Montreal studio ACDF Architecture has designed a low-slung, modernist-style home with massing shaped to surround an apple tree and provide lines of sight through the living areas. More about ACDF Architecture wraps glass home around apple tree in Quebec
Spanish architects Andrés Jaque and Miguel Mesa del Castillo have built a climate-conscious house that restores the drought-tolerant ecology of a site on the outskirts of Murcia. More about Rambla Climate-House shows how suburban homes can support biodiversity
Slatted, folding wooden shutters and exposed board-marked concrete define this home by Israeli studio Pitsou Kedem Architects, designed in collaboration with architect Tamar Berger. More about Pitsou Kedem shields concrete Tel Aviv house with folding wooden screens
Local studio Sparano + Mooney Architecture cantilevered two envelopes with blackened-cedar siding over a canyon outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. More about Sparano + Mooney positions cedar home over canyon in Utah
Local practice Brown & Brown has nestled Spyon Cop, a black timber-clad home, into the rolling green landscape of the Cairngorns National Park in the Scottish Highlands. More about Brown & Brown completes black timber-clad home in the Scottish Highlands
Bringing the ocean inside was the primary goal of interiors studio Falken Reynolds when designing this waterfront home on Vancouver Island. More about Falken Reynolds applies beach-toned palette to Cadboro Bay House interiors
Cedar cladding and large stretches of glass feature in a weekend house called Sonoma Wine Country, which has been enlarged by US studio Feldman Architecture. More about Feldman Architecture expands home in northern California’s wine region
Italian architecture practice Studio Andrew Trotter has completed an earth-toned villa named Casa Maiora that is made from sandstone sourced locally in Puglia, Italy. More about Studio Andrew Trotter creates earth-toned villa from local sandstone in Puglia
Japanese studio Apollo Architects & Associates has completed Esprit House, a home in Tokyo with a blocky concrete form elevated on piloti above a garage space. More about Apollo Architects & Associates designs Tokyo home that blurs indoor and outdoor spaces
Dezeen's Houses of the month roundup for December features a renovated family home in southern California and a London dwelling clad with cork. More about Dezeen's top five houses of December 2022
Cedar shingles and asymmetrical, pyramid-shaped roofs form the exterior of Lilla Lane, a multi-volume house by New York studio Oza Sabbeth Architects. More about Oza Sabbeth Architects tops Hamptons house with pyramidal roofs
Architect Manuel Aires Mateus has completed the Pateos holiday homes in Portugal, which look the same but are actually all different. More about Manuel Aires Mateus builds minimalist concrete holiday homes with matching cutaways
Local practice Valentino Architects has transformed a cluster of heritage-listed buildings in the village of Attard, Malta, into a family home called Mill House. More about Valentino Architects converts Maltese mill into family home
Weathering-steel accents break up the massing of the all-white Badlands Home that BLDG Workshop designed in a rural area outside of Toronto. More about BLDG Workshop places Corten steel details on all-white home in rural Ontario
An extension made of blue corrugated metal panels has been added to a laneway house in Toronto's Chinatown neighbourhood to create a new museum and residence for the Canadian artist Charles Pachter. More about Firma completes home and museum for artist Charles Pachter
Dutch architecture office Eek en Dekkers has completed a barn-like house in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, featuring a large, open interior punctuated by volumes containing more intimate or private rooms. More about House R is a voluminous Eindhoven home influenced by agricultural archetypes
Architecture studio Dallas Pierce Quintero has completed a cluster of houses in London with sawtooth roofs and corrugated-metal cladding that nod to the site's former use as a builders' yard. More about Dallas Pierce Quintero references industrial sheds for Forest Houses on London infill site
Los Angeles studio Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects has completed a sleek stucco home in Venice Beach, California. More about EYRC tucks light-filled house behind white walls in Venice Beach
Indian studio Matharoo Associates has created Cut Bend Fold Play, a concrete home in Chennai with internal courtyards and layered spaces that bring a feeling of spaciousness to its compact urban site. More about Matharoo Associates folds concrete home in India around courtyards
A large, angular window cuts through the otherwise traditional form of this timber cabin in Norway, designed by local architecture studio Rever & Drage. More about Rever & Drage complements rustic bolthole in Norway with a timber holiday cabin