Salvaged time-worn bricks line the interiors of this gabled house near Bratislava, Slovakia, designed by local architect Martin Skoček. More about Martin Skoček contrasts contemporary facade of House V with rustic brick interiors
San Francisco firms Síol Studios and Levy Art and Architecture have updated this house in the city's Noe Valley neighbourhood with a gridded glass extension and two rooftop decks. More about Black gridded windows form Valley Street house extension in San Francisco
Japanese studio Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects has attached an egg-shaped tomb to an "unconventional" house in the city of Sakai, Osaka prefecture. More about Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects incorporates egg-shaped tomb into Sakai house
Sandy Rendel Architects, working with Sally Rendel, has built a 2.8-metre-wide skinny home named Slot House in a disused alley in Peckham, south London. More about Sandy Rendel Architects slots narrow house into Peckham alley
Architecture firm Olson Kundig has designed five pavilions with overhanging roofs to form this residence situated on a lava field in Hawaii. More about Olson Kundig Hale Lana house rises above lava field in Hawaii
Brazilian architect Rodrigo Simão has designed a house with a large scooped roof and circular swimming pool near Rio de Janeiro for himself and his family. More about Huge roof curves over House in Samambaia designed for an architect and artist
In a colourful overhaul of this period house in Tooting, south London, 2LG Studio has added dusky pink walls, blue tilework and coral-orange cabinetry. More about 2LG Studio enlivens Louisville Road house in London with bright hues
Gabled chipboard boxes connected by concrete stairs fill the open space of Casa Mac, a house designed by architecture studio La Errería in Alicante, Spain. More about La Errería builds bedrooms in chipboard boxes for house in Alicante
A spiral staircase, rooftop pool and slatted doors feature in this concrete house in Mexico's tropical Yucatan Peninsula designed by Mexico City architecture studio Productora. More about Productora designs Casa Bautista on beach in Tulum nature preserve
The new black is just slightly lighter than black. Timber, metal, stucco and stone are among the materials used to create these 10 residences in hues of dark grey. More about Ten houses in dark shades of grey that reflect the trend for moody exteriors
A latticed concrete-and-ceramic roof hangs from 10 concrete structures to shade the patio of this house in Brasília designed by local studio Bloco Arquitetos. More about Ten concrete frames punctuate Portico House in Brasília by Bloco Arquitetos
Szczepaniak Astridge has added a rooftop extension to Leaf House, a terrace in south London for architectural photographer Edmund Sumner and writer Yuki Sumner. More about Szczepaniak Astridge focuses London loft extension on timber bath
Alberese stones and Carrara marble are some of the Italian materials architects Emanuela Frattini Magnusson and Pietro Todeschini used for the interiors of this Tuscan holiday home. More about Holiday home in Tuscany decked out with Italian stone and marble
US architecture firm William Kaven Architecture has stepped a black house with expansive balconies down a wooded ground to overlook an Oregon forest. More about Black wood and glass volumes stagger down Oregon woodland to form Royal house
H&P Architects has designed the AgriNesture house in Vietnam to have a large space for agriculture so that its owners can grow their own food. More about H&P Architects tops Vietnam house with plantable roof to create "cube of earth"
American firm Feldman Architecture has inserted a glass pavilion between two white stucco volumes to form this residence in San Jose, California. More about The Pavilion by Feldman Architecture has glass walls designed to "disappear" into California hillside
Spanish architecture practice Studio Wet has built a linear house behind a ceramic brick facade and under a single mono-pitched roof in the village of Alosno. More about Studio Wet creates 40-metre-long linear house in Spanish village of Alosno
Interiors studio Esoteriko has selected light colours and natural materials for every room in this house in Sydney, apart from one bright blue bedroom. More about Esoteriko picks bold colour for only one room of Balmoral Blue House
New York firm No Architecture has designed this house in Oregon's Willamette Valley wine country around a glazed garden filled with deciduous trees. More about Faceted glazed courtyard pierces Oregon house by No Architecture
British architecture studio Grimshaw and Dutch manufacturers Concrete Valley are developing Modular Water Dwellings that could be built in places at risk from climate change. More about Floating concrete houses proposed for areas at risk from rising sea levels