Medieval castles and industrial buildings influenced the design of this multi-storey California home by Kristen Becker of architecture firm Mutuus Studio, which is intended to have "a modest footprint". More about Hollywood Hills House by Kristen Becker steps down a steep Los Angeles hillside
Three large round windows puncture the facades of this home overlooking Austria's Rhine Valley, designed by Innauer-Matt Architekten. More about Innauer-Matt Architekten completes House with Three Eyes in rural Austria
Russian studio Niko Architect has sunk a Teletubby-style house underneath an artificial hill punctuated by conical skylights that pop out of its planted roof. More about House in Russia hidden beneath artificial green hill
A skinny house clad in black steel by Apollo Architects & Associates slots into a tiny plot of land in Tokyo, Japan, and features minimalist interiors. More about Skinny house squeezed into dense Tokyo neighbourhood
Kim Kardashian has revealed a glimpse of the "minimal style" Calabasas house that Axel Vervoordt and Vincent Van Duysen designed for the reality television star and her rapper husband Kanye West. More about Kim Kardashian and Kanye West reveal Californian house designed by Axel Vervoordt
Courtyards and double-height spaces create a bright and airy atmosphere inside this black house in Mexico City, which was designed by architecture studio PPAA. More about Black facades contrast pale interiors in Lluvia house by PPAA
A derelict house in London that had tunnels dug under it by the infamous Mole Man has been restored and adapted by architect David Adjaye for the artist Sue Webster. More about David Adjaye renovates Mole House undermined by illegal secret tunnels
A concrete house in Switzerland by architecture practice DF_DC has an outdoor terrace on a plinth banded by an asymmetrical colonnade of rectangular columns. More about Colonnade extends from concrete house on an old vineyard in Switzerland
Three people can sleep, practice yoga or drink whisky together in this bedroom designed by London-based Scott Whitby Studio. More about Scott Whitby Studio creates multi-level boudoir for a throuple
Tel Aviv's Amit Studio has opted for colourful details to add flair to this retirement housing development in Israel. More about Amit Studio designs elderly housing with "sense of vitality" in Israel
Swedish design practice Claesson Koivisto Rune has collaborated with the architect Todd Saunders on a white house on a steep, stone-walled plot overlooking the city of Bergen . More about Angular outdoor terraces and feature staircase define house in Norway
Architect Arne Algeröd and his artist wife Soile clad their house on a rocky site in Sweden with corrugated fibre cement panels to protect it from the sea's salty spray and harsh winds. More about Architect and artist build their house by the sea in Sweden
New York architects Todd Rouhe and Maria Ibañez de Sendadiano have completed a holiday home in the Catskills, filled with designs from Danish retailers Hay and Vipp. More about Manhattan couple builds themselves Upstate New York holiday home
Architecture firm Morphosis has designed a 15-storey mixed-use development in Los Angeles comprising an angular white structure cradling a plant-covered glass tower. More about Morphosis unveils contrasting towers for Viper Room nightclub site in Los Angeles
A bubblegum-pink kitchen and a stripey watermelon-green floor are some of the features inside this Tokyo apartment, which designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has completed in a sugar-sweet colour palette. More about Adam Nathaniel Furman's Nagatachō Apartment is designed to be a "visual feast"
A courtyard lined in pale Omani stone and with a fountain and trees sits at the centre of a pair of houses in Kuwait City by Studio Toggle. More about Houses in Kuwait interlock around sunken stone courtyard
US firm Olson Kundig Architects has created a family cabin with a compact footprint and a tall profile, enabling it to serve as an "intimate gathering place in the trees". More about Olson Kundig tucks Vermont Cabin into wooded site in the mountains
A cantilevered upper floor and a glazed gable end feature in a house in Berkshire, England, by architecture practice Spratley & Partners. More about Weathered timber cladding covers shed-like house in rural England
NC Design & Architecture has applied an array of naturally flawed materials throughout this Hong Kong apartment, which has been designed in accordance with the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi. More about Hong Kong's Imperfect Residence embraces the values of wabi-sabi
American designer and artist John-Paul Philippe has turned a weathered log cabin in Connecticut into his home and studio featuring striped wooden walls, eclectic ornaments and rustic finishes. More about John-Paul Philippe refurbishes neglected Connecticut barn to create his remote home and studio