Rishikesh House by Rajiv Saini + Associates
A scooping concrete roof cantilevers over the rear entrance to a house by the Ganges River in northern India. More about Rishikesh House by Rajiv Saini + Associates
A scooping concrete roof cantilevers over the rear entrance to a house by the Ganges River in northern India. More about Rishikesh House by Rajiv Saini + Associates
Rough grey slate and red-stained wood panels infill a zig-zagging stone frame on the exterior of a house in Venlo, the Netherlands. More about Villa van Lipzig by Loxodrome
Grey plaster walls contrast with tan-coloured window frames at a hillside holiday house in Střekov by Czech architects 3+1 Architekti. More about House in Střekov II by 3+1 Architekti
A bare cliff face is visible through the abutting glass walls of a Jerusalem house. More about Barud House by Paritzki & Liani Architects
A chunky timber shell wraps over the north facade and roof of a woodland retreat near Berlin by German architects Scheidt Kasprusch. More about Minimumhouse by Scheidt Kasprusch Architekten
Japanese architects EASTERN Design Office tend to design houses with unconventional windows. Here's their latest one in Kyoto. More about Keyhole House by EASTERN Design Office
Timber baton screens surround the new ground and first floor decks of a renovated house in Seoul by Korean studio Moohoi Architecture. More about Renovation of Julia's Apartment by Moohoi Architecture
The top-floor living room of this Seattle house projects across the garden in a twisted cantilever. More about Phinney Modern by Elemental Architecture
The first floor bedroom of this house in Java is disguised as a truck driving through the wall. More about Officer House by Gayuh Budi Utomo
A sloping corridor coils around the inside of a house in Osaka to connect three staggered storeys. More about House of Slope by FujiwaraMuro Architects
Here's the next house in the series of eleven by Rotterdam studio Pasel Kuenzel Architects on the site of a former slaughterhouse in Leiden, Netherlands. More about V12K0102 by Pasel Kuenzel Architects
The rooms of a black and white house in California lead out to a series of stepped terraces with a view of the famous Hollywood sign. More about Nakahouse by XTEN Architecture
Stairs lead past lumpy cork-covered walls to a rooftop swimming pool at a house in the south of France by architect Raphaëlle Segond. More about Maison Beauvallon by Raphaëlle Segond
Stuttgart architects (se)arch have completed a house in Germany with an exposed concrete base and cedar shingle-clad upper walls (photographs by Zooey Braun). More about House F11 by (se)arch
Residents at this remote Australian lodge can step straight out of bed to the side of a long narrow outdoor pool. More about Beached House by BKK Architects
This house by Masahiro Kinoshita of KINO Architects comprises four blocks branching off from a central living and dining room, with an attic above each one. More about Branch House by KINO Architects
Large folding doors open this woodland house outside Stockholm onto a decked terrace that is shaded by a folding fabric canopy. More about Wooden house by Schlyter/Gezelius Arkitektkontor
Lisbon studio Orgânica Arquitectura have completed a two-storey residence behind the solid stone walls of an otherwise ruined house in Sintra, Portugal. More about Cabrela House by Orgânica Arquitectura
Continuing our series of stories about security-conscious and bunker-like residences, here's an Australian holiday home that can be secured with huge sliding steel shutters. More about Diamond Beach House by Bourne Blue Architecture
Long, narrow windows cut across the sides of a house in Okayama, Japan, to reveal the locations of internal walls and floors. More about Black Slit House by Three.Ball.Cascade