Airbnb's offshoot design studio Samara has hired Apple industrial designer Miklu Silvanto to join the company's housebuilding initiative. More about Airbnb's Samara hires Apple industrial designer to join housing initiative
Portuguese architect Filipe Fonseca da Costa has renovated an apartment in southwest Lisbon, creating bright living spaces while highlighting structural details. More about Filipe Fonseca da Costa keeps things simple in renovated Lisbon apartment
American firm ODA has designed a massive apartment building in Brooklyn that comprises stepped blocks, protruding balconies and a sloping roofline that evokes a mountain silhouette. More about ODA's The Rheingold in Brooklyn features colourful window frames and "cascading terraces"
These new photographs capture the twisted and fragmented exterior of US firm Studio Gang's 40-storey Mira tower, as it takes shape in San Francisco. More about Studio Gang's spiralling Mira tower tops out in San Francisco
Expansive panels of glass helped Rise Design Studio connect the formerly light-starved living spaces of this northwest London flat to the outdoors. More about Rise Design Studio brightens Harvist Road flat with glass-walled lightwell
Montreal studio Pelletier de Fontenay and architect François Abbott have included a plywood-lined meditation room in one of the three gabled volumes that form this home in Hatley, Quebec. More about Pelletier de Fontenay draws on local barns for Hatley House in Canada
Potted plants, bespoke light fixtures and Persian rugs are among the details in guest rooms at a residential hotel in the heart of Philadelphia, which was designed by Morris Adjmi Architects. More about Morris Adjmi creates homey atmosphere within Roost East Market hotel in Philadelphia
A micro vineyard, a rooftop garden and an abundance of artwork are among the features in an island retreat that New York architect Vibeke Lichten has created for her family. More about Vibeke Lichten designs her own concrete Eco House for secluded New York island
Double-height glazed walls help draw light into NGA House, designed by Vietnam studio Sanuki Daisuke Architects for a tight plot in Ho Chi Minh City. More about Sanuki Daisuke Architects builds light-filled house on dense urban plot in Vietnam
Retractable glass walls, wooden screens and a verdant green roof are among the features that global firm Perkins+Will has included in this family dwelling to offer a strong connection to nature. More about Perkins+Will incorporates biophilic design principles into Ribeirão Preto Residence in Brazil
Heatherwick Studio has released photos of EDEN, a 20-storey concrete tower that is nearing completion in the Orchard Road neighbourhood of Singapore. More about Heatherwick Studio reveals first images of Singapore tower with shell-like balconies
This multi-level dwelling by Californian firm John Maniscalco Architecture rises high above a San Francisco street, enabling the homeowners to enjoy ample natural light and expansive views. More about Cedar and glass wrap Dolores Heights Residence in San Francisco by John Maniscalco
Barcelona-based Hiha Studio removed floors and inserted lofty voids to create this light-filled family home in a northeastern Spanish village. More about Family home by Hiha Studio features double-height rooms and rammed earth walls
A plant-filled courtyard and a long swimming pool feature behind the board-marked concrete walls of this residence in La Plata, Argentina, designed by local architect Felipe Gonzalez Arzac. More about Board-marked concrete hides patio in Casa Closed by Felipe Gonzalez Arzac
London studio 6a Architects has renovated a seaside house in Devon, England, transforming its old dark rooms into bright, tactile living spaces. More about 6a Architects creates bright living spaces in revamp of century-old Coastal House
Cera Stribley Architects teamed with interior design studio The Stella Collective on a series of eight, three-storey townhouses in a Melbourne suburb that reflect the area's art deco architecture. More about Newly built townhouses in Melbourne channel art deco architecture
A hidden sleeping loft and an all-white hallway lined with closets are among the features in a renovated Vancouver apartment designed by Canadian firm Falken Reynolds. More about Falken Reynolds takes cues from an igloo for Vancouver loft renovation
Gardens can be found on all the different levels of this house in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects. More about Garden terraces link living spaces in Ha House by Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Jacobs Yaniv Architects has completed a concrete house in Tel Aviv, which features a living room with industrial furnishings and a window wall that opens. More about Jacobs Yaniv Architects' concrete Bare House opens out to a neighbouring field
Is the nuclear family home an architectural tool of repression and social control? asks Phineas Harper. More about "The vision of the home as a tranquil respite from labour is a patriarchal fantasy"