Pale brick, stone and timber were used to create a "rustic and warm feeling" at this home in rural China, designed by local studio CPlus Architects. More about CPlus Architects uses pale bricks for "rustic" home in rural China
An angular English home extension and a timber-clad Guatemalan retreat feature in our roundup of buildings with butterfly roofs. More about Eight buildings with inverted-pitched roofs that resemble butterfly wings
An inverted-pitch roof and angular brick cladding characterise the Butterfly House extension, which architecture studio The DHaus Company has added to a terraced home in north London. More about The DHaus Company revamps London house with butterfly-roof extension
A small triangular site guided the geometric form of Butterfly House, an accessible home that London studio Oliver Leech Architects has added to the corner of a garden in Surrey. More about Butterfly House by Oliver Leech Architects offers "new model for assisted living"
Spanish practice Arquitecturia has completed a home in the Catalan town of Caldes de Malavella, which is comprised of six small buildings organised around a courtyard at its centre. More about Arquitecturia designs Catalan house as cluster of pavilions around garden
Prefabricated wooden cabins perched on stilts surround a central lodge at this 50-acre cabin resort in the Catskill Mountains designed by Brooklyn firm Garrison Architects. More about Garrison Architects completes modernist Catskills retreat with 24 elevated cabins
Paz Arquitectura has extended a small cabin on the outskirts of Guatemala City, flanking the existing structure with two additional volumes connected by a terrace and a glass walkway. More about Paz Arquitectura expands Guatemala forest retreat with new living spaces and huge terrace
The overhanging roof of this lakeside residence in Quebec's Laurentian mountain range was designed by architecture studio YH2 to match the profile of a bird's wings. More about Quebec ski chalet by YH2 features V-shaped roof modelled on bird's wings
V-shaped roofs cover each of the three pavilions that make up this Californian residence by US studio Feldman Architecture, which was constructed in an environmentally sensitive private community. More about Butterfly roofs top rural house in Carmel by Feldman Architecture
Slats of larch dress this angular addition to a Victorian property in Dalston, which was built for a young family and is shortlisted in 2017's Don't Move, Improve! competition for best London house extension. More about Pamphilon Architects' larch-clad extension echoes butterfly roof of east London terrace
The butterfly wing-shaped roof of this rear extension to a Victorian house in north London by local architect Kenny Forrester references the shape of the city's traditional terraced rooflines (+ slideshow). More about Forrester Architects' London house extension has a "butterfly" roof and exposed wooden rafters
Vertical lengths of timber mask the interior of this chapel designed by AZL Architects in eastern China, which features a distinctive V-shaped roof (+ slideshow). More about Garden chapel by AZL Architects features semi-transparent walls and a butterfly roof