Chilean architect Felipe Lagos has created a pointy black cabin for his family, with several design elements that help it endure extreme climatic conditions. More about Casa R by Felipe Lagos provides a mountain refuge in Patagonia
Large panels of glazing, aged pieces of wood and a handful of furnishings helped Taiwanese studio Wei Yi International Design Associates create a calm apartment for a retired couple in Taipei. More about Pared-back interiors form relaxed dwelling for retired couple in Taipei
San Francisco firm Malcolm Davis Architecture has divided this holiday home at the Sea Ranch community in California into two cedar-clad volumes, which face out in different directions to overlook the rugged coastline. More about Steel porch connects Coastal Retreat at Sea Ranch by Malcolm Davis
A high-end furniture store has been transformed into an eco-friendly home full of sustainable Scandinavian products for London Design Festival. More about Skandium Townhouse shows how your home could be more eco-friendly
An outdoor swimming pool runs along the full length of this black residence by Israeli architecture firm Pitsou Kedem, which features slate walls both inside and out. More about Linear swimming pool runs parallel to slate-clad Pavilion House by Pitsou Kedem
This low-lying house on the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne, designed by Australian practices Carr and Jackson Clements Burrows Architects, features blackened-timber facades that reference local farmhouses. More about Red Hill Farm House is a modern twist on vernacular agricultural architecture
Marble is often used in the home for kitchen and bathroom surfaces, but there are also plenty of other ways it can be employed to add character to living spaces. Interiors reporter Natasha Levy picks out 10 examples. More about 10 contemporary homes that make clever use of marble
The real-life counterparts of the extravagantly wealthy characters in new movie Crazy Rich Asians are "very interested in modern architecture", says the architect of a contemporary home featured in the film. More about Crazy Rich Asians house represents region's changing taste, says architect
London-based architecture studio Coffey Architects has completed 34 retirement flats in Woking, UK, with a warehouse-like silhouette that reflects the site's industrial heritage. More about Coffey Architects creates brick-clad retirement housing on derelict industrial laundry site
Architecture firm BIG's verdant mixed-use complex, reminiscent of Moshe Safdie's experimental Habitat 67 housing in Montreal, has been approved for Toronto. More about BIG's pixelated complex of "peaks and valleys" for Toronto gains approval
Australian studio Alexander & Co kept to a restrained palette of black, white, and grey for the renovation of this waterfront holiday home in Sydney, so as not to distract from the view out to sea. More about Monochromatic living spaces feature inside Palm Beach House in Sydney
Light and movement can be glimpsed through triangular openings in the white aluminium facade of D3 House, a Tel Aviv home designed by Pitsou Kedem Architects. More about Triangles of light animate perforated aluminium facade of Tel Aviv home by Pitsou Kedem Architects
Architecture firm Amalgam Studio has created a long, linear home for an elevated site in the Hudson River Valley, with pine-clad walls and a gabled roof punctuated with skylights. More about New York countryside barns inform Silvernails house by Amalgam Studio
Architecture firm Chen + Suchart Studio has added an art studio to a Phoenix area home, cladding the new building in large sheets of reflective glass and silver-hued weathering steel. More about The Little Art Studio by Chen + Suchart reflects desert landscape in Arizona
More than 800 buildings open up their doors for Open House London this weekend, including an assortment of unique houses and residential projects. Dezeen editor Amy Frearson reveals the 10 you should visit while you can, including a house with red metal walls and a micro flat. More about Ten extraordinary homes you can explore during Open House London
Brooklyn firm Hatchet Design Build has enlisted New York studios Coil + Drift and Cold Picnic to choose textiles, furniture and lighting for a 19th-century residence in the borough. More about Coil + Drift and Cold Picnic style renovated Prospects Heights Townhouse
This low-slung residence in rural Connecticut, completed by New York firm Deborah Berke Partners, is clad in black siding to blend into the surrounding forest. More about Deborah Berke Partners completes low-slung black residence in Connecticut
Colour blocking, a technique that involves pairing two or more bold colours together, is a popular trend in interior design, and can be easily achieved in the kitchen by contrasting cabinets with countertops and wall finishes. Interiors reporter Natasha Levy picks seven examples that each explore different shades. More about Seven examples of how you can use colour blocking in the kitchen
Architect Guillem Carrera has completed an environmentally friendly elderly care home and day centre on a wedge-shaped plot in the Spanish village of Blancafort. More about Guillem Carrera's care home in northern Spain encourages residents to socialise
US studio Edmonds + Lee has modelled the lobby inside this residential building in San Francisco on a cosy mid-century living room, including a huge, metal-clad chimney, wooden panelling and a weathered rug. More about Edmonds + Lee draws on California modernism for The Austin interiors