Danish firm 3XN has won a competition to build a residential complex in Toronto, which will comprise a pair of tower peaks covered in rippling terraces based on the waves of the nearby lake. More about Undulating balconies to wrap 3XN's condos on Toronto waterfront
For a site just outside of San Francisco, American studio Faulkner Architects has created a family residence clad in Corten steel panels and shaded by large oak trees. More about Faulkner Architects wraps Northern California home in weathering steel
A frameless glass roof panel connects with a window to allow natural light to flood this extension added to the rear of a Victorian house in east London by The D*Haus Company. More about Giant pivoting door connects Columbia Road extension to secluded rear courtyard
South Korean studio Tectonics Lab has completed a house for a retired professor in Seoul, featuring pale brick facades interrupted by arching windows that frame views from rooms arranged around a skylit parlour. More about Arched openings punctuate brick-clad house in Seoul by Tectonics Lab
Interior architect Arjaan De Feyter has completed the renovation of an apartment built across four old silos in a former malting distillery in Belgium. More about Arjaan De Feyter creates round monochrome living spaces in former silo building near Antwerp
Portuguese office Rar.Studio has renovated an Álvaro Siza-designed apartment in Lisbon to create a brighter and more spacious interior. More about Rar.Studio renovates an apartment in Álvaro Siza's Terraços de Bragança
The flat roof of this house in Austin by local firm Mell Lawrence Architects reaches well beyond its walls, shading the glazed top floor from the harsh Texan sun. More about Balcones House curbs Texas heat with expansive overhanging roof
Peruvian architecture firm Llama Urban Design has built a wooden house that connects two sides of a tree-covered valley in Ontario, forming a bridge over the ravine below. More about Bridgehouse by Llama Urban Design spans over Canadian forest floor
In a "Gordon Matta-Clark-like intervention", an oak tree trunk serves as a structural support for a house with a pentagonal plan in Ghent by local architects Atelier Vens Vanbelle. More about Atelier Vens Vanbelle builds pentagonal house around an oak tree trunk
This extension to a cottage in a Dublin suburb by Irish studio Arigho Larmour Wheeler features an asymmetric pyramidal roof, which is sliced off at the top to incorporate a roof light that illuminates an open-plan living area. More about Vaulted zinc roof tops extension to coastal house in Dublin by Arigho Larmour Wheeler
American architect Craig McMahon has renovated and expanded a residence on a compact lot in San Antonio, Texas, to comfortably accommodate his family of three. More about Craig McMahon renovates concrete bungalow in San Antonio for his family
British studio Ström Architects designed this timber-clad annex to house a bar and games room for a home in England's New Forest he completed seven years ago. More about Magnus Ström models gabled annex for Hampshire home on "rustic boutique hotel"
The signature stripes of artist Daniel Buren cover the curved walls of this timber-framed house by architect Davide Macullo, which functions as a piece of public art in a picturesque Swiss valley. More about Green and pink stripes add colour to curved walls of house in Switzerland
The tallest building designed by a Russian architecture firm for the US, which will hold apartments like "shelves in the air", has gained planning approval. More about Meganom gains permission for skinny supertall skyscraper in Manhattan
Wyoming studio Carney Logan Burke Architects has created a small, rustic retreat for one of its firm's principals on the site of a log cabin that was destroyed in a forest fire. More about Carney Logan Burke designs cabin for fire-ravaged Wyoming mountainside
This angular house in a forest near Helsinki is host to a number a child-friendly features including a climbing wall, gymnastic apparatus and a net covering a cut-out in one of the floors. More about Ortraum Architects builds forest home in Finland with a trapeze, a climbing wall and a hammock
A courtyard brings light into the centre of this board-marked concrete house in Argentina's Buenos Aires province, designed by architects Anibal Bizzotto and Diego Cherbenco. More about Concrete walls hide glazed courtyard at house in Buenos Aires
Designed and built by Actual/Office Architects, this vacation home in upstate New York consists of two nested volumes wrapped in angled screens made of blackened wood. More about A/O builds slanted black holiday home in Hudson Valley
A host of art deco-influenced details are found in the design of this condominium building under construction in New York's Carnegie Hill, including patterned grey brickwork, vaulted balconies and brass frames. More about Grey brickwork to clad Upper East Side residential tower by DDG
"Matter-of-fact" materials such as concrete, brick, and timber in muted tones have been used to create this extension to a family home in Stoke Newington, north London. More about Al-Jawad Pike combines brick, concrete and timber for restrained London home extension