Hanare by Schemata Architecture Office
Slideshow: Japanese firm Schemata Architecture Office have perched a cabin on top of a small woodland cliff in Chiba, Japan. More about Hanare by Schemata Architecture Office
Slideshow: Japanese firm Schemata Architecture Office have perched a cabin on top of a small woodland cliff in Chiba, Japan. More about Hanare by Schemata Architecture Office
Slovenian studio Arhitektura d.o.o. have completed a gabled house with a crisp white silhouette just outside the medieval town of Škofja Loka. More about Private house Suha by Arhitektura d.o.o.
Glazed walls slide back to connect the L-shaped living room to a corner courtyard in this Sydney house renovated by local firm Tribe Studio. More about House Eadie by Tribe Studio
Slideshow: a wooden library climbs the walls of this four-storey house in Kanagawa, Japan. More about Storage House byRyuji Fujimura Architects
The top floor of this periscope-like wooden house in Stavanger, Norway, cantilevers northwards towards the sea. More about Northface by Element
Extra large windows frame the interiors of this shingle-clad cabin in Victoria, Australia. More about Goldfields Dwelling by DesignOffice
This wood and steel house by Melbourne studio Architects EAT has a huge projecting roof that shelters a first floor barbeque deck. More about Linear House by Architects EAT
Slideshow: chunky chimneys bring natural light and ventilation inside the three adjoining blocks that comprise this dark grey house in Kildare, Ireland. More about C-House by Dot Architectureand Soc-Arc
The curved wings of this house in Kuwait converge around an outdoor swimming pool (photos by Nelson Garrido). More about Mop House by AGi Architects
Slideshow: the walls of this house in Tokyo by Japanese studio Apollo Architects & Associates stretch outwards around a secret balcony. More about Ring by Apollo Architects & Associates
Slideshow: Swedish architects Waldemarson Berglund were inspired by the slopes of a nearby ski resort to create these three slanted timber cabins in north Sweden. More about Åre Solbringen by Waldemarson Berglund
Architects Sharon Neuman and Oded Stern-Meiraz have concealed a modern rectangular residence near Tel Aviv behind a brick wall shaped like a vernacular house with a chimney. More about House N by Sharon Neuman and Oded Stern-Meiraz
Slideshow: the faceted copper envelope of this house extension near Sydney was designed by architects Innovarchi to resemble a roof. More about Balmain Archive by Innovarchi
Slideshow: this glass pavilion on the edge of a lake in Ontario, Canada, houses a studio, apartment and boathouse for a photographer and was designed by Toronto Studio GH3. More about Photographer's Studio over a boat house on Stoney Lake by GH3
An electronically controlled stone wall slides across the facade of this house in Warwickshire, England, to conceal a large window. More about Wickstead Lodge by Baynes & Co
Slideshow: the glazed walls of this pavilion-like house in southern Germany are sandwiched between a roof and plinth that mirror one another (photographs by Zooey Braun). More about Haus D10 by Werner Sobek
Slideshow: while the face of this waterside house near Amsterdam is cloaked in perforated aluminium, the rear is entirely glazed so that residents can watch the sun setting. More about Rieteiland House by Hans van Heeswijk
Slideshow: one huge window stretches across the black facade of this house overlooking the bay in Osaka. More about House-dT by Daijiro Takakusa
A small wooden dining table at the heart of this house in Fukuoka, Japan, is overlooked from every other room. More about House in Iizuka by Rhythmdesign
Forked tree branches framing this house in southeast Australia were intended by architect Paul Morgan to resemble the sun-bleached kangaroo and sheep bones scattered around the surrounding woodland. More about Trunk House by Paul Morgan Architects