Canadian studio MU Architecture has integrated a lake house into a steep site in southern Quebec, overlooking a secluded bay and private boathouse. More about Mu Architecture completes black lakefront home with two-storey boathouse
This house near Helsinki perches on a rocky bluff looking out towards the Baltic Sea and features a cranked form that shelters a decked terrace from the harsh wind. More about Villa K's angular concrete volumes provide views of a Finnish forest and the Baltic Sea
An ash staircase lined with a bookcase twists around an atrium in this family home in Mexico City by Tapia McMahon, which has been made from concrete and reclaimed brick. More about Wooden staircase twists through centre of concrete and brick house in Mexico City
A cluster of white volumes rise above the dark concrete entrance of this house in Monterrey, which was designed by local studio Arquidromo. More about Arquidromo stacks white cubes to form Mexican house on angled plot
Hackney-based studio Ab Rogers Design has managed to squeeze a kitchen, bed and bathroom into this 19-square-metre concept apartment by creating a pair of plywood living units with space-saving details. More about Ab Rogers Design creates 19-square-metre apartment in London
Living spaces at this house in the Indian city of Surat are arranged around a verdant courtyard lined with glass walls that can be retracted to open the interior up to the outdoors. More about Neogenesis+Studi0261 incorporates planted terraces and courtyard into Jungalow house
Glazed walls sandwiched between concrete slabs ensure this house in the Portuguese city of Marco de Canaveses blends in with the surrounding trees and provides extensive views across a nearby valley. More about Cloaked House by Ernesto Pereira is designed to disappear into its arboreal setting
We're heading to Pennsylvania for the next in our series of roundups featuring homes from each US state, where projects vary from an all-white farmhouse to a residence cantilevered over a factory. More about Five of the best houses in Pennsylvania on Dezeen
This family home in Norway by Danish practice Norm Architects is filled with cosy nooks and open living areas lined with generous windows, which look out on to picturesque woodland and a lake. More about Cosy corners and muted colours make house by Norm Architects the "epitome of hygge"
DeDraft's roof-top extension to an east London home is clad in sheets of weathering steel that will naturally patinate to match the red brick and tiles of the surrounding architecture. More about DeDraft completes weathering-steel roof extension for £60,000
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has unveiled a pair of residential towers to straddle New York's High Line park, which will feature barrel-shaped windows that resemble those at his studio's recently completed hotel in Cape Town. More about Heatherwick reveals New York condo towers with bulging windows
New York design studio TBD has transformed an apartment in Manhattan's West Village with white interiors and a new rooftop patio, complete with an outdoor shower and hot tub. More about TBD overhauls West Village penthouse with rooftop deck and pool
US firm Walker Warner Architects has designed a large residence in Hawaii, where a great room opens onto a patio, a grassy poolside and sea views. More about Walker Warner Architects creates open-air beach house in Hawaii
American studio Haus has created a countryside home that consists of interlocking boxes clad in ash, concrete and cement board and a large overhanging roof that shelters an Airstream trailer. More about Haus wraps low-lying Indiana residence in thermally treated ash
London studio Outpost has won a contest seeking ideas for how disused gas holders could be repurposed across the UK, with its concept for a ring of affordable housing and workspaces. More about Affordable housing and studio concept wins RIBA contest for decommissioned gas holders
A glazed courtyard and roof lights draw daylight into this small house in south London, which was designed by local studio Hayhurst and Co for a plot where no outward-facing windows were permitted. More about Hayhurst and Co uses glazed atrium to illuminate interior of compact south London home
American studio Faulkner Architects has used glass, textured concrete and wood for the exterior of a spacious dwelling in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. More about Faulkner Architects creates family home with sweeping Lake Tahoe views
Baragaño Architects designed this prefabricated house made from galvanised steel, wood and slate in northwestern Spain to take only five hours to erect. More about Prefabricated house in rural Spain took just five hours to assemble
Seoul studio Augmented Reality Architects has completed a house in the South Korean city of Gimhae featuring a facade formed of vertical metal poles that shields an interior arranged around a series of courtyard gardens. More about Stainless-steel poles screen living spaces and gardens at South Korean home
Light-toned cedar boards wrap around this lake house in Ontario, by American firm Lazor Office, which comprises two volumes that face the water and are joined at their corners. More about Cedar-clad buildings "kiss" at Canadian lake house by Lazor Office