Voice-activated technology and space-saving furniture helped Sim-Plex Design Studio turn a two-bedroom home in Hong Kong into Smart Zendo, a four-bedroom apartment with hidden storage. More about Sim-Plex Design Studio creates a four-bedroom smart home in Hong Kong
Tactile bricks and pinewood partitions decorate the La Nave apartment, which Nomos has slotted into the concrete shell of a disused workshop in Madrid, Spain. More about Old Spanish workshop converted into tactile family home by Nomos
A charred-wood washroom and a monolithic, concrete bathtub feature in our latest Dezeen Lookbook of 10 zen bathrooms that swap traditional white walls for dark, moody hues and tactile materials. More about Ten tranquil bathrooms with dark and soothing interiors
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features Sylvan Rock, a home designed by luxury carmaker Aston Martin. More about A house designed by Aston Martin features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Black walls, built-in raw concrete furniture and a fish pond in a lightwell define Lost House, a residential project designed by David Adjaye in London's King's Cross, which has recently come on the market. More about Lost House by David Adjaye features black interiors and bedroom with a pool
White brickwork wrapping a courtyard in this house is Mexico is broken up by slatted metal, a balcony and the shape of a staircase. More about White brick walls wrap trees and patios to form Casa RA in Mexico
Portuguese Pritzker Prize-winning architect Álvaro Siza and Porto studio COR Arquitectos have revealed a housing scheme almost entirely clad in travertine in Italy. More about Álvaro Siza and COR Arquitectos create travertine housing in Lombardy
US studio S3 Architecture worked with luxury carmaker Aston Martin's architectural design service to create Sylvan Rock, an angular black-cedar home in Hudson Valley, New York. More about Aston Martin collaborates with S3 Architecture to design first residential project
A tactile material palette and floor-to-ceiling glazing characterise this Ecuadorian house, which Jannina Cabal has created for a family of five in the town of Samborondón. More about Tactile 6M House in Ecuador nestles into its natural surroundings
Interior designers Jordan Cluroe and Russell Whitehead, founders of 2LG Studio, have built a white-stained timber pavilion with a circular cutout window in their back garden. More about 2LG Studio founders create garden pavilion with a "touch of Beetlejuice" for their own home
Argentinian studio Torrado Arquitectos has used material that match the original home for its renovation of House in Barrio Parque in Buenos Aires More about Torrado Arquitectos carries out subtle renovation of 1930s Buenos Aires house
Vietnamese studio Sanuki Daisuke Architects has designed a townhouse for a family in Ho Chi Minh City around three cavernous rooms open to the elements. More about Arched living spaces open up Vom House to the outside
Patricia Bustos Studio channelled "aesthetic madness" to create the striking bright-pink interior of this rentable apartment at the heart of Madrid, Spain. More about Minimal Fantasy holiday apartment in Madrid is almost completely pink
Scullion Architects has renovated and extended a terraced Victorian house around a plant-filled courtyard for a young family living in Portobello, Dublin. More about Scullion Architects folds Portobello house extension around courtyard
Seattle studio Wittman Estes has designed two elevated wings to open up and extend a beach house from the 1940s in Hood Canal, Washington. More about Wittman Estes elevates extensions to 1940s beach house
More than 20 different plant species grow in Forest House, designed by landscape architecture practice Shma Company to fit the largest possible amount of greenery into a small urban plot. More about Shma Company designs Bangkok home for family and forest of 120 trees
Untitled House is a residential extension and renovation in Camberwell, London, by architecture studio Szczepaniak Astridge that centres around a "concrete sculpture". More about Szczepaniak Astridge adds concrete and timber extension to London house
The final video tour published in collaboration with this year's Open House London festival spotlights Walters Way, a collection of 13 adaptable houses in Lewisham that were self-built by their owners with the help of architect Walter Segal. More about Walters Way houses can be easily adapted to their owner's needs
A cantilevered upper storey with symmetrical, glazed dormers is the focal point of House on 36th, which Beebe Skidmore has completed for a young family relocating to Portland, USA. More about Large windows and cantilevers animate House on 36th by Beebe Skidmore
A steel staircase offsets seaweed-coloured joinery and marble surfaces inside this Belgian apartment designed by local architects Carmine Van Der Linden and Thomas Geldof. More about Apartment on the Belgian coast balances natural and industrial materials