Brazilian practice Studio KUNZ has created a compact gabled house that cantilevers from a sloped site in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. More about Studio KUNZ splits gabled Brazilian house into two trapezoidal forms
US architecture studio The Ranch Mine has completed a holiday home in northern Arizona consisting of black, gabled forms that "burst vertically from the ground". More about Volcanic terrain informs design of Noir Peaks house by The Ranch Mine
Mexican architecture firm Estudio Atemporal has completed a gabled multi-building house that flows between indoor and outdoor living in Valle de Bravo. More about Estudio Atemporal spreads out Mexican house to preserve the forest
Ecuadorian studio Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos has completed a brick house and riding school in the Andes Mountains, complete with a gabled roof and dogtrot breezeway. More about Gabriel Rivera creates brick house and riding school in Ecuador
US architecture studio Mary English and Xavier Vendrell Architects have lined up three courtyards on a linear suburban plot for a white stucco house in San Antonio, Texas. More about Mary English and Xavier Vendrell arrange three courtyards for San Antonio house
North Arrow Studio has completed a compact, corrugated metal accessory dwelling unit in East Austin's Chestnut neighbourhood featuring a custom, circular pivot window that is reminiscent of the round opening in a birdhouse. More about North Arrow Studio creates metal ADU in Austin to resemble a birdhouse
Miami-based Brillhart Architecture consulted on the design of a pavilion-like island home in the Bahamas with local architects Garth and Darren Sawyer. More about Brillhart Architecture collaborates with Darren Sawyer for pavilion-like Bahamas home
Emerging London studio Fardaa has converted an abandoned basalt barn on the Isle of Mull in Scotland into the Croft 3 restaurant, which is characterised by raw plaster walls and exposed timber beams. More about Fardaa explores "ambiguity between old and new" at Isle of Mull restaurant
From steep single pitches to gables with overhanging eaves, we've rounded up eight houses with roofs that protrude beyond their footprint to shelter inhabitants from rain, sun, snow and prying eyes. More about Eight top-heavy homes with dramatically oversized roofs
Ignacio Rojas Hirigoyen Architects and The Andes House have designed a modular prototype that can be configured to construct low-cost housing. More about Ignacio Rojas Hirigoyen develops modular building system to address housing crisis
Brooklyn studio Elizabeth Roberts Architects has completed a cedar alpine house in the Catskills Mountains that connects two gabled forms underground. More about Elizabeth Roberts combines two buildings into one for a Catskills ski house
SinHei Kwok has designed and built a sculptural apartment complex that is meant to offer an alternative to the low-density housing found in Phoenix, Arizona's sprawling capital. More about SinHei Kwok completes M-shaped Bungalows in historic Phoenix district
English architecture office Studio McW has added a series of gabled extensions to an 18th-century house in Cambridgeshire, using stone and timber to complement the rural character of the existing building. More about Studio McW brings "energy of a London lifestyle" to rural house extension
Alexander Jermyn Architecture has created a lake house in Lake Tahoe, California with blackened wood siding to withstand the mountain climate. More about Alexander Jermyn Architecture clads a gabled California home with charred wood
Canadian architecture studio Omar Gandhi Architect has completed an expansive Nova Scotia home clad in two different types of cedar. More about Omar Gandhi mixes contemporary and vernacular design for Jib House
Vermont architecture studio Birdseye referenced a nearby barn to develop the detailing of this all-black country retreat on the shores of Lake Champlain. More about Birdseye references Vermont farmhouses with all-black cottage on Lake Champlain
American studio Hybrid has designed, funded and built a pair of "missing middle" townhomes that are meant to help densify a Seattle neighbourhood while respecting the context. More about Hybrid uses wood and weathering steel for Oak & Alder duplex in Seattle
An oversized gabled roof sits atop this Mexican countryside home by local architecture studio Estudio Atemporal, creating a covered space that extends the living room outside. More about Estudio Atemporal tops Mexican holiday home with oversized gabled roof
A cluster of gabled pavilions clad in grey panels and golden-toned cedar form a Michigan home for a creative family designed by architecture firm Iannuzzi Studio. More about Harry Potter books influence design of Briarcliff house by Iannuzzi Studio
Exposed finishes that draw cues from the forests and geology of Canada come together in this remote holiday home by Toronto-based architect Studio Paolo Ferrari. More about Studio Paolo Ferrari combines wood and granite for Canadian lake house