Positioned in a pine grove on the Swedish coastline, this concrete house features an entirely glazed facade so that residents can catch glimpses of the Baltic sea through the tree trunks. More about Concrete and glass house completed by Arrhov Frick in a Swedish woodland clearing
The sloping roofline of an old extension to a London residence is surrounded by the pale brickwork of its replacement, designed by local studio Tsuruta Architects (+ slideshow). More about Remodelled London house extension reveals the outline of its predecessor
Photographer Ed Reeve has applied for planning consent to dig a private railway station underneath his home – the David Adjaye-designed Sunken House in north London. More about Private Crossrail station planned underneath Adjaye-designed London house
This blackened plywood box added by architect Antonin Ziegler to one end of a rural home on France's northern coast provides a private library and garage for its inhabitants (+ slideshow). More about Blackened timber reading room extends a coastal home in northern France
A tall white wall wraps around the base of this house in Tsukuba City, Japan, screening it from the street and creating the illusion of a triple-level structure (+ slideshow). More about Japanese house hides a balcony and terrace behind tiered walls
A sloped section of roof joins this timber-clad extension by Melbourne studio Julie Firkin Architects to the adjacent weatherboard house (+ slideshow). More about Triangular void connects a two-storey timber extension to a Melbourne bungalow
Dark brick cladding contrasts with the pale wood and plasterboard interior of this house in Oslo by local architecture office Narud Stokke Wiig (+ slideshow). More about Villa Wot is a brick cuboid punctured by different-sized windows
This addition to a house in Kudamatsu, Japan, features an oversized pitched roof and a covered courtyard surrounded by arched openings (+ slideshow). More about Japanese house extension by Container Design is arranged around a covered courtyard
Glass sliding doors surrounding the living areas of this coastal house in South Africa can be retracted to create open-air spaces overlooking the ocean (+ slideshow). More about Pearl Bay Residence provides ocean views from South African coast
Architect Will Harkness was careful not to disturb any large gum trees with this compact holiday home for a retired couple in Lorne, just off Australia's Great Ocean Road (+ slideshow). More about Lorne Hill House is a retirement residence built among trees on Australia's coastline
This top-heavy white house in Kanagawa, Japan, was designed by Apollo Architects & Associates for a keen surfer and his family (+ slideshow). More about Wave is a surfer's house with a protruding windowless facade and a secret courtyard
Bronze-framed windows pierce the yellow-brick facade of this house on one of the oldest streets in London's borough of Kensington and Chelsea (+ slideshow). More about TDO pairs brick and bronze for contemporary house on a historic London street
Japanese architect Kazuteru Matumura has gutted the interior of an old townhouse in Osaka, creating a minimal two-storey home that can be partitioned with curtains (+ slideshow). More about Curtains replace walls inside renovated Osaka townhouse by Kazuteru Matumura
A slatted-timber gallery is raised above the porch of this woodland lodge near the shore of Lake Superior in Wisconsin (+ slideshow). More about Timber gallery sits above the veranda of Salmela Architect's lakeside retreat
The residents of a house in Melbourne have allowed architect Andrew Maynard to reveal their living spaces to passers-by, with a timber-framed extension that slots into the perimeter fence (+ slideshow). More about Melbourne house extension by Andrew Maynard presents a living room to the street
This 65-metre-long house in the Brazilian countryside was designed by Studio MK27 to be opaque at one end and transparent at the other (+ slideshow). More about Casa Mororó by Studio MK27 is a 65-metre-long house in rural Brazil
This house in Portugal by Contaminar Arquitetos is made up of three volumes of different shapes and sizes, with narrow terraces slotted in between. More about Contaminar Arquitetos divides Texugueira House into a row of three blocks
Two glass-fronted concrete shells project from the side of a steeply sloping valley to form this house by Austrian studio Love Architecture (+ slideshow). More about Love Architecture completes house of two halves overlooking an Austrian valley
Slabs of concrete create sunshades that look like open shutters for the windows of this house in Argentina, designed by architect duo Santiago Carlos Viale and Daniella Beviglia (+ slideshow). More about House in La Rufina is a raw concrete residence elevated above the Argentinian landscape
A concrete walkway projects from the street onto the roof of this concrete home in Caxias, Portugal, which is designed to go unnoticed from a hilltop road (+ slideshow). More about Greenery and observation decks top hillside villa by António Costa Lima