A retired mother enlisted the help of her daughter, a principal at Best Practice Architecture, to convert a neglected home into a wooden shingle-clad "multigenerational home base" with a basement level that can serve as its own apartment. More about Best Practice Architecture adds scalloped shingles to renovated 1950s house in Seattle
Mexican studio V Taller has completed a residential complex in Tulum, Mexico that features a series of vaulted apartments surrounding a tower representative of the mythical Tower of Babel, all finished in pink stucco. More about V Taller references Tower of Babel in design of Mexican residential complex
Architecture studio Harp and Harp has finished a residential development in London with pale bricks, red roof tiles and pale green window frames in a characterful take on its Art and Crafts-style neighbours. More about Harp and Harp reinterprets suburban architecture for Croydon housing
A striped kitchen sets the tone for a colourful design scheme within this Parisian apartment, which was renovated by local studio Atelier HA. More about Atelier HA uses colour "as a structural element" in renovated Parisian apartment
A pitched roof with a subtle curve subverts the otherwise traditional barn-like form of this house in Kent, UK, designed by local studio Andy Martin Architecture. More about Twisted House "mirrors the undulating landscape" in Kent with curved roof
For our latest lookbook, we've gathered eight residential interiors that are lit from above by skylights, in countries ranging from New Zealand to Mexico. More about Eight homes illuminated by stylish skylights
Australian studio Lovell Burton has extended a 19th-century workers' cottage in Melbourne for its founders, "loosely demarcating space" with sliding walls and rotating glass doors. More about Lovell Burton lines Carlton Cottage extension with rotating walls
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a Notting Hill home renovation by Knox Bhaven featuring oak joinery and white surfaces. More about "The simple materiality works a charm" says commenter
A fully-glazed corner offers panoramic views of Barcelona and the Balearic Sea at this coastal home, designed by UK studio Ström Architects as a reference to California's modernist Case Study Houses. More about Ström Architects reduces Barcelona House "to its most essential elements"
Design firm Wendover has converted the former St John's Wood police station in northwest London into a block of nine rental apartments, organised around a central courtyard. More about Wendover converts London police station into rental housing
Cork cladding, curved ceilings and mirrored surfaces animate this holiday home in Portugal, renovated by Atelier Local to feel spacious despite its compact plot. More about Atelier Local redesigns House in Valongo to "feel larger than it actually is"
To mark the beginning of harvest festival season in many parts of the world, we've rounded up nine examples of residential architecture that prioritise food production. More about Nine homes designed around growing food for a good life
Oak joinery and white surfaces run throughout the interior of Heartwood, an end-of-terrace house in London renovated by local architecture studio Knox Bhavan. More about Knox Bhavan completes "elegant and refined" overhaul of Notting Hill home
Local studio IDIN Architects has used curving concrete walls and a large waffle slab to elevate this single-storey home in Thailand above a garden and grazing area for the client's pet cows. More about IDIN Architects elevates W House II in Thailand above garden for grazing cows
Local studios Sukchulmok and BRBB Architects have created a curving brick and concrete form to frame a central vegetable garden at this home near Seoul, South Korea. More about Sukchulmok and BRBB Architects wrap Pojeon House around vegetable garden
Mass timber framing and live-edge cedar siding are among the elements used by the founders of Brooklyn studio nArchitects to create a lake house for themselves in the Hudson Valley. More about nArchitects finishes CLT House with "cladding technique used by early settlers"
Open-plan entertaining spaces equipped with a marble kitchen island and skylit dining table occupy the heart of this London home renovated by Studio McW for the founders of a luxury catering company. More about Studio McW turns London home into a "space primed for hosting"
A pair of houses in Australia along with homes in Sweden, Belgium and Italy feature in Dezeen's houses of the month for August. More about Dezeen's top five houses of August 2025
A panoramic first floor elevated on steel columns creates a "lookout point" surveying the ocean at this villa in Portugal, designed by Brazilian firm Bernardes Arquitetura. More about Bernardes Arquitetura's Casa Tejo "gazes entirely towards the sea"
In our latest roundup, we look at recently completed homes and extensions that offer a contemporary twist on traditional bay windows. More about Seven UK homes that reimagine traditional bay windows