American practice CCY Architects has renovated and extended a house dating from the 1880s in Aspen, Colorado, adding a music room with a piano-themed perforated metal facade. More about CCY Architects adds extension with musical facade to Victorian house in Aspen
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Heatherwick Studio's skyscraper in Singapore and sharing their views on other top stories. More about Singapore skyscraper is a "breath of fresh air" says commenter
Reflect Architecture has renovated a house for a young family living in Toronto, Canada, by brightening its truncated interiors and twisting a blue slide through its centre. More about Blue slide is centrepiece of Walker house renovation by Reflect Architecture
This short film, published in collaboration with Open House London, focuses on Glenkerry House, a tower block that marries brutalism with architect Ernö Goldfinger's utopian housing ideals. More about Ernö Goldfinger's Glenkerry House is a brutalist "vertical village"
The founder of John Wardle Architects has remodelled Kew Residence, his Melbourne home of 25 years, using Victorian ash and handmade glazed tiles from Japan. More about Architect John Wardle renovates his own house in Australia
Heatherwick Studio has unveiled a 20-storey residential skyscraper in Singapore, which was designed to be "a counterpoint to ubiquitous glass and steel towers". More about Heatherwick Studio's Singapore skyscraper has balconies overflowing with plants
Bright red roofs stand out in the setting of this house in Malalcahuello, Chile, which Santiago firm Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados has built from CNC-cut wood. More about Red roofs are layered atop wooden frame of Casa Malalcahuello by GAAA
Urban Forest is a 30-storey apartment building covered in thousand trees and plants that Koichi Takada Architects has designed for Brisbane, Australia. More about Koichi Takada unveils plant-covered Urban Forest housing high rise for Brisbane
These 10 off-grid homes allow residents to live in more remote locations, or were designed by eco-minded designers to facilitate low-impact lifestyles. More about Ten eco-friendly dwellings where residents live off the grid
A tree grows through a wooden deck between two angular black volumes that form this house that architect Smiljan Radić has designed near a national park in Chile. More about Prism House + Terrace Room by Smiljan Radić is an "exercise in repetition and replication"
CplusC Architectural Workshop has built a house in Sydney with recycled materials, a rooftop vegetable garden and an aquaponics system containing edible fish. More about Welcome to The Jungle House has an aquaponic system connecting a pond for edible fish and rooftop garden
Architecture studio Ménard Dworkind has designed a slender cedar-clad holiday home with a matching sauna on a forested hillside in Quebec. More about Hinterhouse is a cedar-clad hideaway in Quebec woodland
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing No Footprint House in Costa Rica and sharing their views on other top stories. More about "It's co-existence and survival of the fittest" says architect
Precast concrete panels punctuated with swooping arches make up this family home in Perth, Australia, designed by architect Nic Brunsdon. More about Arched precast concrete panels form North Perth House by Nic Brunsdon
Slanted wooden louvres offer natural light and cross-ventilation in this prefabricated house in Costa Rica, which architecture studio A-01 created as a prototype for a series of future zero-carbon homes. More about No Footprint House is a prototype prefabricated home in Costa Rica
Chicago practice Wheeler Kearns Architects has built a lake house in Michigan with a cluster of buildings clad in wood. More about Wheeler Kearns Architects clusters gabled units for Lake Michigan house
Craggy boulders jut through walls in these off-grid guesthouses that architecture studio Mar Plus Ask has built in Mallorca, Spain, for creatives in need of a quiet escape. More about The Olive Houses are off-grid retreats hidden in Mallorca's mountains
In this week's comments update, readers are critiquing a Japanese home designed by Suzuko Yamada and sharing their views on other top stories. More about Japanese house is "a gymnast's delight" says commenter
Australian studio David Boyle Architect has completed this holiday home on the country's east coast featuring a terrace elevated among fig trees, a timber breezeway, and a garden shower for washing off sand. More about Timber-lined walkway allows sea breeze into Australian beach house by David Boyle
In our latest Dezeen Lookbook, we've rounded up 10 of the most refreshing outdoor swimming pools that architects have designed for houses around the world, including a private lagoon, a "Roman bath" and hillside infinity pool. More about Ten architect-designed swimming pools for cooling off at home