American studio LOT-EK has used brightly painted, metal cargo containers to create a vertical enclosure and a rooftop penthouse for an urban residence owned by a creative couple in New York. More about LOT-EK uses shipping containers to overhaul Brooklyn carriage house
The 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan was the first in a series of grave events that prompted Fukushima-based architect Cohta Asano to develop the complex design for his new home. More about Cohta Asano builds his new Fukushima home as a cluster of nine cuboids
The cosy feel of classic Scandinavian cottages is referenced in the interior of this summer house near the Belarusian village of Raubichi, which is clad entirely in larch and cedar. More about Zrobym Architects' summer house combines references to Scandinavian and Belarusian architecture
A chimney-like tower covered in white tiles rises in the courtyard of this house in Shiga, Japan, which architect Kouichi Kimura has designed for the owner to host yoga classes. More about Japanese house by Kouichi Kimura includes white-tiled courtyard for yoga
The old agricultural buildings of Quebec informed this modern farmhouse near Montreal, which features walls of reclaimed wood, steeply pitched roofs and a secluded inner courtyard. More about LAMAS builds contemporary Canadian farmhouse with reclaimed timber walls
This beachfront house designed by Jeff Jordan Architects for a Manhattan-based couple comprises boxy, cedar-clad volumes that create expansive outdoor spaces overlooking the New Jersey coastline. More about Sea Bright House by Jeff Jordan Architects overlooks the Jersey Shore
Seattle architecture firm MW Works has helped a couple to self-build this home, which is organised around a courtyard and clad in weathered reclaimed timber. More about Courtyard provides focal point for Seattle home by MW Works
Concrete ribs extend across the brick walls of this house on the outskirts of Brasília, Brazil, which Bloco Arquitetos has designed as two pavilion-like structures linked by an outdoor path. More about Concrete ribs cradle brickwork walls at Bloco Arquitetos' Brasília residence
US firm Leroy Street Studio has designed this cedar-clad retreat in Suffolk County, New York, to provide glimpses of nearby water on arrival and expansive views from inside. More about Shore House by Leroy Street Studio overlooks a Long Island bay
William Tozer Associates has overhauled a Victorian terraced house in north London, introducing a white, modern living area that faces out onto a neighbouring brutalist estate. More about Revamped London house features white surfaces and concrete details that match a brutalist neighbour
Nearly 2,000 pieces of plywood slot together like a puzzle in this staircase, which features in a London home that has been overhauled by local studio Tsuruta Architects. More about Tsuruta Architects designs staircase in London house from hundreds of plywood pieces
Pale mud bricks, teak wood and a textured black coating are all used to front this house in Mexico City, which architecture studio DCPP has designed around a pair of patios. More about DCPP arranges dark-walled Mexico City house around two courtyards
Custom-made pinewood cabinetry and white marble walls feature in this 19th-century row house in New Jersey, which has been overhauled by local studio Jeff Jordan Architects. More about Jeff Jordan adds light and storage to Jersey City home using pine interiors
Large expanses of glazing contrast heavy masonry portions of this residence on California's Central Coast, designed by US firm Studio Schicketanz. More about Studio Schicketanz creates home with glass and stone walls in Clint Eastwood's California golf resort
Jim Olson, co-founder of Seattle architecture studio Olson Kundig, has made a series of additions to a bunkhouse he designed and built aged 18, as a first-year architecture student. More about Jim Olson expands tiny cabin he built 60 years ago in rural Washington
The house by Ruud Visser Architects features a brick facade that looks like a huge letter A, while its rear is a three-storey wall of windows. More about Ruud Visser Architects completes house in Holland that looks like a giant A
This black woodland house by Robert Hutchison Architecture on the outskirts of Seattle is set around a gravelled courtyard, which provides its residents with a secluded outdoor space safe from roaming elk. More about Blackened wood house by Robert Hutchison provides retreat in Seattle forest
One of the founders of 31/44 Architects has built his own London home, which is arranged around three courtyards to make it easy for domestic life to spill outdoors. More about 31/44 Architects builds grey-brick house around three small courtyards in London
The owner of a construction company in Houston has collaborated with Seattle architects Suyama Peterson Deguchi to create a Japanese-influenced home that she built for herself. More about Houston contractor builds her own charred-timber residence designed by Suyama Peterson Deguchi
This home at the foot of Wyoming's Teton Mountains by local architects Dynia is organised in relation to the scale of the surrounding landscape. More about Dynia completes house facing a Wyoming mountain range