Architecture studio Balbek Bureau has revamped a house in Ukraine using stainless steel and concrete to create a modern interpretation of a log cabin. More about Relogged house by Balbek Bureau reinterprets traditional log cabins
A slender pool lined with a "vertical garden" features in an oceanfront house in southern California designed by US studio Montalba Architects. More about Montalba Architects prioritises connection to nature at Manhattan Beach House
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a green-tiled concrete house in Lisbon by Bak Gordon Arquitectos. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Debate features green-tiled Portuguese house "that will age beautifully"
Warping layers of glass and concrete have been stacked to form Quinta do Rei, an angular four-storey home designed by Portuguese studio Contaminar. More about Contaminar stacks concrete layers to enclose twisting Portuguese home
New York-based studio O'Neill McVoy Architects has created a grey stucco house with a Z-shaped plan and an upward-pitched roof in Houston. More about O'Neill McVoy designs Houston house as "mini-manifesto against McMansions"
A monolithic limestone-clad plinth supports the lightweight steel-framed structure of The Clifftop House, a holiday home in Hungary by Budapest practice Kontextus Architecture Studio. More about Limestone plinth supports Hungarian holiday home by Kontextus Architecture Studio
A zero-emission holiday cabin and a triangular house with underground bedrooms feature in this roundup of A-frame homes. More about Ten A-frame homes and cabins where pitched roofs form sloping walls
Portuguese studio Bak Gordon Arquitectos has designed two concrete structures separated by a courtyard for a house on a narrow plot in Lisbon. More about Bak Gordon inserts green-tiled concrete house on sloping street in Lisbon
Dezeen's Pinterest followers searched for "modern barn house" 13 times more than normal in the last few weeks. We round up 10 of the most popular barn conversions and houses informed by barns from Pinterest.
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Tokyo studio Arii Irie Architects created this warehouse to double as a storage unit and a holiday home for its client in Isumi, Japan. More about Arii Irie Architects completes stripped-back Warehouse Villa in Japan
Architecture firm And And And Studio has created a stucco-clad, single-level home for a family of six that is raised up to create a "treehouse-like effect". More about And And And Studio lifts Silver Lake Tree House above Los Angeles site
Brazilian architect Denis Joelsons has completed a rectangular house in São Paulo, Brazil that is set into a slope composed of round garden terraces. More about Denis Joelsons juxtaposes linear house with circular garden terraces in São Paulo
The Cape Cod Modern House Trust has launched a campaign to raise $1.2 million to purchase modernist architect Marcel Breuer's holiday home in Cape Cod, USA, to save it from likely demolition. More about Campaign launched to save Marcel Breuer's Cape Cod holiday home from demolition
Architects John Friedman and Alice Kimm have stacked a concrete mass with sinuous cutouts into a hillside as a home for their family in Los Angeles, complete with a crane in the kitchen and an accessory dwelling unit. More about John Friedman and Alice Kimm include dining room crane in Los Angeles house
Lime-washed bricks and a black overhanging roof characterise this house that Dutch studio Chris Collaris Architects has completed in a verdant garden near Eindhoven, the Netherlands. More about Chris Collaris Architects crowns Lime Wash House with oversized roof
London studio Satish Jassal Architects has created a two-bedroom bungalow from handmade-bricks behind shops and restaurants on Turnpike Lane in Haringey, England. More about Satish Jassal Architects squeezes brick bungalow onto enclosed London site
A minimal material palette helps define this glazed extension, which London studio DHaus has added to the back of a house in Hertfordshire, UK. More about DHaus brightens Hertfordshire House with glass extension
Spanish interiors studio Viruta Lab has renovated a compact house in El Cabanyal, Valencia's traditional fishing neighbourhood, using geometric blue-and-white tiling for an understated nautical aesthetic. More about Viruta Lab blankets former fisherman's house in Valencia with chequerboard tiles
A sunken living room and decorative red tiles define this residential extension, which architecture studio Bureau de Change has added to Clay House in East Finchley, London. More about Bureau de Change references Victorian boxing rings for London house extension
A steeply-pitched roof covered in red clay tiles defines Middle Avenue House, a family home in Surrey designed by architecture studio Rural Office. More about Rural Office creates Arts and Crafts-informed home in Surrey