French firm Toledano + Architects has renovated an apartment in the seaside town of Biarritz, adding a raised sleeping area that looks out towards the nearby lighthouse through a large bay window. More about Toledano + Architects adds wavy mezzanine to compact Biarritz apartment
A 19th-century dairy farm ruin converted into holiday accommodation by London-based studio Clementine Blakemore Architects has been awarded this year's RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize. More about Wraxall Yard by Clementine Blakemore Architects wins Stephen Lawrence Prize 2024
UK studio Cowper Griffith Architects has combined the medieval fabric of the 14th-century Calverley Old Hall in West Yorkshire, England, with contemporary additions to create a holiday home for the Landmark Trust charity. More about Cowper Griffith Architects creates contemporary holiday home in medieval hall
This video spotlights the Wraxall Yard holiday accommodation by Clementine Blakemore Architects, which is one of six projects shortlisted for this year's RIBA Stirling Prize. More about Wraxall Yard designed as "attractive, comfortable, fully inclusive holiday accommodation"
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a holiday lodge in New Zealand by DCA Architects of Transformation. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "a windowless storage unit with no charm"
The angular matte-black forms of stealth aircraft informed the appearance of this holiday home on a former military base in the Netherlands, completed by local studios Sander van Schaik and Robert-Jan de Kort Architectuur. More about Stealth aircraft inform Stay Under the Radar retreat in the Netherlands
Local studio DCA Architects of Transformation has wrapped a translucent skin of corrugated polycarbonate panels around this holiday lodge in New Zealand. More about Translucent skin wraps "house within a house" in rural New Zealand
Large windows create the feeling of sitting in a tree canopy at La Cime, a timber-clad holiday cabin that Canadian studio Naturehumaine has created in woodland in Lanaudière, Québec. More about Naturehumaine perches stilted "micro chalet" within Canadian woodland
Greek studio Kapsimalis Architects has converted a 19th-century wine cellar into a cavernous holiday home on the island of Santorini in Greece. More about Kapsimalis Architects converts wine cellar into cavernous summer house
Winding pathways and thatched roofs made of recycled plastic are among the features at the Kona Village resort in Hawaii, which Walker Warner Architects designed to replace a 1960s hotel destroyed by a tsunami. More about Walker Warner Architects includes recycled-plastic thatch in Hawaii hut resort
A crescent-shaped volume will enclose this holiday home, which architecture studio Snøhetta has designed for hospitality brand Not A Hotel in a ski resort on Hokkaido Island, Japan. More about Snøhetta designs sweeping holiday home for foothills of Mount Yōtei
The founders of design PR agency Club Paradis have transformed an apartment in Ostend, Belgium, into a design-led vacation home where almost everything is for sale. More about Paradis Apartment offers design-led stays in Belgian seaside town
Weathering steel and accoya wood wrap the exterior of the Alta House, which was created by US studio Lever Architecture to embrace the "sublime mountain landscape". More about Geological formations shape design of Wyoming house by Lever Architecture
Greek studio Doriza Design has converted a 19th-century stone building into Drakoni House, a holiday home in Crete with purposefully rough and imperfect details. More about Doriza Design transforms stone building into "imperfect" holiday home in Crete
Architecture practice Studio Vio has blended contemporary materials with traditional crafts and lush gardens at De Hue Space, a holiday home in Hue, Vietnam. More about Studio Vio surrounds concrete holiday home in Vietnam with lush gardens
Peach-toned walls and arched openings define Baia Villas, a set of six holiday homes in Goa that Mumbai studio Jugal Mistri Architects has designed to evoke local vernacular. More about Peach-coloured walls enliven Goan holiday homes by Jugal Mistri Architects
American studio Walker Warner Architects has completed Hale Kiawe, a family retreat with simple, gabled forms that are set within an undulating landscape dotted with chunky lava rocks. More about Hawaii house by Walker Warner Architects designed to be "elegant but spare"
British studio Mole Architects has created Alde Valley Barn, a brick-clad holiday home on a farmyard in Suffolk that dates back to the 17th century. More about Mole Architects creates barn-like holiday home within Suffolk farmyard
American firm Lake Flato Architects has completed a family retreat on Long Island that consists of three barn-like structures wrapped in cedar and constructed using prefabricated timber elements. More about Lake Flato Architects looks to barns for design of North Fork house
Finnish studio MNY Arkitekter has completed Two Sisters, a timber holiday home in Salo that is designed to allow two siblings to live "together separately". More about MNY Arkitekter completes "down-to-earth" house for two sisters in Finland