Scottish ash joinery and clay plaster add warmth to the granite walls of this low-lying extension to Cairngorm Cottage in Scotland, designed by local studio Architecture Office. More about Stone walls form "strong yet subtle" cottage extension in Scotland
Our latest lookbook features eight living rooms in cottages united by their peaceful interiors, from the Scottish Highlands to Czechia's Bohemian Forest. More about Eight cottage living room interiors fit for a rural retreat
Scottish studio Loader Monteith has rebuilt a derelict farmhouse in the Scottish Highlands and added a blackened-larch extension to create a family home called Dulnain. More about Loader Monteith rebuilds ruined Highlands house with blackened-larch extension
London architecture studio TYPE has transformed two derelict cottages in Dorset into a rural retreat that celebrates their weathered stone and timber structures. More about TYPE rejects anything "brand new or flashy" in Purbeck Cottage renovation
Dublin studio Architectural Farm has renovated a home in Ireland called Seagull Cottage, adding a larch-clad extension informed by railway sheds and bird hides. More about Timber bird hides inform Irish cottage extension by Architectural Farm
Neutral tones and glimpses of garden spaces define this extension to a 1870s cottage in Albany, Western Australia, revealed here exclusively by Australian studio Castley McCrimmon Architects. More about Castley McCrimmon Architects adds "respectful and measured" extension to Gilbert's Cottage
A cottage in Muskoka, Canada, has become the unexpected breakout star of buzzy gay ice hockey romance Heated Rivalry. Here, the show's creators reveal why they struggled to find the pivotal set and what makes it so special. More about How Heated Rivalry's cottage rejects the "sameness" of contemporary architecture
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a renovated 19th-century cottage in the Czech Republic. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features cottage hailed as "a truly exceptional project"
Architecture practice Studio Plyš has renovated a 19th-century cottage at the edge of the Bohemian Forest in the Czech Republic, repairing its original stone and timber structure with additions in plywood, concrete and fibre cement. More about Studio Plyš revamps Borová Lada Cottage outside Bohemian Forest
Australian studio Lovell Burton has extended a 19th-century workers' cottage in Melbourne for its founders, "loosely demarcating space" with sliding walls and rotating glass doors. More about Lovell Burton lines Carlton Cottage extension with rotating walls
Architecture studio Loader Monteith has renovated and extended an 18th-century cottage in Scotland, creating a series of open and accessible spaces for a resident living with Alzheimer's disease. More about Loader Monteith renovates 18th-century Scottish cottage to be a "safe haven"
Toronto studio Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect has wrapped a gabled house in blackened wood and included wedge-shaped clerestory windows to respond to the lakeside landscape in the Muskoka Region of Ontario. More about Barbora Vokac Taylor includes viewfinder windows on black Ontario cabin
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a cottage in the Scottish Highlands finished with a natural material palette of local timber, clay plaster and earthenware tiles. More about "Unpretentious, lovely human scale" says commenter
A natural material palette of locally sourced Douglas fir, clay plaster and earthenware tiles characterise this cottage by Baillie Baillie Architects in the Scottish Highlands. More about Iorram cottage explores "a distinctly Scottish approach to natural materials"
British architecture studio AOMD has used an L-shaped extension to create a free-flowing interior for Hop Cottage, a semi-detached house in Kent, England. More about AOMD reorganises Edwardian cottage with timber-framed extension
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features intertwined cottages by Japanese studio Nendo. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "fun and frivolous" cottages in Karuizawa
Japanese studio Nendo has created a house comprising six wooden cottages connected by a sinuous swooping roof in Karuizawa, central Japan, to evoke "a family holding hands". More about Nendo designs intertwined cottages for Hand in Hand House in Karuizawa
Polish studio Mistovia has paired plywood, walnut and graphite accents with a mishmash of vintage furniture in Plener Istebna – a pair of gabled cottages in the Silesian Beskids mountains. More about Mistovia designs duo of Polish holiday homes to complement mountainous surroundings
From a 15th-century thatched house in England to a ski cabin in Canada, our latest lookbook collects eight cottages with panoramic windows that offer views of their dramatic surroundings. More about Eight light-filled cottage interiors defined by generous windows
The founders of Australian studio Zuzana & Nicholas have used a "robust palette" of stone, concrete and steel to transform a former workers' cottage in Brisbane into their own studio and house. More about Zuzana & Nicholas transforms Brisbane cottage into own home and studio