Local practice Studio Font has completed Casa Diez Pies, a home in Mexico that steps down a lush coastal cliff supported in 10 concrete columns. More about Studio Font perches cliffside home in Mexico on inhabitable concrete columns
New Zealand studio Roberts Gray Architects has completed a coastal home near Auckland, wrapping two contrasting courtyards with low-slung volumes of rammed earth. More about Roberts Gray Architects tops New Zealand sand dune with rammed-earth home
Local architect Tom Kneepkens has completed Forest Villa MB, a home in the Netherlands sheltered by a gridded timber roof with openings to accommodate the surrounding trees. More about Tom Kneepkens "integrates living and nature" at Dutch forest villa
A timber-framed glazed link and courtyard garden connect old and new parts of this home in Northwood, UK, which architecture studio Will Gamble Architects designed to reference traditional Sri Lankan houses. More about Will Gamble Architects adds "explicitly tropical" extension to Grade-II listed English cottage
Local studio Formwork Architects has transformed a derelict care home in Crouch End, north London, back into a family dwelling, introducing a two-storey brick extension overlooking a sunken patio. More about Formwork Architects transforms abandoned care home into light-filled Crouch End House
Argentinian architecture practice Estudio Futuro has refurbished PH Gainza, a 1950s house in Buenos Aires that contrasts its original concrete structure with crisp white-steel additions. More about Estudio Futuro renovates compact Argentinian home around terracotta-paved patios
Chilean studio Croxatto and Opazo Architects has completed Negrilla House, an elongated home perched over a ravine in the village of Matanzas that splits into two stacked terraces overlooking the Pacific Ocean. More about Croxatto and Opazo Architects perches timber home overlooking Chilean coast
Scottish studio Loader Monteith has rebuilt a derelict farmhouse in the Scottish Highlands and added a blackened-larch extension to create a family home called Dulnain. More about Loader Monteith rebuilds ruined Highlands house with blackened-larch extension
Considering building your own custom-made house? Here are eight examples of successful residential self-build projects from the Dezeen archives to get your creative juices flowing. More about Seven self-build housing projects to inspire your own
Perforated steel screens filter light into this multi-generational house in Coimbatore, India, which architecture studio SpaceDNA completed with an oxide-coated staircase that steps around a triple-height void. More about SpaceDNA arranges split levels of Indian home around rust-orange staircase
Local studio Stylus Architects has completed Green Lodge, a partially submerged family home in Roehampton Village, southwest London, where a series of sunken lightwells brings daylight into rooms set below ground. More about Sunken lightwells illuminate partially submerged London home by Stylus Architects
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
A crescent-shaped courtyard creates a "domestic refuge" at the heart of this minimalist house in Galicia, Spain, designed by local architecture studio Sinaldaba. More about Sinaldaba organises Cecebre House in Spain around crescent-shaped courtyard
Indian studio Meister Varma Architects has completed Shilaya, a home in Tamil Nadu built using stone salvaged from a ruined cottage that once stood on its site. More about Meister Varma Architects uses salvaged stone for home in India
A trio of brick-walled homes features in Dezeen's top five houses of the month for June, including a holiday cabin in the Netherlands and a compact British residence built on an infill site. More about Dezeen's top five houses of June 2026
Architect Joe Burke has self-built Leyton House, a home that bookends a 1960s terrace in London, using rough, pale brickwork and a concrete plinth for tactility. More about Joe Burke bookends 1960s London terrace with compact brick home
A pair of lightweight, L-shaped roofs top the four volumes that form this house in Los Cabos, Mexico, designed by Estudio Ignacio Urquiza Ana Paula de Alba. More about L-shaped roofs create "generous shadows" over Los Cabos residence
Curved and angular bay windows animate the stepped facade of House on a Hill, a penthouse in central London designed by local studio David Kohn Architects. More about David Kohn Architects designs London penthouse to resemble "house on a hill"
Architecture studio House of EM has used a restrained palette of brick, timber, concrete and lime plaster for Skylark, a contemporary F-shaped house in Shropshire, UK. More about House of EM draws on mid-century design principles for brick-clad home
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