This week's roundup from Pinterest shows how children's bedrooms can be designed to encourage play, even in the most minimal of homes. Examples include a room that divides territories for two brothers and a room with secret storage for toys. More about 10 children's rooms that show the fun side of interior design
This recreational vehicle masquerading as a tiny cottage is clad in charred wood and sleeps up to eight people. More about Escape One XL is a two-storey micro home on wheels
It's over to New Jersey for the next instalment in our series of roundups of houses from each US state. Our selection ranges from a beach retreat on the Jersey Shore to a contemporary suburban home in Princeton. More about Five of the best houses in New Jersey on Dezeen
For a narrow plot in Dallas, local studio Wernerfield has created a home for a young couple that consists of off-white bars situated around a single yard. More about Wernerfield organises slender Dallas residence around pool terrace and garden
Murray Legge Architecture has shaped the roof of this pool-side pavilion to navigate around the twisting trunks of oak trees on a site in East Texas. More about Murray Legge's Texas pool house avoids and incorporates tree trunks
American firm Specht Architects has built a cedar-clad house on New Jersey's Long Beach Island that is raised above the sand on stilts. More about Specht Architects constructs lofty Beach Haven Residence in New Jersey
This house by Japanese office MUU Store Design Studio has a footprint of just 60 square metres. More about Gap House is a Japanese home that makes the most of every inch
Richly toned wood is paired with stucco-covered concrete to form the walls of this contemporary country house in Missouri, designed by American firm Kem Studio. More about Kem Studio wraps lakeside Missouri residence in cypress and white stucco
Big shelves create places for displaying pot plants on the facade of this house that DANstudio has completed on the outskirts of the Vietnamese capital. More about DANstudio adds "green balconies" to facade of Hanoi townhouse
New photos have been released showing one of the homes inside Cast Iron House – the 135-year-old New York building that is being overhauled by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. More about First apartment unveiled inside Shigeru Ban's revamped Cast Iron House
Tasked with creating a spacious family home on a former Quaker settlement, Bates Masi Architects has built a house that celebrates simple forms and materials. More about Bates Masi Architects builds Long Island house that celebrates local Quaker heritage
Self-contained micro homes are being installed inside vacant buildings across London as part of an initiative called The SHED Project, which features in the latest movie from our Dezeen x MINI Living video series. More about The SHED Project offers micro-homes inside vacant London properties
A long bright corridor punctuated by three wood-lined skylights spans this apartment in Lisbon, Portugal, which was been refurbished by local office Aurora Arquitectos. More about Aurora Arquitectos opens up 1970s apartment in Lisbon with angular skylights and folding walls
Tel Aviv-based designer Yael Perry renovated this apartment in the Israeli region of Sharon into a "cool, contemporary" space with unexpected colourful accents. More about Yael Perry includes flashes of colour in otherwise muted apartment in Israel
Spanish architects Adrian Elizalde and Clara Ocaña broke down walls to create an open-plan layout for this apartment in Barcelona's Eixample neighbourhood, and lined its new light-filled rooms in warm-toned wood. More about Adrian Elizalde and Clara Ocaña eschew tiles for timber in Barcelona apartment renovation
New York firm EL Studio has placed a contemporary box-shaped extension on top of this suburban home in Maryland to more than double its size. More about Cuboid extension by EL Studio sits atop a Maryland bungalow
Located near Dublin's docklands, this three-storey Georgian terraced house has been converted from three bed-sits into one light-filled "upside-down house" with a charred-larch extension at the back. More about Scullion Architects adds charred-larch tower to terraced home in Dublin
Montreal architect Paul Bernier has completed a home clad in blackened timber and weathering steel on the shores of a lake in rural Quebec. More about Canadian lake house by Paul Bernier features dark wood and rusted metal cladding
Huge windows and patios in this concrete house in Tel Aviv shed natural light across the interior while also allowing the family full views of the surrounding garden. More about 3322 Studio builds concrete home in Tel Aviv around enclosed patios
Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, cosy corner desks and minimalist furnishings are recurring features in this week's Pinterest roundup, which focuses on well-designed home offices and study nooks. More about 10 of the best home workspaces from Dezeen's Pinterest boards