To help this cluster of houses blend into their setting in a Mexican forest, architecture studio Taller Hector Barroso chose to cover the walls in a render made using local soil. More about Soil-based render creates terracotta-coloured walls for Mexican forest houses by Taller Hector Barroso
Utopia Arkitekter has designed a tent-like shelter that could provide a cosy retreat for trekkers in the mountains. More about Skýli mountain shelter is designed to withstand extreme weather conditions
This music studio in the garden of a home in Newcastle, New South Wales, is entered via a house-shaped porch that doubles as an outdoor recital space. More about M3 Architecture adds music studio with its own stage to garden of Australian residence
Mexican firm Desnivel Arquitectos has completed a residence that includes a large living area with no walls, and a covered walkway that overlooks a lush garden and a swimming pool. More about Steel colonnades create sheltered outdoor spaces at Mexican hacienda
MAD has built a cluster of housing towers in China's Anhui province, which take their forms from the granite contours of the Huangshan mountain range. More about MAD's Huangshan Mountain Village mimics the topography of a rocky Chinese landscape
Japanese studio Snark Architectures has renovated an apartment at the base of a mountain outside Tokyo, taking cues from the design of traditional cabins to create a wood-lined home for a couple who enjoy climbing and trekking. More about Snark Architectures borrows cabin aesthetic for apartment renovation near Mount Takao
Images of the penthouse at Japanese architect Tadao Ando's residential complex in New York City have been released, showing large rooftop terraces and an internal spiral staircase. More about Duplex penthouse with expansive roof terraces tops Tadao Ando's 152 Elizabeth Street
Spanish studio Canales Lombardero designed this brick-clad house in Seville with a double-height concrete portico to connect its living spaces with the garden. More about Concrete portico provides sheltered outdoor space for pink brick house in Seville
Spanish architect Alejandro Valdivieso has repurposed a former water cistern near Madrid, transforming it into the basement of a house with a glass facade that curves around the original well. More about Alejandro Valdivieso's Casa Aljibe features curved living space built around an old well
Striking green, blue and copper accents create focal points within this otherwise monochromatic apartment in Tel Aviv, Israel, which is set within a 1930s Bauhaus building. More about Colourful cabinetry offsets white interior of Bauhaus-era apartment in Tel Aviv
Utah firm Imbue Design has designed various outdoor living spaces, including a protected courtyard and a wrap-around deck, for a family home in Park City. More about Imbue Design builds Red Hawk Residence in Utah around a courtyard
Red and grey tones run through the rammed earth walls that US firm Feldman Architecture has used to build this retreat on a farm in California's Central Valley. More about Stripy rammed-earth walls curve through holiday home on Californian walnut farm
Removing interior walls and expanding the roofline of this bungalow in Austin, Texas, allowed Murray Legge Architecture to create a light-filled living space for a local newspaper editor and her family. More about New roof and clerestories bring light into renovated Texas bungalow by Murray Legge Architecture
This week, we've scoured our Pinterest archives for high-rise apartments with vertiginous views of city skylines. From a luxury penthouse in Manhattan's tallest tower to a 30th-floor condominium in Kiev, here are some of the best from around the world. More about 10 city apartments that take skyline views to new heights
Mexican architecture studio Productora has attached a two-storey steel unit onto the back of a bungalow in California to add more living space. More about Productora adds steel-frame extension to pink bungalow in Los Angeles
Architect Curro Checa Romero has refurbished and extended a 1980s house in east London, more than doubling its interior dimensions and creating a series of light-filled spaces with an improved connection to the rear garden. More about Checa Romero Architects "makes the most" of small brick house by extending in every direction
Construction has begun on Zaha Hadid Architects' residential high-rise in the Mexican capital, set to become the city's tallest apartment building. More about Zaha Hadid Architects begins work on Mexico City's "highest residential tower"
A glazed stairwell brings light from a roof window down through this narrow townhouse in Brooklyn, renovated by New York studio GRT Architects with splashes of colour. More about GRT Architects creates fluted glass stairwell for skinny Brooklyn townhouse
Architect Delfino Lozano has completed this house in Zapopan, Mexico, featuring decorative concrete screens, a pair of brick-paved courtyards and cool-blue walls. More about Concrete latticework and two courtyards filter light into Mexican house by Delfino Lozano
Concrete walls that once enclosed horse stalls are now used as room dividers in this modern guest house by The Construction Zone, a design-build firm in Phoenix. More about Arizona horse barn transformed into desert guest house by The Construction Zone