Greek studio Mold Architects has completed a hospitality retreat on the island of Serifos, using stone excavated from the rugged terrain to create five guest residences overlooking the Aegean Sea. More about Mold Architects carves stepped retreat into rocky hillside overlooking the Aegean Sea
Architecture studio Anna and Eugeni Bach has renovated and extended a holiday home in the medieval village of Fonolleres, Spain, adding a series of porches, pergolas, and terraces to bring daily living outdoors. More about Anna and Eugeni Bach extends Fonolleres House with porches and pergolas
Dutch studio Unknown Architects has completed House on a Dune, a holiday cabin on the island of Terschelling with lofty, timber-lined interiors that frame panoramic views of the surrounding sand plains and scrubland. More about Unknown Architects sinks timber cabin into dune-filled Dutch island
UK studio Built Works has nestled a yoga retreat in an East Sussex woodland, wrapping it with charred timber and a raised veranda evoking a traditional Japanese engawa. More about Built Works wraps Yogi's Cabin in East Sussex with charred wood
New York studio Khanna Schultz has taken cues from Japanese architecture to create a "net-positive-energy" house in the Hamptons, New York, which features dark wood cladding and a large rooftop solar array. More about Khanna Schultz infuses House in Amagansett with "atmosphere of quiet contemplation"
Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design has created the Toune holiday home in a 120-year-old machiya, preserving its original layout and the "sense of time embedded within the building" while giving it a contemporary update. More about Keiji Ashizawa creates holiday home within historic machiya
London architecture studio Kasawoo has created The Root, a prefabricated holiday cabin in Greece, clad in deep-red timber planks and designed to be relocatable. More about "Nothing is superfluous" in compact Greek holiday cabin by Kasawoo
Australian studio Align has completed Picnic Island Cabin, a holiday retreat on the edge of a tiny island in Tasmania, clad in a palette of spotted gum timber and steel. More about Align perches off-grid cabin on coast of tiny Tasmanian island
An exterior of charred timber and thatch is contrasted by a vibrant interior palette of blues and purples at this riverside home in Riga, Latvia designed by architecture studio OAD. More about OAD tops barn-like summer home with thatch roof
Architectural studio Heliotrope took a "site-sensitive approach" while designing a vacation house in the Pacific Northwest, resulting in a bow tie-shaped plan and knotty cedar cladding. More about Heliotrope tucks False Bay house into rocky site on a Washington island
Local studio Waelgaard Salim Arkitekter has completed House Grimstad, a barn-like dwelling in Norway that contrasts black tar-stained timber cladding with warm interiors lined in spruce. More about Waelgaard Salim Arkitekter designs Norwegian holiday home as "a test of reduction"
Tokyo studio I IN has renovated Lulla House, a holiday home overlooking the ocean in Kamakura, Japan, creating "a space where the beauty of the view becomes a collective experience". More about I IN designs light-filled Kamakura beach house to make most of ocean view
The vivid architectural style of Luis Barragán spurred design studio Holzrausch to add bright pops of pink, yellow and orange to this holiday home in Mallorca, Spain. More about Holzrausch references Luis Barragán in colourful refresh of Mallorcan holiday home
Indian studio Ma+rs has completed Serenity, a wildlife retreat in Tamil Nadu crowned by a cluster of thatched roofs intended to blend in with the distant Anamalai mountain range. More about Ma+rs designs thatched wildlife retreat in India as "a quiet observer"
Architect Tristan Burfield used a palette of galvanised steel and Blackbutt timber to meet bushfire regulations at No. 23, a small annexe he has added to a holiday home in Australia. More about Tristan Burfield adds bushfire-resilient annexe to coastal holiday home in Australia
Kyiv-based architecture and design studio YOD Group looked to Ukrainian vernacular architecture when creating this cluster of guesthouses, characterised by glass walls and thatched roofs. More about YOD Group crowns glass-sided huts with 10-metre-tall thatched roofs
A dark palette of concrete, metal and stone references the craggy surface of a lava field surrounding Swan Nest, a summerhouse by local studio Yrki Arkitektar overlooking one of Iceland's most active volcanoes. More about Yrki Arkitektar references lava fields for summerhouse overlooking Icelandic volcano
Dutch studio i29 and construction company Jatin Chaletbouw have completed Lounge Lodge, a compact holiday home in the Netherlands, revealed here in this Dezeen Exclusive. More about Compact holiday cabin by i29 "functions as a Swiss army knife"
Interiors studio YSG used glossy tiles, saturated colours and plenty of patterned wallpaper to create the interior of Plantasia, a colourful holiday home in a 1990s building. More about YSG creates "welcome to the funhouse" feeling in Australian holiday home
Indian practice Studio Nirvana referenced the principles of Zen Buddhism to create the minimalist and monochromatic spaces of this holiday home in Kerala, India. More about Studio Nirvana designs Zenhouse in India to invite "calm and stillness"