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
This video shot by architectural photographer Edmund Sumner shows the pebbledash-covered rooftop studio that architect Sean Griffiths recently added to the postmodern Blue House in London. More about Rooftop extension to FAT's Blue House revealed in drone film
Metal siding, cantilevers and a rolling window supported by counterweights that slides into the floor characterise Caddy Shack in Austin by Olson Kundig. More about Olson Kundig unveils Austin home with cantilevered walkways
Indian studio Samira Rathod Design Atelier has completed a house in Bharuch with inward-facing windows and courtyards that draw breezes through the building to keep it cool during the hot summer months. More about Samira Rathod designs Cool House to protect occupants from hot Indian summers
Board-marked concrete and exposed brickwork have been used to give a "rough but refined" character to this home in the Belgian countryside, designed by local practice A2o architecten. More about House Be in Belgium was designed for "dwelling in and amongst nature"
Jenny Peysin Architecture has completed a house in the Hamptons with a poured-in-place concrete envelope and a glazed living space. More about Jenny Peysin Architecture creates concrete Southampton home with a glass pavilion
Architect Sean Griffiths has added a pebbledash-covered rooftop studio to the seminal postmodern Blue House he designed 20 years ago as part of architecture studio FAT. More about Sean Griffiths adds pebbledash extension "in spirit of original house" to FAT's Blue House
Architect Sunniva Rosenberg has added an angular annex to a house in Lillesand, Norway, which contains living spaces oriented towards the best views of the surrounding nature. More about Sunniva Rosenberg adds minimal "star-shaped" extension to Norwegian house