Exposed blockwork walls are contrasted by screens of lightweight steel and blackened timber at SKI House in Wānaka, New Zealand, created by local studio Roberts Gray Architects. More about Roberts Gray Architects marries blockwork and charred timber for New Zealand home
Looking to up your kerb appeal? Here are nine examples of distinctive front doors from homes around the world that are guaranteed to make a good first impression. More about Nine front doors that give homes a unique personality
Local studio Field Atelier has completed a breezy home near Goa, India, which is wrapped by verandas sheltered by sliding timber screens and folding metal doors. More about Sliding screens of woven timber ventilate House in Corjeum by Field Atelier
Canadian studios Oyama and Julia Manaças Architecte have designed Waterhouse, a woodland house clad in wood shingles that blends into a natural clearing in Sutton, Quebec. More about Shingled Canadian house blends forms into fluid composition
From a micro home in India to a fortress-like house in Greece, our latest roundup collects houses covered in earthy shades of plaster and render. More about Eight monolithic houses coated in earth-toned plaster and render
Italian practice Studio Bressan has restored and extended a historic farmhouse in Treviso, expanding its portico into a spacious, glazed dining room that blends contemporary and traditional materials. More about Studio Bressan updates and expands traditional stone farmhouse in Italy
A minimalist gabled form, cantilevered terraces and earth-toned lime plaster define Casa Plaj, a holiday home in Portugal designed by local practice Extrastudio. More about Extrastudio coats "radically simple" holiday home in Portugal with earth-toned plaster
An approach of "frugality and honesty" informed the minimally-finished plywood and plaster surfaces of Twin Pitches, the renovation and extension to a home in London by local studio Atelier Baulier. More about Atelier Baulier extends London home using "frugal and honest" materials
Chilean studio Max Núñez Arquitectos has raised a prefabricated steel house onto columns for a sloping site in the Sierra Nevada mountains in southern Chile, comparing it to a "lunar lander". More about Max Núñez Arquitectos designs metal Chilean house as "site-specific piece of technology"
London studio Selencky Parsons has completed Bulls Barn, a family home in the south of England that looks like a cluster of small buildings. More about Selencky Parsons builds South Downs home that looks like three cottages
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a trio of identical prefabricated holiday homes created for three sisters in Queensland. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "surprisingly sophisticated" prefabricated homes
A mass-timber structure designed by a pair of architects as their holiday home and a house that was renovated by a studio principal for her mother feature in our houses of the month list for September. More about Dezeen's top five houses of September 2025
Earthy tones and tactile materials characterise Toybox, a 160-year-old Portuguese-style home in Goa, restored by Indian practice Grounded. More about Grounded adapts 160-year-old Goan home for contemporary living
London studio James Grayley Architecture has used red bricks, oak shingles and terracotta floors to give a rustic character to its extension of Church Cottage, an old farmhouse in Suffolk, UK. More about James Grayley Architecture finishes Suffolk cottage extension with "hairy shingle exterior"
Prefabrication specialist Blok Modular has worked with Australian architecture studio Vokes and Peters to create Blok Three Sisters, a trio of prefabricated holiday homes on North Stradbroke Island in Queensland. More about Trio of identical holiday homes built for siblings in Queensland
British architecture studio Medium has completed its renovation of Hearth House, a 1950s country home in Surrey, bringing clarity to a series of hotchpotch extensions. More about Medium consolidates and unifies sprawling 1950s home in Surrey
Dutch firm Studio &Space has refurbished a time-worn house in Amsterdam, transforming it into a family home with bespoke furnishings and sophisticated finishes that evoke the feeling of a high-end hotel. More about Studio &Space renovates 1930s Amsterdam home with "iconic spiral staircase"
This house in California's Los Altos Hills was conceived by architecture firm WOJR as "an assemblage of instruments" that capture changing light and seasons. More about WOJR completes House of Horns overlooking Silicon Valley
Australian architect Jos Tan has completed Melville, a compact home in Melbourne with a simple, pale brick form that mimics the appearance of the neighbouring buildings. More about Jos Tan "celebrates city living" with compact Melbourne home
Our latest roundup looks at houses that respond to the tight constraints of infill sites with designs that either complement or contrast with the neighbouring buildings. More about Eight infill houses that make the most of vacant city plots