Following our recent roundup of stories featuring ice and snow, here’s a timber lodge outside Prague that was photographed days after a blizzard. More about House on the outskirts of Prague by Martin Cenek
Japanese architect Shinya Miura has completed a house in Shizuoka with three courtyards concealed inside. More about Izukougen House by Atelier Shinya Miura
A long stairway and ramp extend from a private house in Barcelos, Portugal. More about Private House by Rui Grazina
Residents plunging into the swimming pool of this Stockholm house may feel like they’re in an aquarium. More about Villa Midgård by DAPstockholm
Japanese architect Kimihiko Okada has completed a spiralling house on stilts in Hiroshima. More about Toda House by Kimihiko Okada
Newly positioned windows reveal the overhauled interior of a Rotterdam townhouse that was formerly an abandoned apartment block. More about Black Pearl by Studio Rolf.fr with Zecc Architecten
A wooden bridge and a glazed garden room connect the two halves of this house in Matsuyama, Japan, by architect Hayato Komatsu. More about House in Masaki by Hayato Komatsu Architects
This prefabricated house in Portugal costs about the same price to manufacture as a family car (photographs by José Campos). More about MIMA House by MIMA Architects
A triangular courtyard slices through the centre of this woodland retreat in Nagano, Japan. More about Forest Bath by Kyoko Ikuta and Katsuyuki Ozeki
The top floor of this Tokyo house by Japanese architects Apollo appears to be caving in. More about Vista by Apollo Architects & Associates
German architects Christ Christ have added box-like rooms and an outdoor cinema to the roof of a house in Wiesbaden. More about House S by Christ Christ
This Japanese house with a sharply pointed roof is by Tokyo studio Architect Cafe. More about Large Roof House by Architect Cafe
Curved alcoves nestle into earthquake-resistant walls at the rear of this renovated house in Tokyo. More about House for Three Sisters by Drawing Notes
A glass bridge connects a concrete house with wonky windows to an artist’s studio in Puebla, Mexico. More about House for two artists by M + N Arquitectos
This idyllic pine house by the sea outside Stockholm has a glass-fronted lookout loft on its roof. More about Villa Plus by Waldemarson Berglund
Glass screens fold across the front of this house in Yamanashi, Japan, to transform a covered garden into an indoor dining room. More about Outside In by Takeshi Hosaka
Japanese architects Ikeda Yukie have completed a house with rounded edges for an elderly couple. More about Sunbrella House by Ikeda Yukie Architects
Dezeen in Israel: following our recent visit to Tel Aviv, here’s an entirely white house in nearby Ramat Gan by local architect Pitsou Kedem. More about Box? Object? House! by Pitsou Kedem
Readers have been discussing "the abundance of introverted architecture that is coming out of Japan" recently, so here's another Japanese house that blocks all views to and from the street but still draws light and air inside. More about MUR by Apollo Architects & Associates
Architecture collective Cityförster have completed a wooden house in the Netherlands with a black rubber skin. More about Rubberhouse by Cityförster