Carlotta Di Sandro and Cecilia Marcheschi of Atelier Vago have added pops of bright blue and yellow to the Pailunga creative space in a deconsecrated chapel near Pisa, Italy. More about Atelier Vago transforms Tuscan chapel into "house for art"
Slovakian architecture firm Alan Prekop Studio turned this former office in Bratislava into a flexible apartment by adding a space-saving custom-built steel structure. More about Alan Prekop Studio turns disused office into apartment for artists
Local studio Cometa Architects has added a custom-made central staircase and created circular cutouts to showcase a historic brick ceiling at Éventail, a Barcelona home filled with tactile details. More about Cometa Architects designs Barcelona apartment with "hand fan" layout
Architect Daniel Libeskind has revealed designs for the Sekyra Flowers residential complex in Prague, which comprises four angular buildings surrounding a public square. More about Daniel Libeskind designs geometric Prague housing as "personal tribute to magical city"
Architect Scott Specht has completed an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) in Austin that is clad entirely in corten steel with no exterior windows. More about Specht Novak designs Austin ADU devoid of windows
Exposed blockwork walls are contrasted by screens of lightweight steel and blackened timber at SKI House in Wānaka, New Zealand, created by local studio Roberts Gray Architects. More about Roberts Gray Architects marries blockwork and charred timber for New Zealand home
Looking to up your kerb appeal? Here are nine examples of distinctive front doors from homes around the world that are guaranteed to make a good first impression. More about Nine front doors that give homes a unique personality
The Appleby Blue Almshouse social housing complex in London, designed by local studio Witherford Watson Mann Architects, has won this year's RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK's best new building. More about "Hopeful and imaginative" social housing wins RIBA Stirling Prize 2025
An exposed concrete-framed extension frames views across a garden and sunken studio at this Victorian townhouse in Hampstead, converted into apartments by local architecture studio Pinzauer. More about Pinzauer transforms historic Hampstead home with concrete-framed pavilion
Local studio Field Atelier has completed a breezy home near Goa, India, which is wrapped by verandas sheltered by sliding timber screens and folding metal doors. More about Sliding screens of woven timber ventilate House in Corjeum by Field Atelier
Italian practice Studio Bressan has restored and extended a historic farmhouse in Treviso, expanding its portico into a spacious, glazed dining room that blends contemporary and traditional materials. More about Studio Bressan updates and expands traditional stone farmhouse in Italy
Fluted terracotta siding and stepped terraces cover the exterior of a Portland building by Hacker Architects, which was designed for a group of seniors who banded together to create their own age-in-place housing. More about Hacker Architects designs stepped senior housing to "balance togetherness with independence"
From a concrete house in Colombia to a Swiss chalet, the eight living rooms compiled in this lookbook all feature practical built-in sofas. More about Eight interiors where built-in sofas become one with the walls
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the renovation of a 1950s country home in Surrey by architecture studio Medium. More about "An unpretentious and tranquil space" says commenter
Local studio CRB Arquitectos has completed a timber apartment building with planted atriums and sculptural staircases in the heart of Mexico City. More about CRB Arquitectos creates timber building with "vertical gardens" in Mexico City
Chilean studio Max Núñez Arquitectos has raised a prefabricated steel house onto columns for a sloping site in the Sierra Nevada mountains in southern Chile, comparing it to a "lunar lander". More about Max Núñez Arquitectos designs metal Chilean house as "site-specific piece of technology"
London studio Selencky Parsons has completed Bulls Barn, a family home in the south of England that looks like a cluster of small buildings. More about Selencky Parsons builds South Downs home that looks like three cottages
A mass-timber structure designed by a pair of architects as their holiday home and a house that was renovated by a studio principal for her mother feature in our houses of the month list for September. More about Dezeen's top five houses of September 2025
Earthy tones and tactile materials characterise Toybox, a 160-year-old Portuguese-style home in Goa, restored by Indian practice Grounded. More about Grounded adapts 160-year-old Goan home for contemporary living
London studio James Grayley Architecture has used red bricks, oak shingles and terracotta floors to give a rustic character to its extension of Church Cottage, an old farmhouse in Suffolk, UK. More about James Grayley Architecture finishes Suffolk cottage extension with "hairy shingle exterior"