This urban housing block by Mexican architecture studio Arqmov Workshop features a wood screen that was influenced by slatted boxes used to carry vegetables. More about Arqmov Workshop covers Mexico City apartment block in small wood squares
The faceted roofline and brick surfaces of these apartment blocks by Danish firms COBE and Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects take their cues from the 300-year-old warehouses on Copenhagen's harbour. More about COBE and Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects complete warehouse-inspired housing for Copenhagen harbour
White caged balconies project from the sides of this social housing block by French collective Poggi + More, making it look like a series of irregularly stacked boxes. More about White irregularly stacked boxes form social housing in France by Poggi + More
This urban residential building by Arqmov Workshop features a faceted facade sheathed in a patchwork of vibrant laminate panels and large windows framed in black metal. More about Arqmov creates Mexico City apartment block with angled windows and coloured panels
A concrete frame angles out from a window at the top of this irregularly shaped housing block in South Korea, which was designed by architect Moon Hoon to resemble an owl. More about Moon Hoon creates housing with owl-like features in South Korea
Arched openings punctuate the brick facade of this apartment building in Amsterdam, which is co-owned by its occupants and tailored to accommodate their varying lifestyles. More about Arches puncture brick facade of Amsterdam apartment block by WE Architecten
Pollard Thomas Edwards has completed the UK's first co-housing project for older residents in north London, comprising brick mews houses arranged around a communal garden. More about Pollard Thomas Edwards completes UK's first over 50s co-housing scheme
MAD has completed the first phase of its Fake Hills development – an apartment complex in Beihai, China, with an undulating roofline that accommodates tennis courts and swimming pools. More about MAD's Fake Hills housing features topography-inspired roofline and massive hollows
This apartment block and art gallery in Beirut combines traditional timber and stone cladding with a vertical garden and a bright-red balcony that cantilevers from one of its facades. More about Jean-Marc Bonfils reinterprets traditional Lebanese architecture with East Village apartment tower
Bjarke Ingels Group and Barcode Architects have revealed their competition-winning design for an Amsterdam tower, which will terrace down to touch the surface of the IJ lake. More about BIG and Barcode Architects unveil terraced block for IJburg waterfront
Danish studio EFFEKT has completed a brick-clad apartment block in Copenhagen with a tapered profile that reflects the roof shape of an adjacent church. More about EFFEKT's Thurøhus apartments feature textured brick facades and a staggered roof
American firms Rafael Viñoly Architects, Richard Meier & Partners, and Kohn Pedersen Fox have conceived a trio of high-end residential buildings that will overlook New York's Hudson River. More about Viñoly, Meier and KPF design luxury towers for Manhattan waterfront
White metal louvres covering the facade of this apartment block in Paris can be drawn across windows and balconies to screen against the sun and street. More about Sliding shutters cover Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes' Parisian apartments
Plants grow up the exterior of this green apartment tower in Paris, France, which was designed by local firm Maison Edouard François to spread seeds across the city. More about Edouard François creates plant-covered housing block to disperse seeds across Paris
Haptic has been selected to create a housing complex in a picturesque Norwegian town with a growing elderly population. More about Haptic designs elderly housing for Norway to encourage residents to socialise
Bedrooms contained within towers at this housing complex on the Lebanese coast feature folding shutters and sliding glass walls that allow sea breezes to cool the interiors.
More about Shutter-covered towers give bedrooms sea views at Lebanese housing complex
Architects Nuno Melo Sousa and Hugo Ferreira have created a apartment block for holidaymakers in Porto, backing onto a steep granite cliff beside one of the city's most prominent bridges. More about Concrete apartments slot into cliff overlooking Porto's Dom Luís I Bridge
Parisian studio Karawitz has completed a housing block overlooking the Ourcq canal, which features balconies framed by light-grey boxes and an external corkscrew staircase. More about Boxy balconies and spiral staircase feature at Parisian apartment block by Karawitz
Balconies and windows with deep black frames project from these zinc-clad apartment blocks in Melbourne, designed by Woods Bagot to reference the area's industrial architecture. More about Woods Bagot's zinc-clad apartments echo industrial context in Melbourne
Four floors clad in slim red bricks sit above the concrete base of this office and apartment block in the South Korean city Seoul, which was designed by local firm Stocker Lee Architetti. More about Top-heavy block in Seoul features red brick top and concrete base