A truncated stone pyramid containing a study stands in one corner of the introverted Takamine-cho House, designed by Tomoaki Uno Architects in Japan's Aichi Prefecture. More about Tomoaki Uno Architects designs house in Japan with Aztec-informed pyramid
Continuing our review of the year we look at the house extensions that turned heads in 2021, including a polycarbonate-clad tower and a mirrored art gallery on stilts. More about Dezeen's top 10 house extensions of 2021
American firm Salmela Architect has created a Minnesota home for a physicist and an eye doctor that is meant to resemble a "scientific instrument with multiple viewing apertures". More about Salmela Architect wraps Feldmann Residence in Minnesota with black stucco
London-based Studio Seilern Architects has completed a villa on the Greek island of Paros, designed as a cluster of white cube-shaped forms that are oriented to follow the setting sun over the Aegean Sea. More about Studio Seilern Architects aligns white villa on Paros to follow the sun
British practice Studio Fuse has completed Rockham House in North Devon, England, combining charred timber cladding with sleek interiors to create a "sophisticated yet rustic" dwelling. More about Studio Fuse designs charred-timber home in Devon to be both rustic and modern
The founder of Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architect has built a brick and cedar-clad home for himself and his family in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with interiors lined in white oak. More about OG House by Omar Gandhi Architect features cedar cladding and oak interiors
From a skinny house in Brazil to a pair of industrial residences in England, our latest lookbook rounds up 10 home interiors that celebrate the tactility of concrete blockwork. More about Ten tactile home interiors featuring exposed concrete blockwork
House on the Hill in Gloucestershire by Alison Brooks Architects has won this year's RIBA House of the Year award. More about Alison Brooks' "intriguing and distinguished" farmhouse extension named UK's best new home
Oxford-based practice Gresford Architects has used a stepped stack of charred-timber-clad forms to extend a Victorian terrace in Walthamstow, London. More about Gresford Architects adds charred-timber extension to London terrace
Catalonian studio RCR Arquitectes has completed the first of eight luxury red concrete villas it has designed for the Palmares Ocean Living & Golf resort in the Algarve. More about RCR Arquitectes unveils luxury villa at Portugal's Palmares resort
Argentinian architects Nanzer + Vitas modelled this home in the mountains of Córdoba province on a medieval village, clustering together distinct stone volumes with varying heights and roof profiles. More about Nanzer + Vitas conceive mountain house in Argentina as a ruined village
For the fifth instalment in our review of 2021, Dezeen rounds up the top 10 home interiors featured this year, including a house with undulating walls and a townhouse that underwent a 1970s-style makeover. More about Dezeen's top 10 home interiors of 2021
Architecture firm ZITA has used blackened wood and prefabricated structural elements to create a cabin in the Colombian highlands that was built entirely by hand. More about ZITA raises House in the Andean Moorland above a fragile ecosystem
Prefabricated modules and renewable materials feature in a flexible design system by Mexican firm Amezcua that has been used to build three houses at a weekend retreat. More about Amezcua unveils homes built using its prefabricated Kineki system
Vietnamese studio ODDO Architects has found enough room for a five-storey family home on a backland plot measuring just four metres wide and six metres deep. More about ODDO Architects builds TH House on tiny infill plot in Hanoi
San Francisco firm Aidlin Darling Design has completed a low-slung home in California's Palm Desert that is intended to contrast the boulders and trees found in its remote setting. More about Boulders and pine trees surround High Desert Retreat by Aidlin Darling Design
Portuguese practice Box Arquitectos has completed a narrow, white home in the dense urban centre of Ponta Delgado, with two volumes that face each other across a long garden. More about Box Arquitectos tucks Windmill House into skinny site in Portugal
Dutch designer Frederik Roijé and practice Chris Collaris Architects have completed a house clad in black-stained timber near Amsterdam, with a projecting terrace overlooking the Markermeer Lake. More about Chris Collaris and Frederik Roijé complete lakeside home in the Netherlands
Kicking off our review of 2021, we round up 10 of the most striking and interesting houses featured on Dezeen this year, including a concrete villa in Indonesia and a mid-century Californian home given a new lease of life. More about Dezeen's top 10 houses of 2021
Interior designer Sophie Goineau and Los Angeles studio Enclosures Architects have restored Cove Way House in Beverly Hills by Alfred T Wilkes with updated finishes, "preserving the integrity of original LA modernism". More about Sophie Goineau and Enclosures Architects refurbish mid-century house in Beverly Hills