Dutch studio Barcode Architects has completed a house in the country's Brabant region featuring some windows that angle inwards, and another that appears to have been extruded from the concrete walls. More about Villa X is a Dutch house with windows that protrude inwards and outwards
White walls and naturally lit rooms define this family house in the Seattle area, which was revamped by American studio SkB Architects. More about SkB Architects imbues Washington residence with art gallery aesthetic
UK architects David Ben-Grünberg and Daniel Woolfson have updated their shape-shifting D*Haus to create a residence with a rotating roof for a site in Devon, England. More about The D*Haus Company unveils Devon house with a swivelling top
American firm Interface Studio Architects has built an all-white townhouse in a gentrifying part of Philadelphia, with a plywood core running up its middle. More about Plywood staircase extends up through centre of Philadelphia townhouse by ISA
New York firm Desai Chia Architects has built a home on Lake Michigan with blackened timber walls and a roof that extends out to shelter an outdoor seating area. More about Desai Chia's Michigan Lake House features a roof that cantilevers over a patio
Traditional Swedish barns provided the inspiration for this red-hued wooden cabin, designed by Gothenburg studio Bornstein Lyckefors Architects for a keen sailor and his two children. More about Bornstein Lyckefors Architects builds vibrant red cabin as a retreat for a Swedish family
To build this seaside house in Peru, Lima-based architect Marina Vella sourced stone from a nearby mountain. More about Mountain rubble forms curving wall inside coastal Peru house by Marina Vella
Lisbon-based practice Extrastudio has converted a winery in southern Portugal into a family home by covering its walls with red-pigmented mortar, introducing light wells and adding a black-bottomed swimming pool. More about Extrastudio transforms Portuguese winery into house covered with rough red mortar
In an arid region known for its traditional adobe architecture, American studio Mollhaus has created a home for an artist with exterior walls that are coated in earthen-hued stucco. More about New Mexico home by Mollhaus takes cues from adobe architecture and desert terrain
Full-height glazed walls are sandwiched between the meandering concrete floor slab and roof of this house built on a French lake, which can only be reached using a retractable bridge. More about AUM builds curving concrete and glass residence on the surface of a lake
Takei Nabeshima Architects has released new renderings of its design for an extravagant concrete holiday home, which forms part of French developer Christian Bourdais' Solo Houses series. More about TNA's dream holiday home is an upside-down concrete pyramid
US firm Webber + Studio has covered this family home in Austin with metal cladding that features raised strips of varying widths. More about Vertical strips surround white Barcode House in Austin by Webber + Studio
Masato Sekiya's firm Planet Creations has completed a concrete weekend house, which cantilevers six metres over a rocky ledge in Japan's Omine mountain range. More about Holiday home by Masato Sekiya cantilevers over a river bank in Nara Prefecture
Patterned brick walls define this Arizona home by A-I-R Architects, providing residents with a variety of indoor and outdoor living spaces amongst the desert landscape. More about A-I-R creates oasis around central living spaces at Arizona desert house
Skylights helps to bring daylight into all three levels of this Porto townhouse, which has been refurbished and extended by local studio Pablo Pita Architects. More about Casa Boavista is a renovated Porto townhouse featuring three skylights
North Carolina is the next US state we're featuring in our ongoing series of American residential architecture roundups. Our top five houses in the region include a renovated mid-century residence and a stacked-volume home overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains. More about Five of the best houses in North Carolina on Dezeen
Bamboo plants grow up the front of this slender house in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, which Vo Trong Nghia Architects has covered in huge, grooved concrete planters. More about Vo Trong Nghia fronts slim house in Ho Chi Minh City with huge bamboo-filled planters
Nestled into a wooded hillside, this residence by US firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and Canadian studio Bohlin Grauman Miller Architects has large glass walls offering picturesque views. More about Bohlin Cywinski Jackson creates remote holiday retreat in Ontario forest
South Korean architect Moon Hoon has completed a concrete house on the island of Jeju, featuring cantilevered boxes stacked on top of each other and braced by diagonal reinforced-concrete beams. More about Moon Hoon uses diagonal beams to brace stacked-box house on Jeju island
The staircase at the centre of this Toronto house has mirrored balustrades that bounce light and reflections off one another to create a kaleidoscopic effect. More about Mirrored staircase ascends through Kaleidoscope House by Paul Raff Studio