Old doors and windows, antique wooden columns and metal drainpipes give this house in Mumbai an aesthetic its architects claim is inspired by the ramshackle buildings found throughout the city (+ slideshow). More about Reclaimed windows and doors form facades of Collage House by S+PS Architects
These seaside houses in Margate, England, feature pitched roofs intended to resemble traditional beach huts, and fully glazed gable ends that make the most of the sea views (+ slideshow). More about Guy Hollaway Architects completes seaside houses reminiscent of British beach huts
Edinburgh practice A449 has adapted a "nondescript" mid-20th-century dwelling in the Scottish Borders to create a home with scenic views for a writer (+ slideshow). More about A449 converts Scottish cottage into writer's home with scorched larch cladding
Local studio Naturehumaine has created an angular addition to a historic dwelling in Montreal, featuring dark zinc cladding that references works created by the owner, a graphite pencil artist (+ slideshow). More about Naturehumaine adds zinc-clad extension to 19th-century home in Montreal
A wooden structure and hand-built joinery are left exposed throughout the interior of this compact house in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, by architecture studio Hitotomori (+ slideshow). More about Hitotomori completes small house with a custom-made plywood interior
US firm Lake Flato has built a waterfront retreat in Austin, Texas, featuring a two-storey porch and a slender lap pool that runs alongside the home (+ slideshow). More about Lake Flato completes spacious Austin home featuring a boardwalk leading to a lake
Link Arkitektur has added a gabled extension to a 19th-century Norwegian farmhouse, featuring a wooden facade designed to age with the building (+ slideshow). More about Link Arkitektur extends Norwegian farmhouse with contemporary gabled structure
Courtyards, balconies and roof terraces all features in this São Paulo house by local studio Metro, which is made up of four separate but connected concrete towers (+ slideshow). More about Four concrete towers make up Metro's BN House in São Paulo
A glass wall frames a vintage Mercedes parked inside this timber-clad residence in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia by I/O Architects, which is partially submerged into a sloping site (+ slideshow). More about I/O Architects makes classic car focal point of timber-clad house in Sofia
This Slovenian home by Skupaj Arhitekti mimics the gabled form of its Alpine village neighbours, but it also features contemporary details and finishes (+ slideshow). More about Skupaj Arhitekti couples traditional form with contemporary materials for Alpine home
Australian firm CM Studio has added a pair of white-painted extensions to an end-of-terrace house in Sydney dating back to the 1880s, and remodelled its interiors with grey marble and pale timber finishes (+ slideshow). More about CM Studio updates 19th-century workers' cottage in Sydney with slatted timber extension
London designer John Pawson has completed the seventh property in Alain de Botton's Living Architecture series: a Welsh valley retreat with a dark skin and a pale interior (+ slideshow). More about John Pawson's Life House is a Welsh countryside retreat built from dark and light bricks
Concrete blocks with triangular apertures allow light to filter into the rooms and courtyards of this house in Vietnam's Central Highlands, designed by local architects office Khuôn Studio (+ slideshow). More about Triangular openings pattern handmade concrete facade of Khuôn Studio's Kontum House
Architects Laura Torres Roa and Alfonso Miguel Caballero have completed a countryside home punctured with irregular concrete-framed windows in rural Ibiza (+ slideshow). More about Ca na Maria is a bright white Ibiza home with an assortment of protruding windows
Towering oak trees surround this addition to a family residence in Sardinia, which is raised up on concrete feet to minimise its impact on the wild landscape (+ slideshow). More about Officina29 Architetti builds garden living room without cutting down any trees
Vietnamese studio HA has completed a monastery-inspired home for a Buddhist family, featuring concrete-brick walls that are animated by patterns of light and shadow (+ slideshow). More about Zen House is a home for three Buddhists organised around a light-filled atrium
Red cedar provides a golden-hued exterior for this small gabled house, designed by local studio Atelier Kukka for a Tokyo street featuring a Japanese cherry tree (+ slideshow). More about Atelier Kukka's House U is designed to frame a nearby cherry tree in Tokyo
Angled bricks create three-dimensional zigzags across the walls of this London house, which architects office Dallas Pierce Quintero built on a tiny infill plot in east London (+ slideshow). More about Dallas Pierce Quintero arranges small London home around four courtyards
US studio Go Logic has completed a three-bedroom home in New England, featuring angled roofs, a covered walkway and glazing that offers expansive views of the surrounding woodland (+ slideshow). More about Go Logic builds a wooden house in a forest clearing in Maine
Minnesota-based Architects for Society has developed a prototype for a rapidly deployable dwelling that could house victims of catastrophic events (+ slideshow). More about Architects for Society designs low-cost hexagonal shelters for refugees