Canadian studio YH2 has taken the notion of openness to the extreme in this small wooden cabin, which features stairs without walls and elevated areas without protective railings. More about YH2 adds sculptural upper volume to tiny forest cottage in Quebec
Design Work Group has completed a family home in the Indian port city of Surat, which features a gently undulating brick facade that offers shade from the sun. More about Rippling red brick facade shades house in Surat by Design Work Group
American design-build firm Go Logic has created a range of factory-made dwellings that were designed using passive house standards and can be constructed onsite in less than two weeks. More about Go Logic launches line of prefab homes with New England aesthetic
South London studio Jailmake has redesigned this once "ill-functioning" 1960s house in Peckham by opening up the kitchen and dining area to a spacious garden. More about Jailmake overhauls south London home to make kitchen garden the focal point
A timber-clad garage rests on top of partly submerged living spaces at this house in Poznań, Poland, which opens up towards the landscape on its lower level. More about Studio De Materia submerges private rooms of House JRv2 into sloping terrain
Stained white walls, black-framed windows and roof gardens surround a courtyard overflowing with greenery in this house in Mexico City, which architect Andres Stebelski has overhauled for an artist. More about Andres Stebelski opens up artist's Mexico City house to its courtyard during renovation
Casey Hughes Architects has renovated and extended a 1950s house in Los Angeles, adding a tall metal-clad volume featuring a pair of high windows. More about Casey Hughes Architects adds twin-peaked extension to refurbished LA home
Elevated walls with marble slats form a canopy above the terrace and swimming pool of this house, which Tescala Architects has based on the natural surroundings in Yucatán, Mexico. More about Slatted marble walls shade Casa Chaaltun pool deck in Mexico
A gabled wall provides the entrance to this holiday home in a Swedish coastal village, which also features rooms arranged around a garden and cherry tree. More about Maka Arkitektur completes contemporary Swedish courtyard house
This wood-clad home in Canada was designed as a secondary residence for sisters that split their time between Montreal and the Eastern Townships, and nestles into the landscape overlooking Lake Memphremagog. More about ACDF Architecture completes home for two sisters beside Canada's Lake Memphremagog
Brazilian studio Studio MK27 has rotated the top volume of this concrete house in Brasília so it extends out over a narrow swimming pool to rest on a pair of stilts. More about Studio MK27 takes cues from Brazilian modernism for Osler House in Brasília
Richard Meier's first UK building and a cork-covered holiday home in Essex marshland are among the 20 contenders for this year's RIBA House of the Year Award. More about RIBA names top 20 homes for 2017 in House of the Year award longlist
Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects has completed an exceptionally narrow timber house in Kobe, featuring an atrium that allows daylight to reach each of its levels. More about Skylights and slatted floors bring daylight into 2.5-metre-wide house in Japan
A decked walkway extends across the surface of a shallow pool to separate the two main wings of this house in São Paulo, which are lined with rows of timber columns. More about Reflecting pool divides two wings of São Paulo house by Jacobsen Arquitetura
Bamboo construction is used to create a complex roof incorporating four chimney-like skylights at this house in the Balinese village of Kelating, designed by Indonesian architect Budi Pradono. More about Budi Pradono combines contemporary and traditional building methods for house in Bali
Architect Jun Sekino employed clean-lined geometric forms and patinated concrete walls to create a tropical take on modernist architecture for this house in Thailand's Tha Mai district. More about Jun Sekino completes Bauhaus-inspired beach house in eastern Thailand
Vieyra Arquitectos has completed a compound in Mexico's Valle de Bravo, building a quartet of houses for each member of a growing family around a central villa. More about Five separate houses form Mexican estate by Vieyra Arquitectos
A Japanese-style reading nook and a sculptural wooden staircase feature in this 1970s Los Angeles house, which has been overhauled by local studio Dan Brunn Architecture to "pay homage" to its original architect Frank Gehry. More about Dan Brunn renovates Frank Gehry-designed LA house for an illustrator
In a bid to improve his mental health and vitamin D levels, architect Andrew Maynard has renovated his Melbourne home and studio to make it so brightly lit that he has to wear sunglasses inside. More about Andrew Maynard drenches home and studio in natural light to help combat mental health issues
American studio BarberMcMurry Architects used ample glazing and a see-through carport to help strengthen this Knoxville home's connection to the scenic landscape. More about BarberMcMurry orients Tennessee home towards unobstructed river views