US firm Caleb Johnson Studio has raised this cedar-clad coastal dwelling in Maine on wooden stilts so that the "landscape is allowed to flow under the house". More about Caleb Johnson elevates In the Dunes home above beachfront site in Maine
Morris + Company has staggered a terrace of brick houses for the elderly within the grounds of a 17th century mansion in Sevenoaks, Kent. More about Morris + Company completes Wildernesse Mews retirement homes in historic Kent estate
Brazilian firm Terra e Tuma Arquitetos has designed a U-shaped residence with an outdoor swimming pool in the middle, while also integrating the home into a hillside. More about Courtyard patio doubles as "a small beach" at Brazil's Casa João de Barro
Tidal Arc House by Woods Bagot has an arcing limestone facade with full-height openings looking out towards the sea on the coast of Victoria, Australia. More about Woods Bagot builds sweeping stone house overlooking the ocean
A snapping turtle tank provides a view through to a palm tree garden in an extension to a former council house in Dublin, designed by architecture studio TAKA. More about TAKA incorporates turtle tank into end wall of House in a Palm Garden
Architecture practice All(zone) used distinctive criss-crossing of concrete blocks to provide breeze and shade to Phra Pradeang House in Bangkok. More about Concrete lattice screens Phra Pradeang House in Bangkok
American firm Feldman Architecture has nestled this cedar-clad residence on a hilly California meadow, and topped it with a green roof to act as "an extension of the surrounding prairie". More about Feldman Architecture tucks Meadow Home into grassy Californian knoll
The palette of exposed, untreated materials used to construct this house in Killan, Ireland, results in a building with an intentionally unfinished appearance. More about TOB Architect builds "deliberately unharmonious" Killan Farmhouse
Large openings all along the front of the concrete facade of Frame House on the Spanish island of Menorca frame expansive views towards the sea.
More about Nomo Studio designs concrete house in Menorca to frame sea views
The sunlit spaces of a mid-century modern family home in New Zealand, designed by the late architect John Scott, are captured in these new images by photographer Mary Gaudin. More about Mary Gaudin photographs little-known Werry/Francis Houses by New Zealand modernist John Scott
De Baes Associates and architect Sophie van Noten's House SSK is a steel and glass house wrapped inside an open-topped brick shell in Kortrijk, Belgium. More about Hollow brick shell encases glass-walled House SSK in Belgium
Colorado firm Studio B has created a dwelling in the Rocky Mountains that features black wooden cladding, sharply pointed roofs and cosy rooms awash in natural light. More about Studio B's V-Plan House in Aspen comprises black gabled forms
Young Belgian studio Atelier Janda Vanderghote has transformed the interior of one of Ghent's historic houses with a new concrete frame and brilliant blue furniture. More about Atelier Janda Vanderghote turns historic Ghent house into modern B&B
Mary Arnold-Forster Architects designed the tin-clad Black Shed house on the Isle of Skye for an architect and a rabbi. More about Black Shed house on the Isle of Skye has fir interiors and a black tin exterior
From an isolated house in a Californian nature reserve, to a rural house in China that encourages villagers to be self-sufficient, here are 10 off-grid homes where people are living sustainably. More about Ten off-grid homes for a self-sufficient lifestyle
Andreia Garcia Architectural Affairs and Diogo Aguiar Studio have hidden a bathroom, bed and kitchen within the walls of this timber-clad holiday home in Guimarães, Portugal. More about Timber walls disguise secret spaces within tiny Pavilion House in Portugal
Most houses are designed with regular, rectangular-shaped floor plans. Here are 10 designs that ignore convention and are instead shaped like sausages, stars and even eyeballs. More about Ten houses with weird and wonderful floor plans
Architecture studio Naturehumaine has designed a minimal plywood stair with a children's play nook for this house in Montreal, as part of its renovation and extension. More about Plywood features in Montreal house renovation and extension by Naturehumaine
California studio SPF Architects has wrapped the top level of this three-winged residence in Bel Air with glazing to provide ample sunlight and views of its hilly surrounds in Los Angeles. More about Three-pronged Orum Residence by SPF Architects offers sweeping views of Bel Air
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has covered the roof and facade of Breathing House in Ho Chi Minh City with a canopy of climbing plants to create private outdoor spaces. More about Plant curtain drapes over Breathing House by Vo Trong Nghia Architects