Almost everything that goes on inside this house in Valencia by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos is on show to visitors though a transparent glass facade (+ slideshow). More about Casa del Atrio by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
There's a special staircase for dogs at this renovated house in Ho Chi Minh City by architecture studio 07Beach. More about House Renovation in Vietnam by 07Beach
Tornados would pose no threat to this conceptual house by architects 10 Design, which can tuck itself beneath the ground just like a turtle retracts its vulnerable head away from danger (+ movie). More about Tornado Proof House by 10 Design
A dormer window provides a first-floor observatory at this gabled lodge in the Czech Republic by A1 Architects of Prague. More about House on the Marsh by A1 Architects
A staircase is extruded from the wooden shelves of a bookcase at this renovated house in Tuscany by Italian architects Sundaymorning and Massimo Fiorido Associati. More about House in a Pine Wood by Sundaymorning and Massimo Fiorido Associati
There are huge rectangular holes in the walls and floors of this Tokyo house by Japanese studio Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects. More about House T by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects
A chunky bay window protrudes from this timber-clad addition to a house in Ontario by Canadian studio The Practice of Everyday Design (+ slideshow). More about Eden House by The Practice of Everyday Design
This gabled house in Italy by Austrian architects Casati has stripy wooden walls on the outside and bumpy limestone walls on the inside (+ slideshow). More about Casa Prè de Sura by Casati
This bright white wedge-shaped house by Spanish studio Fran Silvestre Arquitectos thrusts out from the rock face behind it in the valley town of Ayora, near Valencia (+ slideshow). More about Casa en la Ladera de un Castillo by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
Florida-based firm Oppenheim Architecture + Design and Swiss studio Huesler Architekten have created offices for themselves in an eighteenth century building in northern Switzerland and constructed a new house in the garden behind (+ slideshow). More about Kirchplatz Office and Residence by Oppenheim and Huesler Architekten
The bottom floor and courtyard of this house in Melbourne by Studio Architecture Gestalten are sunk underground (+ slideshow). More about Franke House by Studio Architecture Gestalten
Cologne 2013: Venetian designer Luca Nichetto is to create an installation representing his ideal home for the Das Haus installation at trade fair imm cologne in January. More about Luca Nichetto to design Das Haus at imm cologne 2013
Residents can step through holes in the walls inside this house in Japan by architects Atelier Cube (+ slideshow). More about House in Amagi by Atelier Cube
Perforated steel doors fold open like the wings of a butterfly at the backstreet entrance to this London house by architects Teatum+Teatum. More about Hidden House by Teatum+Teatum
Shanghai architects Polifactory have developed a concept for a rammed earth house that generates energy from a lake on its roof. More about HOUS.E+ by Polifactory
Timber batons create geometric patterns across the exterior of this houseboat in Amsterdam by Framework and Studio Prototype. More about Water Villa by Framework and Studio Prototype
One storey hangs precariously over the other at this isolated hilltop house in Australia by architects Denton Corker Marshall. More about View Hill House by Denton Corker Marshall
The staircase in this west London house by Tigg Coll Architects has a glass balustrade and open treads to allow light to flood through from above (+ slideshow). More about Butterfly Loft Apartment by Tigg Coll Architects
This 4.5 metre-wide house in Los Angeles by Anonymous Architects was inspired by the narrow residences found in Japanese cities. More about Eel's Nest by Anonymous Architects
Architect Frank Gehry has completed his first building for Make It Right, the charity founded by Brad Pitt to rehouse families made homeless in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. More about Duplex by Frank Gehry for Make it Right