Dezeen promotion: new neighbourhoods should prioritise nature and support local enterprises according to a manifesto written by modern modular housebuilder, House by Urban Splash. More about House by Urban Splash create a manifesto for the future of housebuilding
A large overhanging roof stands above this house that Gus Wüstemann Architects designed in the village of Buchberg, Switzerland. More about Gus Wüstemann Architects tops barn-like home with overhanging roof
DF_DC has used concrete to create a monolithic house in the town of Tegna, Switzerland, which takes cues from Japanese architecture and the surrounding mountains. More about Monolithic concrete walls enfold minimalist Pyramid House in Switzerland
Canadian architect Natalie Dionne has completed a forest retreat in southeastern Quebec, which is raised up on stilts to meet the level of the rocky landscape. More about Natalie Dionne raises Forest House I on three-metre stilts for better light and views
Next up in our review of 2020, we recall 10 of the most impressive and unusual houses featured on Dezeen this year, including a sculptural Chilean residence and a reconfigurable home in Tokyo. More about Dezeen's top 10 houses of 2020
Lima studio Barclay & Crousse has completed this house with reddish stone and concrete walls, and dramatically slanted roofs to echo mountains. More about Peruvian mountains surround geometric and red Casa Huayoccari by Barclay & Crousse
Painted fibre-cement panels enclose the warm, wooden interiors of the SP House that (E)StudioRO has completed overlooking Tunquén beach in Chile. More about Teal-hued panels enclose timber beach retreat in Chile
Design pair Michael Godmer and Catherine Lavallée created a sequence of meditative, beige-tone spaces in the partial renovation of this home in Montreal. More about Warm beige hues update Résidence Esplanade in Montreal
Vietnam architecture studio ROOM+ Design & Build has carried out a dramatic renovation of a small house and shop in Ho Chi Minh City by replacing its walls with glass bricks. More about ROOM+ Design & Build replaces walls of house in Ho Chi Minh City with glass bricks
UK architecture studio Fraher & Findlay has renovated and extended a house in south London that was designed following architect Walter Segal's self-build methods. More about Fraher & Findlay extends Walter Segal self-build house in South London
Weathering steel encloses the entrance area and open-tread staircase inside the split-level King Edward Residence that Atelier Schwimmer has built in Montreal, Canada. More about Weathering steel highlights thresholds within King Edward Residence in Canada
An external walkway and glazed living space are hidden behind sliding slatted woodwork in this house in Chile, designed by architects Santiago Valdivieso and Stefano Rolla. More about Slatted wood encloses glass Engawa House in Chile
UK studio Gruff Architects has created a four-bedroom house in south London that has a first floor that is clad in black timber and overhangs its driveway. More about Gruff Architects supports Pitched Black house on bright blue columns
Invisible Studio founder Piers Taylor has carried out an extensive retrofit of Moonshine – his own off-grid home near Bath in southwest England. More about Piers Taylor retrofits his own off-grid home "to banish the demons" of his youth
Eight black houses are arranged next to a path cutting through this residential complex that architecture firm PPAA has designed in Mexico City. More about Black monolithic volumes and concrete latticework form Carrizal houses in Mexico City
American studio SHED referenced Japanese design and three-ring circus tents when creating the Me-Kwa-Mooks Net-Zero house in Seattle, Washington. More about Circus tents and Japanese architecture inform Seattle house renovation
Seattle architecture studio Wittman Estes drew on ancient Chinese landscape paintings and principles of garden design for this black house in Washington. More about Gardens bookend Yo Ju Courtyard House in Washington by Wittman Estes
Black walls, built-in raw concrete furniture and a fish pond in a lightwell define Lost House, a residential project designed by David Adjaye in London's King's Cross, which has recently come on the market. More about Lost House by David Adjaye features black interiors and bedroom with a pool
White brickwork wrapping a courtyard in this house is Mexico is broken up by slatted metal, a balcony and the shape of a staircase. More about White brick walls wrap trees and patios to form Casa RA in Mexico
US studio S3 Architecture worked with luxury carmaker Aston Martin's architectural design service to create Sylvan Rock, an angular black-cedar home in Hudson Valley, New York. More about Aston Martin collaborates with S3 Architecture to design first residential project