Swedish studio Johan Sundberg Arkitektur has completed the holiday house Yngsjö, using natural materials and a light colour palette to help it blend with its surroundings in southern Sweden. More about Johan Sundberg Arkitektur wraps stilted house in Sweden with Siberian larch
London studio Proctor & Shaw has used thin timber battens to clad this house extension in Peckham, which is crowned by planted roofs and a tiered allotment. More about Proctor & Shaw tops Hope Villa extension in London with allotment
London studio Threefold Architects has married red brick and timber for this home in Whitstable, Kent, which is designed as a "contemporary reinterpretation" of the area's mock-Tudor architecture. More about Threefold Architects puts modern spin on Tudor architecture for Eight Gables house
California-based studio Faulkner Architects has topped a concrete house with a weathering steel cantilever that overlooks Las Vegas. More about Faulkner Architects centres Nevada house around water basin
Chilean studio Hebra Arquitectos has completed a house in southern Chile with native oak cladding and faceted roofs laid out along a V-shaped plan to provide the best views of a lake. More about Hebra Arquitectos orients wood-clad Palo Quemado toward distant lake
Czech studio Atelier Hajný has transformed a derelict 1970s stone hut into a metal-clad countryside getaway named Skylight Hut with a trapezoidal roof and warm, wood-lined interiors. More about Atelier Hajný tops rural hut in Czech Republic with trapezoidal roof
Bratislava-based Beef Architekti arranged a series of concrete slabs informed by fish gills to let light and air into House of Gills in Slovakia.
More about Beef Architekti designs House of Gills to "breathe like a fish"
Architecture studio Loader Monteith has replaced a dilapidated farm building in Angus, Scotland, with a home finished with stone, black-painted pine and a red corrugated-metal roof. More about Loader Monteith celebrates rural Scottish architecture at Cairnconon Byre house
Architecture studio Cimbre has designed a single-storey house in rural Portugal to provide "a sense of both seclusion and openness". More about Cimbre adds concrete home to secluded site in Portuguese national park
Thick walls of rammed-earth and large, exposed terraces show contrasts between "shelter and openness" at this coastal guesthouse in Mexico, which has been completed by architecture studio PPAA. More about PPAA designs rammed-earth guesthouse in Mexico to "blend seamlessly with the terrain"
A row of garages in south London has been replaced by Lee Terrace, a contemporary house by British architecture studio Mailen Design woven with references to its historic neighbourhood. More about Mailen Design takes cues from Victorian London for Lee Terrace house
Montreal-based design studio Ménard Dworkind has completed a blocky residence wrapped in cedar designed to immerse residents in the tranquility of a forest in Quebec. More about Ménard Dworkind creates Quebec forest house with "dynamic facade"
A double-height courtyard filled with trees and plants forms the focal point of this house in the south of the Netherlands, designed by Dutch architecture studio i29. More about Double-height courtyard opens up Hidden Villa in the Netherlands by i29
An Australian house designed as a "sculpture in the trees" and an Indian home with an interior created by 200 artisans are among Dezeen's houses of the month for February. More about Dezeen's top five houses of February 2025
Designer Monica Förster has created Berghem, a holiday home designed to blend into its rocky surroundings in the Stockholm archipelago, as her first-ever architecture project. More about Monica Förster makes architectural debut with "deconstructed" summer house
Local studio Lionel Ballmer Architectes has created a timber annexe for The Wandering House, a traditional barn in rural Switzerland, which "floats" above an exposed concrete base. More about Lionel Ballmer Architectes raises rural Swiss annexe on concrete plinth
Slanted concrete panels pocked with holes shield the facade of this house in Vietnam, created by architecture practice M+TRO Studio for a family of five. More about M+TRO Studio shelters Kho Rèn House in Vietnam with angled concrete panels
Local studio Dominic McKenzie Architects has extended a Victorian home in south London, uniting old and new with arched motifs that appear as decorative brickwork, openings and even a small cat door. More about Dominic McKenzie Architects enlivens Segmental House with arched details
A sculptural shell coated in mud plaster creates a winding, cave-like interior at this farmhouse in Tamil Nadu, India, completed by local architecture practice Earthscape Studio. More about Earthscape Studio creates cave-like form for The Wild House in India
Mexican architecture firm Estudio Cristina Grappin has opened a large stone house to coastal breezes between the courtyard and the Pacific Ocean in Punta Mita, Mexico. More about Estudio Cristina Grappin uses local stone for Mexican beach house