Architecture studio Belotto Scopel Tanaka has used sliding wooden doors, white marble and grey furnishings to transform this apartment in Curitiba, Brazil, into a family getaway. More about Dark wood contrasts pale marble at renovated Brazilian apartment
Toronto firm Williamson Williamson has completed a multigenerational home in the town of Ancaster, designed to allow ageing parents to live with their adult children. More about Williamson Williamson designs Canadian home to adapt as its residents age
Two volumes are stacked at irregular angles to form this Canadian forest retreat, which Montreal-based architecture firm Atelier Boom-Town designed for siblings. More about Black Quebec chalet by Atelier Boom-Town overlooks forest and lake
London practice Roberto Di Donato has introduced a pair of wooden storage units to this apartment in Valencia, Spain, to redefine its time-worn interiors. More about Wooden storage units create living spaces in once-derelict Valencia apartment
A pale plywood interior is hidden behind the slatted black timber walls of this house in Chile, which occupies a rural site with views towards one of the country's most active volcanoes. More about Ampuero Yutronic stains Chilean house to resemble local volcanic stone
Antique doors, panelling and sections of ageing plasterwork have been kept on display in Isabel López Vilalta's overhaul of this Barcelona apartment, which includes a new mezzanine play area complete with slide. More about Antique doors create wood-panelled halls in renovated Barcelona apartment
Wooden shutters fold open along the length of this Brazilian home's upper storey, which global architecture firm Perkins+Will raised on thin columns to create a shaded outdoor living space underneath. More about Perkins+Will places shuttered bedrooms atop pilotis at São Paulo house
US firm Wittman Estes has added a studio building and a Chinese-inspired courtyard to an existing residence in a dense neighbourhood, aiming to show how to maximise an urban lot. More about Seattle garden studio by Wittman Estes offers model for "courtyard urbanism"
Architects Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen have completed a tall and narrow concrete house, which perches on a cliff facing a sea-lion reserve on Chile's Coliumo Peninsula. More about Narrow concrete house by Pezo von Ellrichshausen juts towards the Pacific Ocean
Rows of pivoting glass doors can be opened to allow air to flow through living spaces that open onto courtyards, terraces and lush gardens at this house in the Indonesian city of Semarang. More about Pivoting doors offer breezes and views at Tamara Wibowo's Indonesian home
New York studio Yun Architecture has brought a landmarked federal-style townhouse in Manhattan's Tribeca neighbourhood back to life. More about Yun Architecture refurbishes historic Tribeca townhouse
Timber screens can be pulled aside to provide uninterrupted views towards the ocean from this house near the Australian resort of Noosa. More about Sliding eucalyptus-wood screens wrap house on Australia's Sunshine Coast
Belgian practice Steven Vandenborre has added this annex to the rear of a family dwelling in Ghent, employing abundant glazing to frame garden scenes. More about Steven Vandenborre creates light-filled extension for Ghent home
Architect Les Eerkes rescued plywood cladding, kitchen cabinets and a tiny porthole window from houses set to be bulldozed for this rural cabin near the Puget Sound. More about Foraged materials form artist's home and studio in Washington woodland
We've created a new Pinterest board dedicated to homes on water, including the Japanese-inspired houseboat we published this week, a prefab floating house and an amphibious home that rises to avoid flood water. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Broad wooden steps lead from the living space of this Quebec residence, by local architects Bourgeois Lechasseur, down to the shores of Lac St-François. More about Quebec chalet by Bourgeois/Lechasseur steps down to a lake
Invisible Studio built this mobile micro home at its woodland studio near Bath, England, for just £20,000, thanks to the use of salvaged materials and locally grown timber. More about Low-cost micro home is made from timber and scavenged materials
Architect Roberto Rossi has completed a house in northern Italy that can rotate 360 degrees. More about Fully rotating house built in Italian countryside
UK studio Interrobang has transformed the Hoover Building in west London into 66 apartments that retain many of the former factory's original art-deco features. More about Interrobang converts London's landmark Hoover Building into apartments
A social housing complex designed by Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza in the 1970s is captured in this new photography series by Zeynep Yılmaztürk. More about New photos explore Álvaro Siza's 1970s social-housing project SAAL Bouça