Brooklyn creative agency An Aesthetic Pursuit has designed a bold rental house in Maine with furniture and products that guests can purchase. More about An Aesthetic Pursuit designs shoppable Airbnb in Maine
Argentinan studio Carolina Vago Arquitectura has added a metal and glass volume on top of old horse stables to create this rural holiday home. More about Carolina Vago transforms horse stables into country home in Argentina
Johan Sundberg Arkitektur has designed a holiday home raised on twelve steel stilts on a steep slope near the sea in Mölle, Sweden. More about Summer house on steel stilts sits amongst the treetops in Sweden
Home Farm is John Pawson's self-designed minimalist second home in the Cotswolds, England, featuring three kitchens but no clutter. More about John Pawson designs his own minimalist rural retreat
Fragmented wood-clad walls enclose outdoor patios that wrap this remote Oregon house by local firm Hacker Architects. More about Hacker Architects builds High Desert Residence in volcanic Oregon landscape
Moving walls and decked terraces connect the four interlinked pavilions of a holiday home in Point Lonsdale on Australia's southern coast by Edition Office – Dezeen's Emerging architect of the year. More about Timber walls pivot to open holiday home to the outdoors in Australia
Over the past decade a succession of architects have designed holiday homes among the fisherman's huts in the shadow of a nuclear power station on Dungeness beach, Kent. Here are seven of the most interesting. More about Seven unique homes on Dungeness beach
A brick holiday home in Tangshan, China designed by Arch Studio has four external terraces partially sheltered under a pitched roof. More about Arch Studio surrounds holiday house in China with covered courtyards
This pine-clad summer house on a rocky outcrop on a small island in Sweden's archipelago of Gothenburg features minimal plywood interiors designed to highlight the island's dramatic landscape. More about Studio Holmberg designs pine-clad holiday home to blend into Swedish seaside setting
A red "cannonball" pulley system is among the distinctive features of a 1950s beach house by American architect Paul Rudolph that will be auctioned off next week by Sotheby's. More about Paul Rudolph's Walker Guest House in coastal Florida goes up for auction
This luxury holiday home in the Maldives has an aquarium-like underwater bedroom suite where guests can watch marine life while they rest, wash and get dressed. More about Maldives villa The Muraka has a bedroom under the sea
Montreal designer Louis Beliveau of La Firme studio has overhauled a decrepit barn in Quebec by turning its hollow core into a holiday home for two city dwellers. More about La Firme turns abandoned shed into Quebec home The Barn
American studio Heliotrope Architects has created a holiday home for art gallery owners that is wrapped in dark metal, white stucco and large stretches of glass. More about Heliotrope tucks Collector's Retreat into lush wooded site in coastal Washington
A timber-clad holiday home by Intuitive Architects frames dramatic views of its mountainous setting in Central Otago, New Zealand. More about Avalanche House is a timber holiday home in New Zealand's mountains
To celebrate being shortlisted for the Pinterest UK Awards 2019 in its travel tips category, we're whisking you away to boards featuring places to stay around the world. Visit alluring hotels in the US, harmonious holiday homes and Greek houses that look like a little glimpse of heaven by following Dezeen on Pinterest › More about Pack your bags and join us on tour with this week's travel-inspired Pinterest boards
Architect Alexis Dornier puts a new spin on Balinese vernacular in his three Uluwatu Surf Villas, at a retreat billed as a paradise for surfers. More about Alexis Dornier builds trio of tropical villas in Bali's surf haven Uluwatu
The vaulted forms and underground caves of an old house on the Greek island of Santorini have been converted into a holiday home complex by Kapsimalis Architects. More about Kapsimalis Architects converts caves for summer houses on Greek island
Shiplap siding, glazed walls and large hip roofs form the exterior of holiday homes designed by Canadian studio MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects for an upscale resort island in Ontario's Muskoka region. More about Cabins in Ontario by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple topped with massive hip roofs
A folded metal roof tops this holiday home by Chilean firm Mas Fernandez Arquitectos, which was built using simple, cost-effective materials. More about Mas Fernandez designs BL House to embrace natural setting in Valparaíso
Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena has hollowed the huge tilted volume of this weekend getaway along the Pacific Ocean in Chile to form an opening for a fire inside. More about Alejandro Aravena leans huge chimney against concrete house on Chilean coast