Architecture studio PPAA cut away portions of a square-plan house to create voids that bring in natural light and provide an intimate connection to the surrounding forest. More about PPAA designs Tlalpuente house to merge with wooded landscape in Mexico City
Dutch architecture studio OMA has released images of Wafra Tower, a residential development on the coast of the Persian Gulf in Kuwait City . More about OMA unveils design for residential Wafra Tower in Kuwait City
American studio Wheeler Kearns Architects has completed a single-storey residence on a wooded site outside of Chicago, featuring black facades and large windows that engage the landscape. More about Wheeler Kearns designs low-lying Ravine House for nature lovers in Illinois
American studio Ravi Raj Architect has overhauled a 19th-century masonry building on a wooded New York property to create a contemporary weekend home for a pair of urban dwellers. More about Clover Hill Residence by Ravi Raj occupies historic foundry in rural New York
French architect Sophie Dries has combined a pair of mid-19th-century Parisian flats in a design that brings together street art and colour blocking. More about Sophie Dries renovates Haussmann-era apartment in Paris for clients who are "really into colour"
A thick thatched roof covers the top of this house with ceramics-filled interiors in Ukraine, which was built by architect and designer Sergey Makhno for his own family. More about Sergey Makhno designs own thatch-roofed home filled with ceramics
The three levels of this house by Santiago firm Hsü Rudolphy step down a sloped site to Rapel Lake, creating multiple terraces and access to the water. More about Timber-clad house by Hsü Rudolphy peeps from trees near Chilean lake
Architect Alexis Dornier puts a new spin on Balinese vernacular in his three Uluwatu Surf Villas, at a retreat billed as a paradise for surfers. More about Alexis Dornier builds trio of tropical villas in Bali's surf haven Uluwatu
Mexico City architects and design studios have transformed a run-down villa into a design hub for this year's Design Week Mexico. More about Mexico City studios redesign 1940s house for Design Week Mexico
Multidisciplinary design studio Services Généraux has created a series of renderings that reimagine the interiors of a dilapidated home in the French countryside. More about Maison is a fictional French home dressed with design-focused furnishings
David Leech Architects has built a two-storey house in Dublin that plays on the design of its neighbours to make something "ambiguous yet familiar". More about House in Dublin by David Leech Architects riffs on suburban style
An indoor courtyard with orange grass and shiny, silver curtains are some of the fun features that Lucas y Hernández-Gil has added to the basement of this Madrid apartment. More about Lucas y Hernández-Gil splits moods inside Madrid duplex apartment
Architecture practice Studionomad has built a block of five apartments in Bangkok with trees growing through the louvres of its facade. More about Trees poke out through the facade from inside block of Bangkok townhouses
Two elliptical skylights puncture the carved, white plaster ceiling over the living areas in this New York City brownstone, which has been overhauled by local firm O'Neill Rose Architects. More about Two curved skylights flood sunlight into Oculi House by O' Neill Rose Architects
Three internal courtyards in a timber-clad bungalow designed by Osaka-based practice Arbol in Akashi, Japan, provide space for growing food and drying clothes. More about Japanese house has hidden courtyards for growing fruit and drying laundry
Arches spring up across the ceiling of this apartment in Taiwan, which Very Studio has overhauled to appear more bright and spacious. More about Very Studio brings light to Taiwan's Sunny Apartment with vaulted ceiling
This house designed by Canadian studio MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple for a site on the Nova Scotia coast comprises a cluster of Corten-clad buildings that are influenced by traditional fishing huts. More about Smith Residence by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple is a "village" of gabled steel structures
Four sculptural, brick columns frame this small extension to a Georgian terrace in north London, designed by local practice Urban Mesh for the firm's director, James Beazer. More about Twisting brick columns support London terrace extension by Urban Mesh
JC Architecture has converted a 90-year-old dormitory building in Taipei into a contemporary family home, to serve as a blueprint for reviving similar neglected historical properties throughout the city. More about JC Architecture transforms derelict dormitory into plant-filled home
Architecture studio Vora has created an interplay of old and new inside these five Barcelona apartments, by arranging walls to highlight the original patterned tile floors. More about Decorative tiled floors reveal original room layout of renovated Barcelona apartments