Smooth white walls undulate to create bay windows for this house by British studio Tonkin Liu, which stands on top of Dover's famous white cliffs. More about Tonkin Liu perches "castle-like" residence on Dover's white cliffs
Extensive glazing across this house in Costa Rica by local firm Cañas Arquitectos provides vistas of the verdant landscape by day and the twinkling city below at night. More about Steel and glass Costa Rican home by Cañas Arquitectos projects towards views of San Jose
The forested territory of Vermont is next in our series of roundups showcasing houses from each of America's 50 states, featuring a tiny home for an artist and cottages for world-renowned musicians. More about Five of the best houses in Vermont on Dezeen
A wooden framework extending radially towards the edges of this house in Japan's Okinawa region ensures views in all directions through external walls made entirely of glass. More about ISSHO Architects uses timber frames to create typhoon-resistant house on a tropical island
New York studio Office of Architecture has created a holiday home in a seaside village in the Hamptons that is raised above the property, resulting in spaces located "under, over and between the building and the landscape". More about Office of Architecture elevates zinc-clad Hamptons home above a floodplain
This off-grid home by Kyu Sung Woo Architects features a minimal interior that opens out onto a forest clearing in the mountains. More about Staggered volumes of house by KSW Architects frame views of Vermont meadow
Zinc plates protect the ageing wooden structure of this barn in the French village Notre-Dame-de-Bliquetuit, which was been transformed into a house with its own spa by Antonin Ziegler. More about Antonin Ziegler covers abandoned barn in zinc plates to create rustic home in northern France
Brazilian firm FGMF Arquitetos has built a São Paulo home around a steel frame embedded into a concrete wall, allowing the use of extensive glazing that offers views down a verdant hillside. More about Concrete volume appears to rest on glass in Brazilian house by FGMF Arquitetos
Canadian studio Batay-Csorba Architects has created a pair of slender residential buildings in central Toronto that pay heed to the craftsmanship found in the area's historic architecture. More about Batay-Csorba creates urban townhouses in Toronto faced with brick and wooden screens
This conceptual, exposed concrete home by the Office of Adrian Phiffer is meant to respond to the banal character of its proposed location in Midtown Toronto. More about Adrian Phiffer envisions concrete Toronto home with cutouts and angled walls
A+Awards: a swimming pool that starts inside this Architizer A+Award-winning house in central Germany continues out perpendicular to the low-slung volume and projects from the sloped site. More about Villa K by Paul de Ruiter Architects lies long and low on a German hillside
Featuring an irregular geometric form, this apartment building in Saitama, Japan, accommodates homes for seven families, as well as red-painted communal areas at street level. More about Balconies and courtyards puncture Japanese apartment building by Eureka and Maru Architecture
Black-painted larch clads this small house in Croatia, designed by architect Tomislav Soldo for a hill overlooking forests and mountains. More about Croatian mountain lodge by Tomislav Soldo designed to light up like a lantern through diagonal shutters
Taipei-based Creat+Think Design Studio used stone excavated from the site to build this house on a slope in Taiwan overlooking the Pacific Ocean. More about Stone-walled house in Taiwan provides residents with Pacific Ocean views
This monochrome dwelling in central Mexico was organised around a mesquite tree by BAG Arquitectura. More about Mesquite tree serves as focal point for Mexican home by BAG Arquitectura
A gabled greenhouse appears to slide out from beneath the thatched roof of this villa, completed by Maas Architecten in the Dutch countryside. More about Maas Architecten merges a thatched cottage with a glass greenhouse
Photographer Edmund Sumner has revealed decade-old images of one of Ryue Nishizawa's most famous buildings, Moriyama House – a full-size model of which was recently installed inside London's Barbican. More about Edmund Sumner reveals archive photographs of Ryue Nishizawa's seminal Moriyama House
This large residence by Asheville-based Retrofit Design reaches away from its hillside perch to frame vistas of the Blue Ridge Mountains. More about Retro+Fit Design stacks cyprus-clad volumes to form home overlooking North Carolina valley
US firm HGA Architects and Engineers took cues from Cape Cod-style homes while conceiving a series of cabins for world-renowned musicians spending the summer in rural New England. More about HGA creates cedar-clad cottages for classical musicians in Vermont
Plants grow up through the central atrium of this five-metre-wide house in Vietnam, designed by Nguyen Khac Phuoc Architects to offer its residents respite from noise and smog. More about Bamboo grows up inside narrow Vietnam house by Nguyen Khac Phuoc Architects