An angular, asymmetric roof tops this house designed by Mole Architects for a site overlooking an estuary in Suffolk, England. More about Mole Architects builds house "like a seagull's wing" on Suffolk coast
New York firm Barker Freeman Design Office has built a house clad in white cedar that sits directly on the beachin the south of the city. More about BFDO completes wooden Surfboard House near Rockaway Beach
Halifax-based Omar Gandhi Architect has built a three-storey home in the city, featuring two white-clad volumes with a double-height space sandwiched in the middle. More about Glazed atrium connects white sides of Halifax home by Omar Gandhi Architect
Texas studio Matt Fajkus Architecture has created a two-storey building that features a garage at ground level and a home above, part of which cantilevers over the site. More about Matt Fajkus designs asymmetric Austin residence for vintage car lover
A sleeping area for the family dog is the focal point of this house in Toronto, which Canadian architecture firm StudioAC renovated using a plywood insertion to add storage space. More about StudioAC inserts plywood unit complete with dog bed into Toronto home
This residence and nearby guest house for a principal of Carney Logan Burke Architects are meant to sensitively respond to their setting: a forested site that looks toward a verdant valley and towering peaks. More about Carney Logan Burke spends five years creating Wyoming retreat clad in cedar and steel
For a site just outside of San Francisco, American studio Faulkner Architects has created a family residence clad in Corten steel panels and shaded by large oak trees. More about Faulkner Architects wraps Northern California home in weathering steel
The flat roof of this house in Austin by local firm Mell Lawrence Architects reaches well beyond its walls, shading the glazed top floor from the harsh Texan sun. More about Balcones House curbs Texas heat with expansive overhanging roof
Peruvian architecture firm Llama Urban Design has built a wooden house that connects two sides of a tree-covered valley in Ontario, forming a bridge over the ravine below. More about Bridgehouse by Llama Urban Design spans over Canadian forest floor
American architect Craig McMahon has renovated and expanded a residence on a compact lot in San Antonio, Texas, to comfortably accommodate his family of three. More about Craig McMahon renovates concrete bungalow in San Antonio for his family
Wyoming studio Carney Logan Burke Architects has created a small, rustic retreat for one of its firm's principals on the site of a log cabin that was destroyed in a forest fire. More about Carney Logan Burke designs cabin for fire-ravaged Wyoming mountainside
A courtyard brings light into the centre of this board-marked concrete house in Argentina's Buenos Aires province, designed by architects Anibal Bizzotto and Diego Cherbenco. More about Concrete walls hide glazed courtyard at house in Buenos Aires
Designed and built by Actual/Office Architects, this vacation home in upstate New York consists of two nested volumes wrapped in angled screens made of blackened wood. More about A/O builds slanted black holiday home in Hudson Valley
Crops are planted on the roofs of these houses in China's Sichuan Province, which were designed by Rural Urban Framework as a possible solution for accommodating people affected by natural disasters. More about Rural Urban Framework builds post-disaster housing in China featuring rooftop farms
Simple black and white volumes form this home in Quebec City, which was built by local firm PARKA Architecture for a professional ice hockey player and his family. More about Quebec residence for ice hockey player includes indoor practice rink
Canadian firm Hunter Office Architecture has built a stilted concrete house with ample glazing, which has a layout influenced by a traditional Hindu organisational system. More about Hunter Office Architecture uses Hindu "science of architecture" to arrange British Columbia house
Architect Laura Dewe Mathews has added a staggered red brick extension to a London house, as part of a renovation that involved creating spaces for the clients' various hobbies. More about Laura Dewe Mathews creates spaces for birdwatching and painting in London home of a retired couple
Glazed garage doors surround this wood-clad residence by US firm Feldman Architecture in California's Sonoma Valley, an area that was recently devastated by wild fires. More about Feldman Architecture incorporates garage-door windows into California home
This family home in Dublin features uneven blockwork walls and a terracotta-clad sloping roof, to help it match an Arts and Crafts-style neighbour. More about Arigho Larmour Wheeler Architects completes "purposefully imperfect" woodland home in Dublin
The 1920s bungalows and 1950s modernist buildings found across Los Angeles influenced locally based Martin Fenlon Architecture when designing this house for one of the city's conservation areas. More about Martin Fenlon merges architectural styles for house in Los Angeles