Living spaces are organised around a decades-old olive tree in this Santa Monica home, completed by Los Angeles studio Woods +Dangaran. More about Woods + Dangaran organises Twentieth house around olive tree
Spanish practice Sanchis Olivares used white clay bricks for this home in the suburbs of Valencia, which features an outdoor food preparation area and oven for cooking the city's regional dish, paella. More about Sanchis Olivares creates minimalist white brick home in Spain
Interior designer Melanie Raines has applied her experience in hospitality design to ensure the large spaces of this Austin family home feel cosy, playful and "a bit irreverent". More about Melanie Raines designs "weird and funky" interiors for Austin residence
Teak wood, travertine stone and expansive glazing all feature in Woods + Dangaran's renovation of a mid-century modern house that once belonged to singer Bing Crosby's manager. More about Woods + Dangaran brings warmth and light to mid-century modern home in Los Angeles
Architects Jan Henrik Jansen and Marshall Blecher have overseen the careful reconstruction and extension of a 120-year-old thatched cottage in north Germany. More about Glazed living room features in reconstruction of thatched Nieby Crofters Cottage
Japanese architecture studio Office M-SA has arranged a house in Akishima, Tokyo, around a series of exposed concrete elements designed as extensions of its foundations. More about Office M-SA organises Tokyo home around exposed concrete furniture
Architecture studio 3dor Concepts used a giant sloping roof to cover all three levels of this house in Kerala, India, which features an internal courtyard garden that can be opened up to the outdoors. More about Sloping roof shelters House of Noufal in India by 3dor Concepts
Architecture firm AB Design Studio has remodelled and expanded a 1950s home that sits on a boulder-studded property in California. More about Quarry House in California receives extensive renovation by AB Design Studio
A sequence of eight courtyards and gardens are incorporated into the linear floor plan of this house in Melbourne, Australia, which Studio Bright designed to make the most of a long and narrow plot. More about Studio Bright arranges 8 Yard House around a series of outdoor spaces
RIBA Award-winning homes are the focus of author Dominic Bradbury's latest book, 21st Century Houses. Here, he spotlights 10 of the most remarkable projects featured inside. More about 21st Century Houses book captures "best of the best" modern British homes
The angular forms of this mountaintop retreat in British Columbia by Omar Gandhi Architect are based on the attributes of a mountain beetle, with a hardened shell to resist the site's "desolate" conditions. More about Omar Gandhi models fire-resistant residence in Canada on a mountain beetle
Maine studio Elliott Architects has created a seaside house that includes a dramatic, cantilevered volume on stilt that stretches towards the ocean and the tree line. More about Elliott Architects uses dramatic cantilever for House on a Bay
Mexican architecture firm Estudio IPA has completed a house on an abandoned lot in San Miguel de Allende with calming interiors that make the most of a "narrow and uneven" property. More about Estudio IPA places tree at the centre of San Miguel de Allende home
Courtyards, walkways, and staircases delineate the volumes of this home in Mexico City designed by local studio PPAA. More about PPAA completes residence in Mexico City clad with board-formed concrete
Architecture studio Proctor & Shaw has refurbished and extended a Victorian townhouse in south London, adding a series of glazed volumes to the rear facade that allow daylight to reach deep into the plan. More about Proctor & Shaw adds glazed extension to Sky Lantern House in London
Architecture studio Atelier SAD and interior designer Iveta Zachariášová have created a cork-clad family home in the Czech Republic, which was embedded into a grassy ridge. More about Atelier SAD and Iveta Zachariášová create cork-clad house in Czech countryside
Architecture studio Fala Atelier has completed a garden apartment for a home in Porto, Portugal, topped by a "concrete crown" inlaid with marble geometry. More about Fala Atelier nestles "very tiny palazzo" in garden of Porto home
US studio Deegan-Day Design & Architecture has designed a California weekend home to hold strong against wildfire and capitalise on views. More about 4/Way House by Deegan-Day responds to "allure and danger" of LA site
South Korea's traditional hanok homes informed the design of this compact house on a mountainside in Bugok, Changnyeong County, which features semi-outdoor spaces for relaxing in the summer. More about TRU Architects designs Bugok Friday House with indoor and outdoor living spaces
US studio Fuse Architects added cedar cladding, expanded the windows and brightened the interiors of the Plover House on the coast of California. More about Fuse Architects renovates pyramidal 1960s coastal house in California