A narrow white wall appears to hover around the perimeter and garden of this house and atelier – the third project on Dezeen this week by Japanese office UID Architects (+ slideshow). More about Floating fence surrounds house and doll-making atelier by UID Architects
The two largest available cranes in the Netherlands were used to hoist up this house by Dutch architects Tim Piët and Jos Blom so it could be transported by boat to a hard-to-reach waterside site (+ slideshow). More about KHM26 house by Jos Blom & Tim Piët was transported to site on the back of a boat
The overlapping layers of this house by Japanese studio UID Architects form terraces that extend inside and living rooms that open out to the garden (+ slideshow). More about Rectangular arches frame rooms and gardens at Cosmic House by UID Architects
Each of the rooms of this irregularly shaped family house in Kobuchizawa, Japan, were planned by architect Kawashima Mayumi to face a different mountain or patch of woodland (+ slideshow). More about Kawashima Mayumi's House for Viewing Mountains frames seven different views
A courtyard garden divides the two sides of this concrete house in Vienna, which has been squeezed onto a plot just five metres wide by local architecture studio Caramel (+ slideshow). More about Caramel's narrow CJ5 House in Vienna encloses a sunken courtyard garden
Mexican office Cherem Arquitectos designed this concrete house with a corrugated exterior for a family of four just outside Mexico City (+ slideshow). More about Cherem Arquitectos completes corrugated concrete house in Mexico
Larch cladding has been painted black to create a uniform appearance for this seaside home on the Isle of Wight, England, by Dow Jones Architects (+ slideshow). More about Black-painted seaside house by Dow Jones mimics local fishermen's sheds
A new internal framework of wooden columns, beams and staircases provides a warm contrast to the rough stone walls of this old farmhouse in rural Spain, renovated by Barcelona studio 2260mm (+ slideshow). More about Renovated Spanish farmhouse by 2260mm conceals a new structure behind its walls
This cube-shaped holiday home in Austria's mountainous Vorarlberg region was designed by Spanish studio Exit Architects to contrast with its more traditional neighbours (+ slideshow). More about Wooden Haus M by Exit Architects is a skiing and hiking retreat in Austria
Robert Dye Architects has shifted the entire end wall of a mews house in London's Primrose Hill neighbourhood, as part of a renovation and extension designed to bring in more natural light (+ slideshow). More about Robert Dye Architects extends a London mews house by pushing out a wall
Slovakian studio Plusminus Architects has completed a concrete house on the outskirts of Bratislava, with a lower level that juts out to accommodate the owner's office (+ slideshow). More about Cubed concrete house by Plusminus Architects built outside Bratislava
The three volumes that make up this house in Japan by Keitaro Muto Architects stagger downwards like a huge set of stairs (+ slideshow). More about Three overlapping blocks make up Keitaro Muto's Sunomata house
The expansive roof of this seaside house in Cádiz, Spain, by Alberto Campo Baeza stretches out towards the shoreline like a flattened extension of the rugged terrain (+ slideshow). More about House of the Infinite by Alberto Campo Baeza designed as "a jetty facing out to sea"
Glazed voids run up the sides and over the roof of this concrete house by South Korean studio AND, giving each room its own enclosed patio and increasing the flow of light inside (+ slideshow). More about Concrete Voidwall house by AND is punctured by glazed incisions
Mole Architects based the shape and proportions of this rural home in Suffolk on the classical vicar's residences that are typically found in English countryside towns (+ slideshow). More about Cedar-clad Stackyard by Mole Architects is a house based on old rectories
This concrete house in Switzerland's March District was designed by Zurich studio Kit with split levels, creating a living room that cantilevers over an external dining area. More about Split-level house by Kit works with the slope of the garden
Suspended wooden slats cast shadows like a sundial across the central living room of this hexagonal home in Toyota, Japan, by local office Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates (+ slideshow). More about Wooden slats create a sculptural ceiling inside Katsutoshi Sasaki's Koro House
A combination of curved and diagonal beams gives an asymmetric profile to this home in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, by Tokyo studio International Royal Architecture (+ slideshow). More about KHT House by International Royal Architecture is made up of two halves
Rusty corrugated steel and wood salvaged from an old barn clad the exterior of this L-shaped house designed by American architect Gary Gladwish on Orcas Island, Washington (+ slideshow). More about Eagle Ridge Residence by Gary Gladwish frames a rockery and pond
The age-defining rings of a tree stump provided the starting point for this small round house planned by design collective Penda for a wood-carving artist in Beijing (+ slideshow). More about Penda's doughnut-shaped House O is based on the form of a tree stump