New York-based MB Architecture has clad a gabled concrete house and matching garage in the Hamptons in pale timber to give the simple volumes a rustic look. More about MB Architecture covers Hamptons farmhouse in charred cypress inside and out
Canadian firm YH2 has completed a contemporary cabin beside a lake in Quebec, with pale cedar cladding running up the exterior walls and over its gabled roof. More about White cedar covers gabled lake house in Canada by YH2
Architect Grzegorz Layer has used lengths of blackened wood to clad the asymmetric gables of this house, which is located near the pine-forested shores of Lake Gowidliński in northern Poland. More about Asymmetric house clad in blackened pine stands in a Polish forest
This house in Japan's Tokushima prefecture appears as a nondescript industrial unit from the road, but inside architecture practice CAPD has hidden a bright, high-ceilinged family home. More about Deceptively industrial facade conceals bright contemporary home in Japan
Oslo studio Rever & Drage Architects used a variety of cladding materials and traditional construction techniques to distinguish the different functional spaces at this mountain cabin in Norway's Sunndal region. More about Troll's Peak cabin features facades and roofs clad in contrasting materials
HOLA Design has completed a gabled lakeside cottage in southern Poland, which incorporates large windows that look out towards two nearby castles. More about HOLA Design builds gabled lakeside cottage in Poland
These kiosks on Montreal's namesake peak lean away from the hillside at different angles to look as if they're being blown over by the wind. More about Gabled kiosks by Atelier Urban Face tilt away from Mount Royal's slope
Oslo-based architecture office Skapa has transformed a tired villa near the Norwegian capital into a contemporary home featuring full-height glazed walls that open up to views of the surrounding trees and seascape. More about Skapa updates prefabricated Norwegian seafront house with glazed walls
Chilean studio Apio Arquitectos has used wooden barns as a reference for this nature retreat, with pitched roofs and facades wrapped in grey metal and pine. More about Apio Arquitectos creates gabled holiday house overlooking Chilean lake
A painted-brick fireplace separates areas for living and dining at this summer house designed by London-based architect Tina Bergman for a plot facing out towards the sea on Sweden's east coast. More about Hus Nilsson is a Swedish summer house with living spaces connected to a sea-facing terrace
This family dwelling that American studio Go Logic designed for a dense waterfront neighbourhood features a green roof, two-toned cladding and a distinctive silhouette. More about Go Logic creates gable-roofed home for oceanfront site in Massachusetts
A team of Spanish architects has modernised a 19th-century psychiatric centre in the city of Pamplona by adding a series of structures with gabled profiles that reference the forms of the existing buildings. More about Geometric forms and embossed details recall historic predecessors at Spanish psychiatric facility
A gabled opening that references the forms of traditional hutong houses marks the entrance to this hotel in Beijing by architecture studio Penda. More about Penda creates house-shaped entrance for hotel in Beijing's XinXian Hutong
Canadian architect Jean Verville has shrunk the floor area within this compact black cabin, in a bid to create a more spacious atmosphere. More about Jean Verville overhauls A-frame cottage in the Quebec forest
Vector Architects has transformed a disused sugar mill in China's mountainous Yangshuo County into a resort hotel featuring a group of gabled masonry structures designed to complement the existing industrial architecture. More about Vector Architects converts sugar mill into Alila Yangshuo hotel
A pair of perpendicular gabled structures with contrasting concrete and white-painted surfaces face onto a rear garden and pond at this house in the Malaysian city of Petaling Jaya by local architect Fabian Tan. More about Gabled blocks overlook a koi pond at Fabian Tan's Knikno House in Malaysia
Rural Office for Architecture used locally available materials and a single russet hue to ensure this cluster of service buildings and a rear extension to a smallholding in mid Wales fit in with their agrarian setting. More about Rural Office for Architecture adds row of red gabled sheds to rural Welsh property
Portuguese architect Filipe Saraiva chose black concrete panels for the walls of his family home, which is designed to look like a child's interpretation of a house. More about Filipe Saraiva's self-designed home is based on a child's drawing
Deep in the woods of Quebec, Canadian firm Appareil Architecture has built a black house with a matching smaller cabin, linked together with outdoor decking. More about Appareil Architecture's black metal cabin hides in a Quebec forest
Architect Michael Viviano has worked with his mum and dad to create them this concrete and timber house with a gable roof in Houston, Texas. More about Michael Viviano designs gabled house for his parents in Houston