Luciano Basso has completed a concrete home in the forests of southern Brazil that is built around a mature Paraná pine tree. More about Luciano Basso raises concrete home around tree in southern Brazil
American architect Robert Gurney used stucco, wood and brick on the facades of a rectilinear house near the US capital that was designed for a young professional. More about Robert Gurney creates North Adams House for suburban site near Washington DC
London architecture studio IF_DO has built a seaside retreat in Suffolk, England, which allows three generations of one family to come together. More about Thorpeness Beach House by IF_DO is a multi-generational holiday home
Salvaged brick, an expansive skylight and exposed interior utilitarian elements feature in a country house designed by Brazilian firm Estúdio Penha. More about Estúdio Penha uses salvaged brick for rustic CS House in Brazil
Architecture for London has used a palette of stone, concrete and wood to create this monolithic rear extension to a house in Islington, which features a small arched entrance for the owner's cat. More about Architecture for London uses stone to give house extension "a sense of permanence"
Whitten Architects clad this Maine retreat with Eastern cedar and placed it on stilts on a steep site so that the single-storey structure would seem like a treehouse. More about Whitten Architects places single-storey Maine home on stilts to "evoke a treehouse"
Portuguese architects Filipe Pina and David Bilo have extended the Casa NaMora farmhouse in Guarda, Portugal, adding two gabled concrete volumes with pared-back interiors. More about Filipe Pina and David Bilo extend Portuguese farmhouse with gabled concrete forms
Architecture studio Denizen Works has completed a house on the Scottish island of Tiree, featuring a gable-shaped glass wall that recalls the outline of the derelict stone cowshed it replaced. More about Denizen Works references relics of agricultural buildings for Mannal House on Tiree
Archipelago Architects Studio arranged this house in Kanagawa, Japan, around a series of central staircases that divide the spaces and provide places to sit or relax. More about Kappa House by Archipelago Architects Studio uses staircases as surfaces and partitions
Stepped red-brick volumes and garden terraces define this home that Pad Studio has created in the New Forest, an area of protected woodland in the English county of Hampshire. More about Pad Studio designs red-brick Gardener's Cottage in rural Hampshire
Architecture studio VATRAA has converted a former artist's studio in west London into a house featuring a six-metre-high lightwell that allows daylight to reach a new basement level. More about VATRAA transforms "introverted" artist's studio into light-filled London home
From humble brick homes in the city to sprawling hillside villas, our latest roundup features 10 Mexican houses from the Dezeen archive. More about Ten houses that showcase Mexico's contemporary architecture
A central courtyard in this remote retreat by Chilean studio SAA brings natural light to the interiors while avoiding the need to cut any additional trees surrounding the structure. More about SAA completes Chilean cabin illuminated by central courtyard
Ribbed wooden cabinetry and peach-hued corner seating feature in this Melbourne home, which Australian studio Timmins + Whyte renovated with an extension that has a chunky folded roof. More about Timmins + Whyte renovates "considered and crafted" Melbourne house with folded roof
Concrete and darkened cedar make up the facades of a Seattle home that was designed by architecture studio GO'C for a family of eight. More about GO'C creates cedar-clad Sound House overlooking Seattle
Mexican firms Taller ADG and Estudio MDB have created a pair of identical homes for two brothers on a steep site overlooking a lake. More about Taller ADG and Estudio MDB create matching Izar Houses in Mexico
CCY Architects designed this home in the mountains of Colorado to be built largely below grade to reduce its impact on the surrounding natural landscape. More about CCY Architects nestles Meadow House in mountain valley outside Aspen
Portuguese practice Atelier Data has renovated and extended a farmhouse in the Alentejo region with a plain, white form and traditional materials that mimic the appearance of the existing building. More about Atelier Data uses a simple and traditional palette to extend a Portuguese farmhouse
A towering spiral staircase and a golden kitchen are some of the features that Raúl Sánchez Architects has introduced in its renovation of this townhouse in Barcelona's Borne neighbourhood. More about Four-storey spiral staircase forms focal point of BSP20 House in Barcelona
MasFernandez Arquitectura has completed a wooden home in the outskirts of Santiago, Chile, for a client that is continually training for triathlon races. More about MasFernandez Arquitectura tops Chilean home with triangular skylight