American studio Wheeler Kearns Architects has completed a single-storey residence on a wooded site outside of Chicago, featuring black facades and large windows that engage the landscape. More about Wheeler Kearns designs low-lying Ravine House for nature lovers in Illinois
American studio Ravi Raj Architect has overhauled a 19th-century masonry building on a wooded New York property to create a contemporary weekend home for a pair of urban dwellers. More about Clover Hill Residence by Ravi Raj occupies historic foundry in rural New York
A thick thatched roof covers the top of this house with ceramics-filled interiors in Ukraine, which was built by architect and designer Sergey Makhno for his own family. More about Sergey Makhno designs own thatch-roofed home filled with ceramics
The three levels of this house by Santiago firm Hsü Rudolphy step down a sloped site to Rapel Lake, creating multiple terraces and access to the water. More about Timber-clad house by Hsü Rudolphy peeps from trees near Chilean lake
Architect Alexis Dornier puts a new spin on Balinese vernacular in his three Uluwatu Surf Villas, at a retreat billed as a paradise for surfers. More about Alexis Dornier builds trio of tropical villas in Bali's surf haven Uluwatu
Multidisciplinary design studio Services Généraux has created a series of renderings that reimagine the interiors of a dilapidated home in the French countryside. More about Maison is a fictional French home dressed with design-focused furnishings
David Leech Architects has built a two-storey house in Dublin that plays on the design of its neighbours to make something "ambiguous yet familiar". More about House in Dublin by David Leech Architects riffs on suburban style
Shiplap siding, glazed walls and large hip roofs form the exterior of holiday homes designed by Canadian studio MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects for an upscale resort island in Ontario's Muskoka region. More about Cabins in Ontario by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple topped with massive hip roofs
Two elliptical skylights puncture the carved, white plaster ceiling over the living areas in this New York City brownstone, which has been overhauled by local firm O'Neill Rose Architects. More about Two curved skylights flood sunlight into Oculi House by O' Neill Rose Architects
Three internal courtyards in a timber-clad bungalow designed by Osaka-based practice Arbol in Akashi, Japan, provide space for growing food and drying clothes. More about Japanese house has hidden courtyards for growing fruit and drying laundry
Four sculptural, brick columns frame this small extension to a Georgian terrace in north London, designed by local practice Urban Mesh for the firm's director, James Beazer. More about Twisting brick columns support London terrace extension by Urban Mesh
JC Architecture has converted a 90-year-old dormitory building in Taipei into a contemporary family home, to serve as a blueprint for reviving similar neglected historical properties throughout the city. More about JC Architecture transforms derelict dormitory into plant-filled home
Designer Antony Gibbon has visualised a conceptual house called Twine, which sits under a wave-like piece of concrete within a landscape of rolling hills. More about Twine house is topped by a twisting continuous concrete slab
Original brickwork, mahogany panelling and a new guest casita are featured in this 1950s Texas dwelling that has been meticulously renovated by local studio Clayton & Little. More about Clayton & Little carefully updates mid-century Balcones Residence in Austin
Photographer Arjan Bronkhorst has created a book that aims to expose under-the-radar projects by revered Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld. Dezeen has picked out seven of the most intriguing. More about Gerrit Rietveld: Wealth of Sobriety unearths the architect's lesser-known projects
Black metal panels and angled wooden slats cover this pointed house Canadian practice Campos Studio has created for a woman and her dog living in a Pacific Northwest rainforest. More about Angular black house by Campos Studio is designed around Canadian rainforest clearing
Coloured skylights offer rainbow-hued illuminations on one side of this holiday cottage that Nina Edwards Anker has designed in Long Island, while the other is covered in cedar shingles. More about Skylights create rainbow patterns inside cedar-covered Cocoon House by Nina Edwards Anker
Slatted screens of stained black wood surround the first-floor extension of an 1830s Georgian cottage in Essex, designed by Studio Bark but built largely by the clients themselves. More about Studio Bark's first flat-pack U-build system used for a home extension in Essex
A stainless steel volume topped by a skylight protrudes from this house in Santiago, which Chilean architect Rodolfo Cañas has completed for his family. More about Rodolfo Cañas extends "oversized skylight" from Mogro House in Chile
Japanese practice Gosize has combined an architects' studio with a house in a concrete frame with large openings around a small courtyard with a simple pond in Hyōgo, Japan. More about Gosize designs its own home studio in Japan around a minimalist pond