This basalt-clad cabin with a curvaceous wood-panelled interior has been perched by Atelier Oslo on a wooded slope high over a Norwegian lake (+ slideshow). More about Softly contoured interiors lend cave-like aesthetic to lakeside cabin
San Francisco studio Azevedo Design has squeezed a small guesthouse featuring a glass mezzanine floor into the old red-brick boiler house of a converted laundry. More about Red-brick boiler room converted into tiny guesthouse by Azevedo Design
This house in rural New York state by Anmahian Winton Architects is made up of timber-clad volumes that project from a hillside towards views of the surrounding forest (+ slideshow). More about Red Rock House by Anmahian Winton Architects sits on a forested New York hillside
Corrugated polycarbonate panels create varying levels of insulation around the exterior of this Spanish house by local architects Casos de Casas, designed to be comfortable for residents throughout the year (+ slideshow). More about Casos de Casas' plastic-clad house designed to adapt to all the Spanish seasons
Five box-shaped blocks radiate out from the centre of this Barcelona house by Spanish firm RTA-Office, separating living areas from the client's workspace (+ slideshow). More about Five sprawling volumes make up Barcelona home by RTA-Office
The front of this house in Kraków, Poland, is curved dramatically up towards the sky so that Polish architect Tadeusz Lemański could squeeze a garage underneath (+ slideshow). More about Domo Dom house by Tadeusz Lemanski arches up to face the sky
Black-painted slats in different widths and thicknesses create uneven ridges on the walls of this lakeside house in a Finnish pine forest (+ slideshow). More about Forest home by Sanaksenaho Architects features black walls and a bean-shaped roof
After being instructed not to design a "white box minimalist house", MAC Interactive Architects specified weathered timber boards for the exterior of this narrow Sydney residence (+ slideshow). More about Stirling House is a Sydney home clad with rough timber boards
Japanese architect Kunihiko Matsuba has balanced a small white house over the flat rooftops of a dental clinic and garage near Tokyo (+ slideshow). More about Tokyo house bridges the rooftops of a dental surgery and garage
Timber window shutters align with the vertical strips of pale timber that clad this gabled house in the Austrian countryside, by local architects Bernardo Bader Architekten (+ slideshow). More about Bernardo Bader sources wood from a local forest to build barn-like house in rural Austria
Lengths of black-painted timber clad this single-storey holiday home in Japan by Studio Aula, which steps across a wooded site in three volumes of increasing sizes (+ slideshow). More about Blackened timber retreat by Studio Aula built in the woods outside Tokyo
BAK Arquitectos arranged this concrete house in Argentina around a courtyard containing a shallow pool of water (+ slideshow). More about Stepping stones traverse a pool at the centre of this home by BAK Arquitectos
Modern furniture and fittings are paired with stone walls and exposed roof trusses inside this old Spanish farm that Dom Arquitectura has transformed into a residence and guest house (+ slideshow). More about Spanish farmhouse revived by Dom Arquitectura with modern materials and details
Greek office Kapsimalis Architects has renovated a small white house on the cliffs of a Greek island, adding two roof terraces with plunge pools, and a third and more sizeable swimming pool in the basement (+ slideshow). More about Santorini Island retreat by Kapsimalis Architects features rooftop and underground pools
Studio GAON has converted a concrete factory built 20 years ago in South Korea by the client's late father into a house with a mural-covered facade (+ slideshow). More about Studio GAON converts concrete warehouse into a couple's first home
The zigzagging roof of this family residence in South Korea prompted architecture studio Apparat-C to name it Twin Peaks House (+ slideshow). More about Twin Peaks House by Apparat-C has a zigzagging roof profile
This muddy-toned timber house by Graz-based Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher Architekten is raised on stilts above a sloping site so that it overlooks a swimming pond (+ slideshow). More about Black house by Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher is raised above a bathing lake
Australian studio Philip Stejskal Architecture has equipped a white timber extension to a 1890s duplex with shutters and sliding panels that camouflage with the walls when closed. More about House by Philip Stejskal can be "locked down" with shutters that blend into the facade
Vertical strips of spruce give a stripy facade to this semi-detached house, completed by Innauer‐Matt Architekten in a hamlet within the forested landscape of Vorarlberg, Austria (+ slideshow). More about Strips of local spruce clad Haus Feurstein by Innauer‐Matt Architekten
A large window wraps around one corner of this brickwork extension to a Victorian house in London by local office Cousins and Cousins (+ slideshow). More about London house extension by Cousins and Cousins has a window wrapping its corner