A slender-brick extension wraps around this semi-detached house in Cambridge, which has been renovated by Neil Dusheiko Architects to also include a charred-wood sauna and gym in the garden. More about Neil Dusheiko Architects contrasts pale-brick extension with charred-wood garden sauna
A courtyard dotted with olive trees sits at the heart of this grey-brick home in Melbourne that Studio Four has created for its own co-director. More about Ruxton Rise Residence in Melbourne is arranged around a planted courtyard
Glass walls enclose the courtyard of this concrete house in Argentina, designed by architects María Belén García Bottazzini and Ekaterina Künzel. More about Architect builds herself concrete Casa Castaños on outskirts of Buenos Aires
Tokyo firm Office of Ryue Nishizawa has created an undulating concrete roof to span a long weekend house on a promontory towards the Pacific Ocean in Chile. More about Wavy concrete roof covers weekend retreat in Chile by Ryue Nishizawa
New York studio Vondalwig Architecture has overhauled the exterior of a 1960s house in Hudson Valley with blackened wood, and updated the interiors with features like white-painted brick and a curved pink wall. More about Vondalwig Architecture refreshes mid-century house in New York with blackened wood
Peter Morris Architects has revealed the design for a pair of houses in north London, which will have a facade made up of pink arches "absolutely everywhere". More about Peter Morris Architects covers Cloud House in pink arches
New York architect Vincent Appel has designed Sheffield House in Massachusetts to replace the resident's childhood home with cedar walls as the "picture frame of the spaces of memory". More about Bleached cedar frames apple orchard from Sheffield House in Massachusetts
Mexican studio BAAQ has arranged the Casa Naila holiday home on the coast of Oaxaca into four blocks around a cross-shaped patio so that all rooms have views of the sea in more than one direction. More about BAAQ divides beachside house into four to take advantage Pacific Ocean views
In this week's comments update, readers are curious about a concept for a subterranean concrete home, which was inspired by the coronavirus pandemic, and sharing their views on other top stories. More about Commenters think "Bond villains" might like an underground concrete home concept
Charmaine Chan has highlighted 25 recently completed courtyard houses in her book Courtyard living: Contemporary houses of the Asia-Pacific. Here she picks five of the most interesting. More about Five houses where the courtyard is the heart of the home
Architecture studio Zeller & Moye has built a house entirely from timber, which is arranged in five boxes to avoid existing pine trees in Klein Köris, eastern Germany. More about Zeller & Moye arranges timber house around pine trees in German forest
Architecture firm PPAA has created a pair of slender houses in Mexico City that have rear patios accessed by glass doors to flood natural light inside. More about Huge window opens to patios in matching Mexico City houses by PPAA
Sergey Makhno Architects has envisioned a concrete home built like a bunker for enduring the "unpleasant surprises" that may await in the post-pandemic world. More about Underground House Plan B is a hideout concept for the next global crisis
O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects has created ash-lined living spaces with expansive windows inside a gardener's home in Lewisham, southeast London. More about Grove Park house by O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects has wooden lining and verdant views
Architecture studio Sārānsh used a range of materials to create a rich sense of tactility inside this family home in Ahmedabad, western India. More about Timber and Indian stone tiles feature inside VS House in Ahmedabad
Cottrell and Vermeulen Architecture utilised "the materials of garages and sheds" to create a small two-storey house on Stories Mews in south London. More about Cottrell and Vermeulen Architecture inserts brick and timber mews house into south London lane
Argentinian architect Alejandro Sticotti wrapped an outdoor lounge and dining area around two trees in this house in Mexican city Guadalajara. More about Existing trees left to grow up Guadalajara House by Alejandro Sticotti
This house in California's Silicon Valley, designed by local studios Pacific Peninsula Architecture and Leverone Design, is built with blocks of Texas split-cut limestone. More about Chunky limestone walls feature in California residence Atherton Contemporary
A blue-tiled pool features in the courtyard of Villa Stardust, a live-work house built in a former commercial building in Rotterdam by Dutch architecture firm MVRDV. More about MVRDV converts commercial building into Moroccan-style courtyard house
From converted caves to underground pools, here are seven hotels and houses on the Greek island of Santorini designed by local studio Kapsimalis Architects. More about Seven Santorini island retreats by Kapsimalis Architects