Instead of chopping down a tall tree in the middle of a Los Angeles site, American studio Anonymous Architects incorporated it into this cantilevered cedar-clad residence. More about Anonymous Architects builds LA house around existing cypress tree
TT Architects has converted an old furniture factory in the Japanese city of Okayama into a cedar-and steel-clad home for a carpenter and his family. More about TT Architects transforms furniture factory into family home in Japan
Short pieces of debarked timber are stacked to form the walls of this remote wilderness retreat, designed for an active family by US studio Andersson-Wise Architects. More about Andersson-Wise creates Montana cabin with cordwood walls and green roof
Architecture studios Edgley Design and Spaced Out have built and moved into a zinc-clad development in London's Islington, made up of basement offices and a row of terraced houses with a saw-tooth profile. More about Edgley Design and Spaced Out build London terrace with angular zinc-clad frontage
American studio El Dorado took cues from traditional farmhouses to design a rural dwelling composed of cedar-clad volumes topped with pitched metal roofs. More about El Dorado creates cedar-clad home for working ranch in Kansas
A slender swimming pool runs along one side of this concrete house in western Austria by Marte.Marte Architects, offering bathers views towards the Rhine Valley. More about Concrete house by Marte.Marte Architects features pool with views of Rhine Valley
Canadian studio Naturehumaine has transformed a 1930s brick building into a contemporary home featuring a sculptural stairway that brings a "vibrant tone to the project". More about Naturehumaine adds sculptural black and yellow staircase to historic Montreal home
Architect Henri Bredenkamp has overhauled a London house once used as a teaching space by Goldsmiths university to create a light-filled home for his family. More about Henri Bredenkamp converts derelict university building into family home
Baca Architects – the studio behind the UK's first amphibious house – has completed a boxy floating home on Chichester Canal in southern England. More about Baca Architects moors modular floating home on Chichester Canal
Texas firm Andersson-Wise has completed a rustic wooden cabin in the state of Montana that is raised on stilts to provide views of a nearby lake. More about Rural Montana cabin is built on a granite cliff over Flathead Lake
A bright white box containing the private areas of this house in Spain's Almería region rests on top of a glass-walled living space that provides uninterrupted views of the nearby Mediterranean Sea. More about JFGS perches white box atop glass pavilion to create Casa Gallarda
Three-dimensional shapes are cut out from areas of this artist residence in Upstate New York by Steven Holl Architects, which claims the house can sleep five guests despite having "zero bedrooms". More about Steven Holl carves boolean voids from artist hideaway in New York state
US studio Desai Chia Architecture has overhauled a country home in Long Island, New York, and created an extension that is meant to be an "expressive counterpoint" to the main dwelling. More about Desai Chia adds pointy extension to cedar-clad cottage in the Hamptons
Furniture designers Tom and Danielle Raffield have used steam-bent timber to cover this extension to an old gamekeeper's lodge in Cornish woodland, which featured in UK television show Grand Designs earlier this month. More about Steam-bent wood wraps house in the Cornish woods
Vibe Design Group has reinterpreted the traditional Australian beach house to create a timber and glass residence sheltered beneath a folded metal roof. More about Melbourne's Sorrento House is a modern take on Australian seaside architecture
Mexican-American firm Gracia Studio has completed a single-family home in the city of Tijuana that comprises a weathering-steel volume perched atop a monolithic concrete ground floor. More about Gracia Studio lifts steel-box house in Tijuana on a concrete base
This house in the Hollywood Hills, by Los Angeles firm Struere, promises to "renew the modern living promise" by extending the indoor spaces to the exterior. More about Struere builds Hollywood home to help revive mid-century modernism
This film created for design video channel Nowness gives a tour around legendary Mexican architect Luis Barragán's last house – a bachelor pad turned family home in Mexico City. More about Movie explores Luis Barragán's colourful Casa Gilardi in Mexico City
A chequerboard screen of glazed ceramic tiles in various green hues wraps this house in Barcelona, helping it blend in with the surrounding gardens. More about See-through "ceramic curtain" creates green camouflage for Barcelona house by PMMT
This single-storey house in the Australian countryside was designed by architect Rob Kennon with a sheltered veranda around the outside and a courtyard at its centre. More about Australian country house by Rob Kennon features a colonnade and a courtyard