New York firm Studio Zung has reinterpreted the traditional wooden barns of Long Island to design this house in one of the high-end seaside communities of the Hamptons (+ slideshow). More about Studio Zung creates cedar-clad "modern barn" in the Hamptons
This week, as part of our roundup series of American houses from each of the 50 states, we're featuring Maine, home to a house raised on stilts above a bay and a black cabin in the woods (+ slideshow). More about Five of the best houses in Maine on Dezeen
Charred larch slats now cover the exterior of this Modernist house in north London, thanks to a "macabre" upgrade intended by architecture studio Denizen Works to reference the nearby Highgate Cemetery (+ slideshow) More about Denizen Works adds burnt wood cladding to Modernist house in London's Highgate
This bright white summer house on the Santorini coastline comprises a series of staggered blocks, designed by Kapsimalis Architects to reflect the traditional housing on the Greek island (+ slideshow). More about Santorini summer house by Kapsimalis Architects is formed of bright white blocks
Montreal studio ACDF Architecture has completed a Quebec house featuring a wood store built into its facade and a living room contained within a glass box that projects over the garden (+ slideshow). More about ACDF Architecture creates Quebec holiday home with a cantilevered living room
As the Fire Island Pines resort off New York's Long Island recovers from its annual summer party, architect and Pines Modern founder Christopher Rawlins has chosen 10 of his favourite Modernist retreats dotted among the dunes (+ slideshow). More about 10 of the most significant Modernist summer houses in Fire Island Pines
This holiday home by Stuttgart firm Yonder is designed to look like a traditional Alpine house, but with a huge chasm carved out of its middle (+ slideshow). More about Yonder's Haus P is an Alpine chalet with a courtyard carved out of its middle
Maine architect Carol A Wilson has built a two-bedroom home in Batson River on the foundations of a ranch that previously occupied the site, to prevent disturbing nearby trees (+ slideshow). More about Carol A Wilson reuses ranch house foundations to build Maine retreat
Dark-stained cedar gables contrast with knapped flint walls at this English countryside house, designed by London-based Jestico + Whiles for one of the firm's directors (+ slideshow). More about Rugged flint walls contrast dark cedar gables of House 19 by Jestico + Whiles
Argentinian studios Marcelo Del Torto and Torrado Arquitectos have arranged a family home around a group of mature trees in a gated community in Buenos Aires Province (+ slideshow). More about Concrete home in Argentina is arranged around mature trees and plunge pool
Glass walls slides and fold open to completely reveal the living spaces of this house in Brazil by Studio Arthur Casas, allowing residents to look out on their swimming pool and over the golf course beyond (+ slideshow). More about Casa MS by Studio Arthur Casas features both opaque and transparent facades
Idaho-based architect Paul Hirzel has completed a house raised high above the ground to avoid surging waters and snake infestations in the rural town of Juliaetta (+ slideshow). More about Paul Hirzel lifts home above Idaho river to evade flooding and snakes
Toronto firm Reigo and Bauer has created a three-bedroom home in the city, which features a hot pink entrance and is otherwise clad in black shingles (+ slideshow). More about Bright pink doorway marks the entrance to Reigo and Bauer's Winona House in Toronto
Local studio Stephen Phillips Architects has completed a black duplex in San Francisco that aims to challenge the city's standard housing typologies (+ slideshow). More about Stephen Phillips clads modern San Francisco townhouse in black zinc
This week's roundup of American houses from each of the 50 states brings us to Oregon, where a house built atop a pond and a home and studio nestled in a defunct warehouse are among our favourites (+ slideshow). More about Five of the best houses in Oregon on Dezeen
This tiny prefabricated dwelling by Estonian design collective Kodasema is designed to allow its residents to up sticks and move to a new location in less than a day (+ slideshow). More about Kodasema creates tiny prefabricated house that moves with its owners
Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana have built a house in São Paulo that is covered in palm fibre to give it a hairy exterior (+ slideshow). More about Campana brothers use palm fibre to give hairy texture to São Paulo house
A+Awards: we're launching a major collaboration with Architizer profiling winners from its A+Awards. First up is this house in the Mexican highlands, with rammed-earth walls made from soil excavated on site (+ slideshow). More about Cherem Arquitectos builds rammed-earth house in Mexican highlands
London fashion store Hostem has launched its first guesthouse – a refurbished Georgian house with furniture from Pierre Jeanneret, Faye Toogood and Max Lamb, and accessories that guests can buy (+ slideshow). More about Hostem's New Road Residence is a guesthouse that includes a "lifestyle minibar"
Local architects Elliot + Elliot have completed a seaside residence that juts out over the rocky Maine shoreline (+ slideshow). More about House Over the Sea by Elliott + Elliott faces a bay in Maine