Japanese architect Kohei Yukawa has designed a house for himself and his family in a suburb of Osaka, featuring flexible living spaces arranged around a double-height atrium with a tree at its centre. More about Yukawa Design Lab's Margin House is built around a multipurpose atrium with a tree
Brazilian studio Königsberger Vannucchi Arquitetura has completed a residential building in São Paulo with irregularly shaped terraces that look slanted from a distance. More about Shifted balconies wrap São Paulo housing block by Königsberger Vannucchi
Nimtim Architects has added an extension called Fruit Box to a 1970s townhouse in Forest Hill, London, which is loosely divided by adaptable, semi-open partitions. More about Wooden partitions add flexibility to Fruit Box house extension in London
A pair of Corten-clad dwellings with sloped roofs form a nature retreat in the Pacific Northwest designed by US architect David Van Galen for himself and his wife. More about Corten steel clads Little House/Big Shed in Washington by David Van Galen
Architecture studio DeDraft has updated a semi-detached house in east London, wrapping a three-storey rear extension in weathering steel and introducing large windows that look out onto the garden. More about DeDraft expands east London house with weathering-steel extension
Canadian studio Batay-Csorba Architects has carved a barrel-vaulted tunnel through a brick home in Toronto designed to evoke the architecture of ancient Rome. More about Vaulted tunnel runs through brick house by Batay-Csorba Architects
Porto-based DepA Architects has extended and renovated a traditional Portuguese home, streamlining its floor plan and adding a material and colour palette informed by its original design. More about DepA Architects clads traditional Portuguese house in sage-green tiles
New York firm SO-IL has completed this low rise yet high-density affordable housing development in León, Mexico, with apartments arranged around courtyards. More about SO-IL builds Las Americas affordable housing development in Mexico
A massive pivot door enables an interior room to open onto a covered patio in casiTa, a guesthouse in Arizona designed by architecture firm The Ranch Mine. More about The Ranch Mine builds casiTa guesthouse in Phoenix backyard
Architect Tim Robinson has designed and built a studio and workshop at the end of his garden in east London, featuring walls made from green terrazzo chosen to blend with the garden's tropical planting. More about Tim Robinson's Terrazzo Studio provides a "tropical oasis" in a London garden
Reclaimed brick and metal panels form the exterior of a residential and commercial project in Colorado's capital, designed by local firm Tres Birds. More about S*PARK by Tres Birds occupies full city block in Denver
Japanese-Australian architecture studio Atelier Luke has renovated an old Kyoto row house, giving the narrow home a black-stained timber ceiling to create "a spacious void of shadows". More about Dark roof brings loftiness to small Kyoto terrace house
Architecture studio DF_DC has designed a concrete apartment block overlooking Lake Lugano in the south of Switzerland that has a concrete exoskeleton so that the interior spaces are "free to change over time". More about DF_DC hides Swiss apartment block behind Pisa Baptistery-informed concrete wall
British practice David Chipperfield Architects has realised 11-19 Jane Street, an apartment building in New York with a ruddy-hued facade of brick and coloured concrete. More about David Chipperfield designs red concrete and brick apartment block for New York
Tall enclosures lined with patinated steel panels feature in this revamped apartment in New York City, designed by local architecture firm BC—OA. More about BC—OA hides storage behind metal panels in renovated Soho loft
Italian architecture studio Dodi Moss has created the characterful and space-efficient House for a Sea Dog loft apartment on the upper floors of a 17th-century building in Genoa. More about Dodi Moss designs multi-level loft inside 300-year-old Genoa building
Australian studio Austin Maynard Architects has designed a multi-volume, family home in Melbourne that produces its own energy and has a white-shingled facade. More about Austin Maynard Architects wraps self-powered Garden House in white shingles
Studio 304 architects Gary Tynan and Claire Lepoivre have built themselves a family home in Dublin, which blends Georgian styling with modern details. More about Studio 304 designs Corner House to fit in with its Georgian neighbours
Interior designer Olga Fradina has reorganised the plan of this small apartment in Kyiv, Ukraine, to incorporate a dark-hued, open-plan living area where the owner can host meditation and tea ceremonies. More about Olga Fradina uses dark colours and natural textures to create cosy Kyiv apartment
Concrete, steel and glass define the exterior of this California holiday home by US firm Faulkner Architects hidden in the trees of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. More about Faulkner Architects tucks Forest House into wooded site near Lake Tahoe