Local architecture studio Swatt + Partners has used two vertical concrete slabs to support a "wood-framed glass box" that floats over the landscape and holds a home office. More about Swatt + Partners tucks Moss Rock home office into woodsy site in California
US studio Feldman Architecture has created a Sonoma County dwelling called The Phoenix, which replaces a fire-destroyed home and features outdoor spaces for "calm moments of immersion" in the landscape. More about Feldman Architecture creates hilltop house in California's wine country
Urlo Studio has completed an "aesthetic and functional" gym and multi-sport club with a glass and aluminium pavilion with a composite facade in Ecuador. More about Urlo Studio completes steel pavilion for Ecuadorian sports club
Large rocks from the surrounding area are suspended in a gabion wall around The Infinite Rise, a holiday home in southern India by local architecture practice Earthscape Studio. More about Gabion walls filled with stone "camouflage" Indian home by Earthscape Studio
Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has revealed an "optical illusion" infinity pool at Italy's Lake Como made from prefabricated steel and set against a backdrop of historic colonnades. More about Infinity pool by Herzog & de Meuron aims to "blend into the waters" at Lake Como
An exposed raw concrete facade fronts the Trunk Hotel Yoyogi Park, which Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design and Danish firm Norm Architects conceived as a minimalist retreat in the heart of the city. More about Keiji Ashizawa Design and Norm Architects create "honest" Trunk Hotel in Tokyo
German-Chinese architecture practice Büro Ziyu Zhuang has topped a restaurant and teahouse in Chengdu, China, with sweeping roofs and a viewpoint. More about Büro Ziyu Zhuang designs Longquan Mountain Observatory to resemble "spaceship or alien form"
Mexican studio Zozaya Arquitectos has designed a concrete seaside house defined by a calming water feature on the Pacific coast. More about Zozaya Arquitectos orients Mexican beach house around reflecting pool
Formafatal has constructed twin villas out of rammed earth on a jungled hillside in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica, which open to the Pacific Ocean with expansive frameless glass. More about Formafatal creates pair of rammed-earth villas in Costa Rica
US studio De Reus Architects has perched this villa on an expanse of solidified lava, offering its residents sweeping views of the leeward side of Hawaii's Big Island. More about Hawaiian villa by De Reus Architects sits atop a crystallised lava flow
American firm Walker Warner Architects has perched a basalt and cedar-clad holiday home in Hawaii on a mountainside of lava rock with an infinity pool that looks towards the sea. More about Hawaii house by Walker Warner Architects hugged by volcanic rock
Three gabled volumes form this residence that perches on a cliff in the Hollywood Hills neighbourhood of Los Angeles, designed by local practice Standard Architecture. More about Swimming pool cantilevers from Los Angeles residence by Standard Architecture
Italian architect Lorenzo Guzzini has completed a villa overlooking Lake Como in Italy, with a facade of grey moraine stone and an infinity pool. More about Lorenzo Guzzini builds stone house with infinity pool overlooking Lake Como
Compass Pools has unveiled a concept for a four-sided infinity pool atop a London skyscraper, accessed via a submarine-style door. More about World's first 360-degree infinity pool proposed for London skyline
Kohn Pedersen Fox's 68-storey skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn will include the "highest residential infinity pool in the western hemisphere" on its roof. More about KPF's Brooklyn skyscraper to feature record-breaking rooftop pool
An infinity pool on the roof of this concrete residence by Brazilian office Studio MK27 sits within the dense canopy of a coastal rainforest in São Paulo state (+ slideshow). More about Jungle House by Studio MK27 features a rooftop infinity pool with views over a Brazilian rainforest
A rooftop infinity pool boasting views over Battersea Power Station has been unveiled for the Foster + Partners-designed building proposed beside the historic London structure (+ movie). More about Foster-designed hotel at Battersea Power Station to feature rooftop infinity pool
Architecture studio Walker Workshop claims to have "taken a hillside apart and put it back together" to create the subterranean base of this house in Southern California, which is topped by glass-walled living spaces and an infinity pool. More about California home for a violinist features underground rooms and a rooftop pool
A rooftop swimming pool runs along the edge of this renovated penthouse in Tel Aviv by Israeli architect Pitsou Kedem, allowing residents to look down over the old town rooftops while enjoying a swim. (+ slideshow). More about Tel Aviv Penthouse by Pitsou Kedem features an infinity pool overlooking the city
An infinity pool will form the roof of this cavernous house designed by Athens studio Kois Associated Architects for the Greek island of Tinos (+ slideshow). More about Mirage house by Kois Associated Architects to feature rooftop infinity pool