Rammed earth walls and an organic colour scheme help this South African family lodge designed by architecture practice Studio Asaï to blend into its natural surroundings. More about Tembo Tembo lodge hides among landscape of South African game reserve
American firms Studio J Jih and Figure have overhauled a historic house in Boston, which now revolves around a sculptural "hairpin" staircase influenced by the twists and turns of mountain roads. More about Figure and Studio J Jih perform "stair gymnastics" inside Boston rowhouse
California studio Field Architecture designed this Sonoma Valley house out of a trio of fanning copper-clad pavilions with butterfly roofs. More about Field Architecture clads flowing Sonoma house in copper
Australian studio Dean Dyson Architects has used an outer layer of perforated brickwork to create a sense of privacy and calm at this home in Melbourne, which turns inwards to overlook a central swimming pool. More about Dean Dyson Architects uses perforated brickwork to create "private oasis" for Melbourne home
Architect Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL designed A Cat Tree House as a home in Kamakura, Japan, for his family and cats. More about Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL designs Japanese house to be "one big cat tree"
Interior designer Timothy Godbold has overhauled his own home in the Hamptons, painting the exterior black and renovating the inside to resemble a lair from a James Bond movie. More about Timothy Godbold turns his Hamptons home into a "villain's hideout"
Presented at this year's Designblok festival in Prague, Cake Houses is a modular home concept that allows clients to design bespoke homes via an online configurator. More about Cake Houses is an "architectural recipe" to create wooden homes in the Czech Republic
Hollow breeze-block walls were used to blend interior and exterior spaces in Sunday, a reimagining of a typical cottage in Melbourne, Australia, designed by local studio Architecture Architecture. More about Architecture Architecture uses grey breeze blocks for Melbourne extension
Belgian studio Britsom Philips has completed Villa VD, a timber-clad extension to a small rural home in Flanders with minimalist, light-filled living spaces. More about Britsom Philips reconfigures Belgian home with minimalist interiors and thatched roof
German architects Julian Krüger and Benjamin Kemper have created Digital House, a micro home that can be built without using nails or screws and was designed to be easy to disassemble. More about Digital House is an aluminium-clad micro home in Germany
Four concrete volumes topped with pitched roofs run alongside each other to form Prism House, a multi-generational home designed by Indian studio Matra Architects. More about Matra Architects spreads multi-generational Indian home across four concrete blocks
An "urban farm" rooftop garden, planted terraces and a fish-pond atrium characterise this renovated house in Melbourne, designed by Austin Maynard Architects. More about Austin Maynard Architects adds five gardens to Melbourne terrace house
Rich hues and curving geometries feature throughout Somers House, an L-shaped coastal home that Australian studio Kennedy Nolan has added to a coastal site in Victoria. More about Kennedy Nolan covers L-shaped coastal home in charred timber
In this week's comments update, readers discussed an underground house in the Netherlands and debated conservation groups' calls to save a 1960s stadium in Ahmedabad, India. More about "Icons come, icons go" says commenter
Arched doorways and a rooftop studio feature in the Y.27 House, which has been overhauled by architecture firm Estudio Estudio in a way that honours the historic building's original character. More about Estudio Estudio unveils "hidden architectural treasures" in Mexico City house
A band of limestone separates old and new at Fohlenweg, a house in Berlin that London studio O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects created using the walls of an existing bungalow. More about O'Sullivan Skoufoglou transforms Berlin bungalow with blocky extension
Iranian architecture studio Olgoo has completed a subterranean holiday home near Tehran, topped by a green roof that merges with the surrounding landscape. More about Olgoo critiques overdevelopment in Iran with The Inside Home
An East Hampton home with a sloping fibreglass roof and a corrugated metal-clad relocatable dwelling are among Dezeen's top five houses of the month for September 2023. More about Dezeen's top five houses of September 2023
A cluster of wood-clad, gabled volumes form a sculptural home by architectural studio Young Projects that nods to historic Long Island architecture while reimagining the barn typology. More about Young Projects "radically reimagines" traditional barn for home in the Hamptons
Handmade blocks made of grey and red cement define the facades of Small Houses, a collection of homes that Cambodian studio Bloom Architecture created as a "haven" from the bustling streets of Phnom Penh. More about Bloom Architecture uses handmade cement blocks to decorate Cambodian houses