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
American firm Samsel Architects has built an L-shaped home for couple and their in-laws on a farm in North Carolina, using the area's rural vernacular architecture to inform the design. More about Samsel Architects builds house around ancient oak tree in North Carolina
The living spaces of this seaside house in Cape Town are lined with sliding glass walls that can be pulled aside to connect the interiors with a series of external decks, patios and balconies overlooking the ocean. More about Glazed corners peel back to allow sea breezes into Malan Vorster's Cape Town house
Floor-to-ceiling windows allow guests to wake up to views of the Dolomites at this complex of copper-clad holiday apartments in northern Italy by Plasma Studio. More about Plasma Studio's copper-clad apartment block has huge windows facing the Dolomites
US firm Jensen Architects has revamped a Victorian home in San Francisco with perforated aluminium panels across the back and minimalist interiors to match. More about Jensen Architects adds contemporary rear facade and pared-down interiors to historic San Francisco house
Ukrainian studio S&T Architects has released detailed renders showing its design for a summer retreat in the Carpathian Mountains, comprising two concrete and glass buildings that face each other across a swimming pool. More about S&T Architects designs poolside retreat in Ukrainian mountains
This steel-and-glass box perched above an abandoned limestone quarry in West Virginia is designed by Wiedemann Architects to provide a living space and workshop for a Parisian sculptor. More about Artist's retreat in West Virginia sits above a limestone quarry