As BIG and Barcode Architects' recently revealed Sluishuis building demonstrated, housing blocks don't have to be cuboid. Here is a roundup of 10 unusually shaped apartment buildings. More about Ten apartment blocks that break the mould with unusual shapes
The way our homes are designed is intrinsically linked to domestic power struggles, write Charles Holland and Margaret Cubbage. More about "Homes manifest mechanisms of power via relationships of gender, class and age"
Simple forms inspired by nearby Canadian agricultural buildings meet a contemporary, monochrome palette in this remote home by Everyday Studio. More about Everyday Studio reinterprets farmhouse style with monochrome palette
Black timber forms cut through a former worker's cottage to create open living spaces at this home in Melbourne designed by local studio Splinter Society for its founders. More about Splinter Society adds black timber extensions to Melbourne cottage
Tetro Arquitetura has lifted an angular, lily-shaped home on stilts in a lush Brazilian forest in a way that prevented the unnecessary removal of surrounding trees. More about Tetro Arquitetura uses black stilts to lift angular house in Brazilian forest
Scalloped walls finished in earth-coloured plaster wrap an airy interior filled with arches at this home in Bhilwara, India, designed by Mumbai-based studio Sanjay Puri Architects. More about Scalloped walls shade interior of family home in India by Sanjay Puri Architects
London-based architecture firm Blee Halligan has created Derwent Valley Villa, a family home in Derbyshire, UK, that was informed by the surrounding landscape. More about Blee Halligan draws on Derbyshire landscape for Derwent Valley Villa
US studio Architensions has designed an asymmetrical addition with pink tile and grey stucco called House on House for a home in Long Island that is meant to "subvert the typology" of the suburban dwelling. More about Architensions places sculptural addition on top of a suburban New York home
A glass-walled living space overlooking a patio and swimming pool sits at the centre of K House, a minimalist home in Tel Aviv, Israel, designed by local practice Pitsou Kedem. More about Pitsou Kedem's minimalist K House in Tel Aviv is a "search for silence"
Gabled forms clad in Texas limestone and fibre cement form a family home by US studio Clayton Korte, which is meant to blend in with the character of its Austin neighbourhood. More about Clayton Korte clads Hartford Residence in Austin with limestone and fibre cement
Project Dove by Toronto studio Agathom Co. was designed to replicate the feeling of a "cottage in the city", offering a variety of spaces for family life that include a greenhouse. More about Agathom equips "cottage in the city" with angular ceilings and a greenhouse
In this lookbook, we collect 10 homes from the Dezeen archive that use exposed wooden floorboards to give spaces a homely feel. More about Ten homes with characterful exposed wooden floorboards
A pop-up guest bedroom features in this open-plan apartment by Studio Noju, which was renovated to create the illusion of having separate spaces and dressed in colours that nod to its Seville location. More about Studio Noju creates intimate colourful spaces within open-plan Seville apartment
Estudio MMX used a strategy of "stylistic hybridization" to conform to local building guidelines for a four-gabled holiday home with a central skylight in Mexico. More about Estudio MMX tops gabled Mexican holiday home with dramatic skylight
Danish architecture studio BIG and Dutch studio Barcode Architects have unveiled the angular Sluishuis housing block above the IJ lake in Amsterdam's IJburg district. More about BIG and Barcode Architects cantilever housing block over IJ lake in Amsterdam
Di Frenna Arquitectos used natural materials such as stone, rammed earth, carrizo weaves and a traditional form of stucco to make Espacio Kaab in the Mexican city of Comala appear "as a volume that emerged organically from the ground". More about Di Frenna Arquitectos uses natural stone and woven ceilings for Mexican retreat
Japanese practice Nori Architects has completed Minimum House in Toyota, Japan, as a "new prototype of urban housing" designed to reduce construction waste and be easily repaired or adapted in the future. More about Nori Architects uses simple finishes and exposed structure for minimalist home in Japan
Boxy balconies and decorative recessed windows characterise this colourful housing complex in Raipur, India, by Sanjay Puri Architects, which was engineered to withstand its location's hot climate. More about Vibrant colours define housing complex in India by Sanjay Puri Architects
California studio Assembledge+ has created a two-storey accessory dwelling unit that features blue fibre-cement cladding and an asymmetrical gabled roof. More about Assembledge+ places blue ADU in backyard of Los Angeles bungalow
Antique and mid-century furnishings are combined with sleek contemporary cabinetry in this intentionally unfinished apartment in Rome, designed by local architecture and interiors studio 02A. More about Styles and eras mingle inside "unfinished" diplomat's home in Rome by 02A