US design studio Davidson Rafailidis has retained peeling paintwork, uneven concrete flooring and rough wooden beams while converting a garage in Buffalo, New York, into a live-work space. More about Davidson Rafailidis turns 1920s garage in Buffalo into combined home and workshop
This house on New York's Fire Island escaped Hurricane Sandy unscathed, despite its exposed beachfront location, thanks to an overhaul from Delson or Sherman Architects. More about Delson or Sherman Architects upgrades Fire Island House to withstand hurricanes
American studio Robert Young Architects has created a weekend home in a coastal hamlet on Long Island, clad in rough-sawn cedar planks that were left untreated so they can age naturally. More about Robert Young's East Lake House in Montauk is designed to weather over time
A gabled wooden volume sits atop a brick garage at the front of this bayside home on New York's Long Beach Island, by Brooklyn studio Bernheimer Architecture. More about Bernheimer Architecture creates "highly textural but quiet" Atlantic Beach Residence
New York design firm MKCA has refreshed the interiors of a seven-storey residence in the city with two stairwells, and new glazing to draw light down from a rooftop patio. More about MKCA overhauls Upper East Side townhouse with custom staircase and furniture
American firm Bates Masi Architects took cues from vernacular architecture for this Hamptons home, which consists of sharply gabled forms wrapped in oversized shingles. More about Bates Masi's Georgica Cove residence in East Hampton is modelled after historic farmsteads
This elevated, cedar-clad treehouse in New York's Ulster County features a huge window that offers views of woodland and mountains, and a path to a lake and a hot tub. More about Antony Gibbon builds stilted wooden treehouse in Upstate New York forest
Netted balustrades, a tiled studio-cum-playroom and roof lights all feature in this renovated and extended Brooklyn home, designed by VonDalwig Architecture. More about Skylights and voids bring daylight into extended Brooklyn row house
Architecture firm BIG has created a small black cabin with an angular roofline in the Hudson Valley, as the first model for prefab-housing startup Klein. More about BIG designs prototype tiny cabin in Upstate New York
Barker Freeman Design Office has completed the renovation of a townhouse in Brooklyn, demolishing some sections and adding others to make better use of the space. More about BFDO adds extensions and skylights to Brooklyn townhouse
New York studio Yun Architecture has brought a landmarked federal-style townhouse in Manhattan's Tribeca neighbourhood back to life. More about Yun Architecture refurbishes historic Tribeca townhouse
New York studio T W Ryan Architecture has renovated a black house in the Long Island beach town of Montauk, using pale finishes inside to contrast the dark exterior of the gabled forms. More about T W Ryan renovates and extends black Surf House in Montauk
Brooklyn studio Light and Air Architecture has overhauled a local home using a new structural stairwell to link together the whole interior below a skylight. More about Light and Air Architecture transforms Brooklyn row house with "switchback" staircase
New York-based MB Architecture has clad a gabled concrete house and matching garage in the Hamptons in pale timber to give the simple volumes a rustic look. More about MB Architecture covers Hamptons farmhouse in charred cypress inside and out
New York-based Narofsky Architecture has built this house on a hurricane-damaged site in Long Island, with wooden cladding and furniture made from trees knocked down during the storm. More about Long Island house for a tailor is built using trees felled in hurricane
New York firm Barker Freeman Design Office has built a house clad in white cedar that sits directly on the beachin the south of the city. More about BFDO completes wooden Surfboard House near Rockaway Beach
Brooklyn-based Office of Architecture has completely gutted and expanded a local row house for an architect, jewellery designer and their two children. More about Office of Architecture includes rooftop bedroom suite in Brooklyn row house overhaul
Tasked with creating a spacious family home on a former Quaker settlement, Bates Masi Architects has built a house that celebrates simple forms and materials. More about Bates Masi Architects builds Long Island house that celebrates local Quaker heritage
New Jersey architecture firm Jeff Jordan Architects has renovated a mid-century home in the Hudson Valley with a fully glazed wall, white flooring and cedar walls. More about Jeff Jordan Architects updates mid-century home with floor-to-ceiling windows
A spacious home in the Hamptons, New York, by Leroy Street Studio features wooden screens that soften the building's appearance and provide a "gauzy translucence" at night. More about Lights glow through slatted teak facades of Hamptons home by Leroy Street Studio