Studioninedots has created a house in the Netherlands that is arranged as a patchwork of alternating courtyards and industrial low-lying pavilions. More about Outdoor space has "equal importance" to interiors in Villa Fifty-Fifty
Three pavilions topped with a metal roof form this house in the woods of Tennessee, designed by American firm Sanders Pace Architecture. More about French Broad House by Sanders Pace weaves through a Tennessee forest
Architect Tanijiri Makoto of Japanese studio Suppose Design Office has created a monolithic concrete home for himself and his family in Tokyo, featuring dark living spaces that open onto a sheltered terrace. More about House T by Suppose Design Office is a "cave-like" concrete house in downtown Tokyo
Vilnius-based studio After Party has completed a creek-side house in northern Lithuania featuring a pink kitchen, a planted roof and a terrace that slices through the building. More about After Party unveils characterful creek-side home in Lithuania
Architecture studio The Ranch Mine built a courtyard house for a musician in Arizona with white stucco walls and solar panels paired with a Tesla battery for power outages. More about The Ranch Mine creates O-asis home in the Arizona desert
Mexican firm Viga Arquitectos sought to lighten up the atmosphere in a concrete house by reconfiguring the layout, adding pale-toned finishes and incorporating more greenery. More about Viga Arquitectos overhauls 1970s home in Mexico City
Design studios Zürcher Arquitectos and Taller KEN took cues from the lush forests around San José while designing this courtyard house. More about Tropical plants fill indoor courtyard at Casa Las Vistas in Costa Rica
Aretz Dürr Architektur has added a rational, double-height extension to a pitched-roof house in the town of Biberach an der Riss, Germany. More about Aretz Dürr Architektur adds geometric steel and glass extension to House B
Greek studio Mold Architects has completed a house on the island of Serifos that is partially submerged into a rocky hillside and features glazed openings that look straight out to sea. More about Mold Architects embeds cave-like house in hillside overlooking the Mediterranean Sea
Intervention Architecture has overhauled a 1970s bungalow in Birmingham, transforming an interior that once seemed small and cramped into one that feels bright and spacious. More about Intervention Architecture opens up 1970s bungalow
Mexican firm V Taller drew upon hacienda architecture while designing a stucco-clad house filled with lush gardens and "unexpected encounters" at every turn. More about V Taller creates fragmented layout for Casa Duraznos in Jalisco
London studio Morrow + Lorraine has completed a group of five seaside holiday homes in Dorset, England, featuring stone dividing walls that resemble the irregular surface of the nearby cliff face. More about Morrow + Lorraine completes Clifftops luxury lodges on England's Jurassic Coast
US architecture firm Hybrid has designed and built a compact house along a back alley in Seattle, which is partially lifted off the ground to make way for parking. More about The Lookout by Hybrid raised on stilts over a Seattle alleyway
Architects Pablo Saric and Cristian Winckler designed Casa SS in Canela, Chile, as a single-storey dwelling clad in charred pine just steps away from a dramatic coastline. More about Architect builds his own blackened pine-clad house in Chile
McGinlay Bell has completed a house in a leafy Glasgow suburb featuring a sequence of rooms arranged around compact courtyards that allow the natural surroundings to permeate indoors. More about McGinlay Bell uses courtyards to bring light and views into House in Bearsden
Mexican studio 1540 Arquitectura has created an inward-facing home for an older couple that features tall, marble-clad facades with limited openings. More about Travertine walls enclose Casa ZTG in Guadalajara by 1540 Arquitectura
Indian architect Saket Sethi has completed the Sunoo Temple House on the outskirts of Mumbai with a rooftop garden and a private worship space that is designed to evoke a galaxy. More about Saket Sethi creates egg-shaped garden temple alongside rural Indian house
London studio Adams+Collingwood Architects has embedded a house within the hillside overlooking Salcombe Estuary in Devon, England, to lessen its impact of the surrounding countryside. More about Adams+Collingwood Architects builds "inconspicuous" home in Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Local architect Clément Lesnoff-Rocard has converted a 19th-century house in Paris's La Défense into a contemporary home featuring a double-height dining room that looks onto a central courtyard. More about The Island is a nature-inspired Paris home designed around a courtyard garden
A pair of courtyards are found within this inward-facing residence by Mexican firm Intersticial Arquitectura, which was designed for a young couple with two dogs. More about Courtyards lie at heart of Yavia House in Mexico by Intersticial Arquitectura