme climatic conditions. More about Casa R by Felipe Lagos provides a mountain refuge in Patagonia
An outdoor swimming pool runs along the full length of this black residence by Israeli architecture firm Pitsou Kedem, which features slate walls both inside and out. More about Linear swimming pool runs parallel to slate-clad Pavilion House by Pitsou Kedem
This low-slung residence in rural Connecticut, completed by New York firm Deborah Berke Partners, is clad in black siding to blend into the surrounding forest. More about Deborah Berke Partners completes low-slung black residence in Connecticut
Japanese architect Katsutoshi Sasaki has built himself a new family home, featuring a dark-painted facade of red cedar and a bright, airy interior. More about Katsutoshi Sasaki's minimalist home contrasts a dark exterior with a light interior
American firm Ziger Snead Architects used stone shingles, charred wood and weathering steel for the exterior of a family home in Maryland, which was built after the client's ranch-style dwelling was lost in a fire. More about Slate House by Ziger Snead replaces fire-ravaged Maryland home
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
Architecture firm Cadaval & Solà-Morales has used fallen and dead trees found around this house in Mexico to imprint its concrete exterior, which is painted black to help disguise it amongst the forest. More about Cadaval & Solà-Morales' Y-shaped Casa de la Roca hides in Mexican woodland
Brazilian firm Studio Arthur Casas has worked with a startup to create a highly flexible, prefabricated home that avoids the "negative surprises" typical in conventional projects. More about Studio Arthur Casas designs prefabricated home for SysHaus
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
American studio MW Works has designed a compact cabin in a Washington forest with exterior walls clad in weathered cedar and blackened cement. More about Little House by MW Works sits on bluff overlooking Washington's Puget Sound
American architect Jeff Svitak has designed a house for himself nestled into a hillside in San Diego, complete with various outdoor spaces and an office for his practice. More about Jeff Svitak builds blackened Redwood House with private studio for himself in Southern California
Architecture firm BIG has created a small black cabin with an angular roofline in the Hudson Valley, as the first model for prefab-housing startup Klein. More about BIG designs prototype tiny cabin in Upstate New York
Nine dark-coloured blocks circle a forest clearing that acts as a courtyard for this home by Mexican architects Fernanda Canales and Claudia Rodríguez. More about Black concrete boxes form Casa Bruma in rural Mexico