William Tozer Associates has completed an extension to a house in Auckland, comprising a series of blocks clad in wooden shingles and vertical boards that enhance the connection with various gardens and decked terraces. More about Gardens and terraces slot around timber-clad extensions to Auckland house
Canadian firm YH2 has completed a contemporary cabin beside a lake in Quebec, with pale cedar cladding running up the exterior walls and over its gabled roof. More about White cedar covers gabled lake house in Canada by YH2
Bernardo Bader Architects has reinterpreted the traditional Alpine chalet using concrete and larch wood to create a home for an art and antique furniture collector on the edge of a village in the Appenzell region of the Swiss Alps. More about Bernardo Bader references traditional Alpine architecture in larch-clad home for an art collector
American studio Feldman Architecture has overhauled parts of a hillside home in the town of Sausalito for a retired couple with an extensive collection of albums, books and soda bottles. More about Feldman Architecture updates 1970s residence overlooking San Francisco Bay
San Jose-based architecture firm Studio Saxe has built a house in Costa Rica with an indoor-outdoor great room and cantilevered porches upstairs that overlook dense tropical foliage. More about Studio Saxe creates contemporary villa in Costa Rican rainforest
This summer house in the Estonian village of Muraste comprises a cluster of timber volumes topped with faceted roofs and triangular roof lights that allow natural light to pour into the interiors. More about Angular roofs funnel daylight into coastal summer house inspired by traditional Estonian buildings
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has completed a house in Hanoi featuring walls made from different types of rammed earth, and gabled roofs incorporating planters used to grow fruit trees. More about Fruit trees grow from the roofs of Vo Trong Nghia's stripy rammed-earth house
Japanese architectural principles informed the design of this house in Upstate New York by Tsao & McKown, which uses heavy timber construction to eliminate the need for bearing walls and create an open layout. More about Japanese details influence Hudson Valley getaway by Tsao & McKown
New York firm Raad Studio has situated this beach house clad in light-coloured timber high above the sea level in New Jersey. More about Pale cedar beach house by Raad Studio perches atop a sand dune
The trunk of a Brazilian firetree pierces the white zinc-coated roof of this house by Aaksen Responsible Aarchitecture in Bandung, Indonesia. More about Fern tree grows through the roof of bright white "contemporary tropical" house on Java island
Waterfront properties and woodland retreats in Virginia feature in the latest instalment of our series profiling enviable residences in each US state. More about Five of the best houses in Virginia on Dezeen
A vivid orange stairwell and a canted glass facade are among the modifications that US studio Fougeron Architecture has made to a century-old house in San Francisco. More about Fougeron Architecture overhauls Victorian townhouse in San Francisco
Japanese studio Tato Architects designed the interior of this house in Osaka as a single room containing angular platforms that perform multiple functions and are connected by a spiralling sequence of wooden steps. More about Platforms function as tables and shelves inside Tato Architects' House in Miyamoto
Architecture studio Penda has released visualisations of a house designed for a tiny plot near the German city of Kassel that show how its owners will be able to grow food on both sides of its terraced roof. More about Self-sufficient Yin & Yang house incorporates gardens on its interlocking roof
One of American architect Richard Meier's earliest projects, the Smith House, is portrayed in a fresh set of images by photographer Mike Schwartz to commemorate the influential project's 50th anniversary. More about Richard Meier's 1960s Smith House captured in new photographs
Our series profiling the mid-century marvels of Palm Springs during the city's Modernism Week concludes with the Abernathy House by American architect William F Cody, which was designed to maximise outdoor living. More about William F Cody designed Abernathy House for poolside parties in Palm Springs
Glass panels on the corner of this residence pivot aside, opening the double-height living space to its waterfront site in Virginia. More about Virginia cabin by 3north features fully glazed corner with river views
As we near the end of our series celebrating Palm Springs' mid-century architecture, coinciding with the city's Modernism Week, here's a look at the chalet-esque houses that Charles DuBois designed to stand out from their neighbours. More about A-frame roofs typify Charles DuBois' Swiss Miss houses in Palm Springs
The seven experimental steel-framed houses that architect Donald Wexler built in Palm Springs are early examples of customisable prefab homes, and are next in our series celebrating the city's mid-century architecture for this year's Modernism Week. More about Donald Wexler pioneered prefab living in Palm Springs with Steel Houses
We're continuing our series on modernist buildings in Palm Springs with American architect John Lautner's Arthur Elrod House, which has a dome-shaped concrete roof and a half-moon swimming pool that featured in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. More about John Lautner's concrete domed Elrod House overlooks Coachella Valley