Indian studio Meister Varma Architects has completed Shilaya, a home in Tamil Nadu built using stone salvaged from a ruined cottage that once stood on its site. More about Meister Varma Architects uses salvaged stone for home in India
A trio of brick-walled homes features in Dezeen's top five houses of the month for June, including a holiday cabin in the Netherlands and a compact British residence built on an infill site. More about Dezeen's top five houses of June 2026
Architect Joe Burke has self-built Leyton House, a home that bookends a 1960s terrace in London, using rough, pale brickwork and a concrete plinth for tactility. More about Joe Burke bookends 1960s London terrace with compact brick home
A pair of lightweight, L-shaped roofs top the four volumes that form this house in Los Cabos, Mexico, designed by Estudio Ignacio Urquiza Ana Paula de Alba. More about L-shaped roofs create "generous shadows" over Los Cabos residence
Curved and angular bay windows animate the stepped facade of House on a Hill, a penthouse in central London designed by local studio David Kohn Architects. More about David Kohn Architects designs London penthouse to resemble "house on a hill"
Architecture studio House of EM has used a restrained palette of brick, timber, concrete and lime plaster for Skylark, a contemporary F-shaped house in Shropshire, UK. More about House of EM draws on mid-century design principles for brick-clad home
Architecture studio Anna and Eugeni Bach has renovated and extended a holiday home in the medieval village of Fonolleres, Spain, adding a series of porches, pergolas, and terraces to bring daily living outdoors. More about Anna and Eugeni Bach extends Fonolleres House with porches and pergolas
Local architect Neel Buddhadev has completed Villa Corsica, a house in suburban Mumbai defined by curved walls and bold colours that was designed in response to the city's tropical climate. More about Curves and colours transform Indian home into "sculptural installation"
Dutch studio Bastiaan Jongerius Architecten has transformed a 1970s farmhouse outside Amsterdam, extending its timber structure and updating its exterior with black-metal panels and charred wood. More about Bastiaan Jongerius Architecten cloaks Longhouse Farm with black timber and metal
Local studio Kister Architects has turned a former 1910 corner shop in Melbourne into a family home with a lush internal courtyard entrance designed to bring greenery to the urban site. More about Century-old Melbourne corner shop transformed into family home
Continuing our Gaudí Centenary series we look at the first house designed by Antoni Gaudí, Casa Vicens, which was a testing ground for his later work and a masterpiece in its own right. More about Casa Vicens was Antoni Gaudí's "manifesto home"
The cavernous earth chambers of an anthill informed the stack of curved brick balconies that front this home in Maharashtra, India, designed by local studio Kaushal Tatiya Architects. More about Anthill caverns inform "earthy and tactile" Indian home by Kaushal Tatiya Architects
Contemporary interpretations of traditional UK homes feature in our latest roundup, which gathers six British houses derived from their neighbours. More about Six British houses that put a contemporary spin on their neighbours
Australian studio MRTN Architects has completed Laneway House in Melbourne, extending a Victorian terrace with a "collage" of forms in red-toned brick, metal and timber. More about MRTN Architects extends Melbourne home with cluster of red-brick volumes
Continuing our Gaudí Centenary series, we look at Barcelona's House of Bones, Casa Batlló, which Antoni Gaudí covered with mosaics, skeletal shapes and topped with a scaly, reptilian roof. More about House of Bones proves Gaudí is "very hard to imitate"
Architecture studio Wadhal has completed Wade House in London, using textured brickwork, pared-back fenestration and concealed guttering to put a subtly contemporary spin on typical suburban architecture. More about Wadhal subverts suburban architecture for home in west London
Malaysian architect Eleena Jamil has completed a house and studio space near Kuala Lumpur, with airy interiors and terraces shaded by canopies built using a hybrid of bamboo and green-painted steel. More about Eleena Jamil shades Malaysian guesthouse with bamboo and steel canopy
In this roundup, author Ari Seligmann spotlights 11 iconic houses in Japan captured by some of the country's leading photographers, who are the focus of his latest book, Ka Me Ra. More about Eleven iconic Japanese houses seen "through the photographer's lens"
The ruins of a stone tavern and a lush cardamom plantation guided the designs of two of the homes featured in the latest edition of Dezeen's houses of the month. More about Dezeen's top five houses of May 2026
London architecture studio TYPE has transformed two derelict cottages in Dorset into a rural retreat that celebrates their weathered stone and timber structures. More about TYPE rejects anything "brand new or flashy" in Purbeck Cottage renovation