A stack of low, glazed forms house the Eurartisanat Chambre de Métiers et de l'Artisanat des Hauts-de-Franc in Lille, France, designed by Dutch architecture firm Kaan Architecten and Pranlas-Descours Architect and Associates. More
Stacked boxes clad in stone perch on a rocky outcrop overlooking Durgam Cheruvu Lake in Hyderabad in this house designed by architecture studio Collective Project. More
Architecture studio J Mayer H has stripped back a set of brutalist buildings to create a house in Germany that occupies a stack of concrete blocks with mirrored walls. More
Australian architect Matt Gibson has created a multi-generational home from a stack of zinc-clad boxes on a narrow infill site in Melbourne. More
New York firm SHoP Architects has designed an irregularly stacked office building for the US Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. More
Shifted floor plates and slanted elements lend an off-kilter appearance to a boutique hotel in a Denver art district, designed by US firm Dynia Architects. More
This concrete coastal house in Brazil was designed by locally based Martins Lucena Architects to capture prevailing breezes and minimise solar heat gain. More
Monterrey-based studio P+0 Arquitectura has wrapped concrete terraces and staircases around this residence to make the most of its setting among wooded mountains in Mexico. More
Stacked boxes wrapped in terracotta and glass make up this house near San Francisco, which US studio EYRC Architects has designed to serve as a "tranquil retreat from urban life" for an entrepreneur. More
Brazilian studio Bloco Arquitetos has designed a spacious family home comprising irregularly stacked boxes, which form a series of courtyards and terraces. More
German firm Behnisch Architekten has renovated a 1970s urban academic building in Oregon, and created an addition that consists of "shifting" wood-clad boxes and a glazed atrium. More
Hollow cubes help to transform a large industrial building into offices for a production company in Los Angeles, completed by local studio FreelandBuck. More
Dark-stained cedar planks cover a series of volumes that are stepped and rotated down a slope in a Utah forest, forming a house for architect Chris Price and his family. More
Japanese studio Akihisa Hirata Architecture Office has completed a mixed-use building in Tokyo featuring a jumbled composition of concrete rooms that create spaces for small balconies and gardens. More
An architecture centre, co-working space and apartments are housed within a development of stacked glazed blocks by OMA, which creates a "knot" around a busy intersection in Copenhagen. More
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has designed a learning centre for the University of St Gallen in Switzerland, which will comprise a stack of glass cubes held within white frames. More
Architect Frank Gehry has again revised plans for the towering complex opposite his Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, which will finally begin construction this autumn. More
A cluster of white volumes rise above the dark concrete entrance of this house in Monterrey, which was designed by local studio Arquidromo. More
Slovakian studio Endorphine has completed a pair of houses at a golf resort near the village of Hrubá Borša, featuring living units that are combined either horizontally or vertically to create different layouts. More
Three black boxes stacked on a steep lot in Los Angeles form this residence by Aaron Neubert Architects, and create outdoor living spaces without needing to use any additional land. More
