Architecture studio Office Inainn drew on the layered composition of slate for the stacked form of the prefabricated 18-07 Holiday Home on Norway's western coast. More about Office Inainn models prefabricated Norwegian house on slate
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has nestled a curved holiday home under a planted garden on Ishigaki Island, Japan, for hotelier Not A Hotel. More about Sou Fujimoto tops coastal holiday home in Japan with sloping green roof
A white concrete dome punctured by porthole-like windows shelters this holiday home in California, designed by Ukrainian designer and builder Anastasiya Dudik. More about Domed home in California is designed to feel both "ancient and otherworldly"
UK studio Will Gamble Architects has refurbished The Island, an old holiday home in Cornwall that sits on a rock stack and is accessed via its own suspension bridge. More about Will Gamble Architects renovates holiday home perched on Cornish rock stack
With the arrival of summer, our latest lookbook explores vacation homes in Denmark, Sweden and Norway that go above and beyond the traditional cabin. More about Eight Scandinavian summer houses with extraordinary interiors
Cornish stone and cross-laminated timber come together in this seaside bolthole in Cornwall, England, designed by London-based Rundell Associates for two families. More about Rundell Associates embeds CLT-framed house into Cornish cliffside
Moss-covered timber planks recovered from old, dilapidated buildings were used to clad these two cabins in Kazakhstan, which have been designed by local studio Arthur Kariev Architects. More about Arthur Kariev Architects uses moss-covered timber planks to cloak holiday cabins in Kazakhstan
US brand Design Within Reach has enlisted British fashion designer Paul Smith to furnish an iconic mid-century home in Palm Desert that can now be rented out by guests. More about DWR and Paul Smith outfit historic Wave House with striped and plaid furniture
A ring of rooms staggered around a courtyard doubles as an indoor dog run at this rental villa on Awaji Island, designed by Japanese studio 1110 Office for Architecture. More about "Humans and dogs live harmoniously" at stepped Necklace Villa in Japan
Architecture studio TEST has built the Prefab House Changeover cabin, which is clad in textured wood, in a forest in the province of Barcelona, Spain. More about TEST places maroon holiday cabin in Barcelona woodland
Canadian studios Bureau Tempo and Thom Fougere have reflected the "rugged and serene" surroundings of an island in Georgian Bay, Ontario, in the materials used for the interior of this family holiday home. More about Pine Island Cottage interiors reflect textures of the Ontario landscape
Swedish studio Johan Sundberg Arkitektur has completed the holiday house Yngsjö, using natural materials and a light colour palette to help it blend with its surroundings in southern Sweden. More about Johan Sundberg Arkitektur wraps stilted house in Sweden with Siberian larch
Chilean studio Hebra Arquitectos has completed a house in southern Chile with native oak cladding and faceted roofs laid out along a V-shaped plan to provide the best views of a lake. More about Hebra Arquitectos orients wood-clad Palo Quemado toward distant lake
Designer Monica Förster has created Berghem, a holiday home designed to blend into its rocky surroundings in the Stockholm archipelago, as her first-ever architecture project. More about Monica Förster makes architectural debut with "deconstructed" summer house
A 1960s bungalow on a GDR vacation estate near Berlin has been turned into a self-designed holiday home with a colour palette referencing California modernism. More about Former East German bungalow transformed into colourful holiday home
Paris-based Atelier du Pont has teamed up with Menorca-based Aru Arquitectura to convert a pair of dilapidated old farm buildings into a summer house with a surprising mix of colours and textures. More about Menorca farmhouse converted into vacation home with acid-yellow kitchen
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 house informed by stealth aircraft to a dwelling in a converted pig shed, we've collected this year's top holiday homes as part of our review of 2024. More about The top 10 holiday homes of 2024
Australian studio Adam Kane Architects has designed an all-grey house in the southeastern state of Victoria, blanketing its surfaces in fog-like polished plaster. More about Adam Kane Architects banishes colour to create Grey House in Australia
Local practice Studio Ellsinger has topped a small holiday cabin on Sweden's west coast with a hat-shaped aluminium roof to "trigger curiosity" and offer protection from its wild surroundings. More about Hat-shaped metal roof shelters Hee House by Studio Ellsinger