Mexican studio Escobedo Soliz has completed a simple house in Mexico City comprising two brick arms that flank a central patio. More about Escobedo Soliz wraps brick house for retired teacher around a patio
The rise of coronavirus means a growing number of people are required to work remotely from their homes. Dezeen has selected eight inspiring home offices, including one that's lined entirely with plywood and another that's hidden inside an artichoke-shaped room. More about Eight home offices with stylish set-ups for remote working
Weathered cedar covers this Vermont house, which local design-build studio Birdseye Design built into a grassy slope to take cues from nearby barns. More about Birdseye Design integrates Bank Barn house into Vermont hillside
Mexican architect Delfino Lozano has turned a family home in Guadalajara into four apartments detailed with blue-painted beams and arched doorways. More about Arched terracotta volume tops Delfino Lozano's Guadalajara apartment complex
Instagram users have shared the tiny clay versions of their ideal homes they created to keep busy while in isolation. More about Ten miniature clay homes created in self-isolation
Van Staeyen Interieur Architecten has converted a dark and dusty attic in Antwerp into a living space that features arched portals, curvy furniture and yellow decor accents. More about Van Staeyen Interieur Architecten refreshes Antwerp attic with pops of yellow
Curved walls and metallic details bring drama to this family house in southwest London, by architecture studio Eldridge London. More about Eldridge London's trefoil-shaped house has a "sense of the theatrical"
San Francisco studio John Lum Architecture has contrasted the look of this cottage-style house in the city with a steel-and-glass extension at the back. More about John Lum Architecture reimagines charming San Francisco home with modern extension
White-washed walls, Douglas fir joinery and creamy furnishings appear inside this east London home, which design studio Daytrip has renovated and expanded by excavating its basement. More about Daytrip digs beneath east London townhouse to create contemporary living spaces
Architect Francesca Perani has transformed the porch of an Italian villa into a 25-square-metre micro-apartment suitable for self-isolation with plenty of hidden storage. More about Urban Cabin is a micro apartment in Italy with custom seating and storage
Architecture firm Roth Sheppard has added a pair of steeply pitched metal gables and a raised rear wing to this brick Tudor Revival house in Denver. More about Roth Sheppard adds black metallic extension to 1930s Rabbit House
Matra Architects has used precast slabs of textured white concrete to clad a house formed of three interconnected pavilions set high above a lake in Udaipur, India. More about White concrete house by Matra Architects perches above lake in Udaipur
A huge faux staircase interrupts the floor plan of this house in Tokyo, which design studio Nendo has created for three generations of the same family. More about Steel and concrete steps cut through facade of Stairway House by Nendo
Fenix I is a steel and concrete apartment block built on top of a warehouse in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, by Dutch practice Mei Architects. More about Mei Architects perches Fenix I apartments on dockside warehouse in Rotterdam
A glass-walled garage and courtyard form the focal point of Basic House, a residence by Brownhouses in Bangkok that is designed to be deliberately simple. More about Basic House in Bangkok exhibits owner's car collection
Mexico City's Rojkind Arquitectos has designed a weekend home near a lakeside town in Mexico to comprise five prismatic volumes covered in dark stone. More about Angular "boulders" form Amanali house in Mexico by Rojkind Arquitectos
The ruins of a 17th-century parchment factory and old cattle shed form part of a residential extension by Will Gamble Architects in Northamptonshire, UK. More about The Parchment Works house extension built inside ruined stone walls
American studio Faulkner Architects has completed a holiday home in California's wine country with an asymmetrical roof and facades wrapped in weathering steel and salvaged wood. More about Faulkner Architects perches Big Barn house on Sonoma Valley hillside
Architect Rob Mills has built a weekend retreat beside Australia's Great Ocean Road, with a simple interior that allows the view to take centre stage. More about Ocean House is an Australian beach house with a minimal interior
American firm Hendricks Churchill has rebuilt a house in Connecticut to merge the aesthetic of a traditional farmhouse and contemporary details. More about Hendricks Churchill builds "modern farmhouse" in Connecticut