Moscow-based studio Meganom has been tapped to design its first US project – a slender, 305-metre residential skyscraper planned for Midtown Manhattan. More about Skinny supertall tower by Meganom unveiled for New York
A concrete ceiling in the form of an inverted pyramid opens up towards its edges to provide views of the surrounding rainforest from inside this house close to Brazil's Itamambuca beach. More about Gui Mattos perches timber-clad box on top of pyramidal ceiling at Brazilian beach house
A tree grows up through a lightwell that Australian studio Welsh + Major has added to this house in Sydney, and topped with an opening glass roof. More about Welsh + Major slots lightwell between Sydney cottage and its brick extension
Fingers of earth branch over this mound-shaped holiday home by architecture studio LASSA, allowing its owners to climb up onto the roof to admire Greece's Peloponnese peninsula. More about Domed summer house by LASSA offers an elevated view over a Greek olive grove
Clay bricks that form a pixellated pattern clad this Mexican house, which AS/D Asociación de Diseño has arranged around a cactus tree. More about Clay brick and concrete Mexican house surrounds a cactus tree
Architecture studio Mer Arkkitehdit has integrated the surrounding rocky terrain into its design for this spruce-clad villa in the historic Finnish seaside town of Hanko. More about Mer Arkkitehdit sets spruce-panelled villa into cliff face in Finnish seaside town
Volcanic stone walls and sculptural skylights are among the features of this holiday home by Khosla Associates, which looks out over a picturesque mountain lake in southwest India. More about Pavilion-like house offers spectacular views of India's Western Ghats mountains
Mulroy Architects has added a glazed extension to this house in north London, which features interiors and bespoke oak joinery by local studio Manea Kella. More about Mulroy Architects and Manea Kella extend Edwardian home in north London
These renderings by visualisation studio VER depict a board-marked concrete house with factory-like glazing, which Mexican architecture studio Lázaro is planning to build in the city of Uruapan. More about Lázaro presents loft-style house in visuals that "go beyond hyper-realistic"
Atelier Pierre Thibault split this lakeside home in Canada into two volumes that face on to a small courtyard in between. More about Waterfront home by Atelier Pierre Thibault overlooks Quebec's Lac Masson
Harvard University, Snøhetta and Skanska Technology have teamed up to retrofit an old house, demonstrating how existing buildings can be made more energy efficient to help address climate change. More about Snøhetta's Harvard HouseZero aims to "solve one of the world's biggest energy problems"
Following the release of Social Housing, a book spotlighting Europe's best public housing projects, architect and co-author Paul Karakusevic has selected seven residential developments he thinks are particularly innovative. More about Seven pioneering social housing projects selected by Paul Karakusevic
Berlin-based architect Sigurd Larsen designed these two larch-clad homes as a sustainable and affordable model for an "organic" housing development in Hvalsø, Denmark. More about Sigurd Larsen designs affordable homes for eco-housing development near Copenhagen
Concrete walls, cement floors, grey tiles, marble and dark stained wood meet in this Taipei apartment created by Wei Yi International Design Associates for "an elder with great fortune and rich experience". More about Shades of grey decorate sombre luxury apartment in Taiwan
Design magazine Cereal has teamed up with 'design-literate' estate agents Aucoot to create a temporary three-bedroom penthouse apartment on the Greenwich Peninsula in southeast London. More about Cereal magazine unveils alternative show flat on London's Greenwich Peninsula
This pared-back holiday home on the Swedish island of Gotland provides a retreat for three generations of a family and was designed by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter. More about Tham & Videgård Arkitekter designs austere holiday home on Swedish island
Amsterdam-based studio Concrete has completed an apartment tower across from Manhattan that features a range of unusual amenities, including a "creative lab", and a residency program for scientists and artists. More about Dutch firm Concrete completes tallest residential skyscraper in New Jersey
This house in Copenhagen by Berlin-based Danish architect Sigurd Larsen features multiple pitched roofs angled in different directions to allow direct and indirect light to reach the interior. More about Sigurd Larsen's Roof House features intersecting slanted roofs
Early renderings have emerged of The Wall Street Tower, a 61-storey skyscraper designed by British architect David Adjaye for Downtown Manhattan. More about Images of New York skyscraper by David Adjaye leaked
American firm Studio B faced challenging site conditions while conceiving this contemporary Colorado dwelling that sits atop a concrete plinth. More about Studio B wraps elevated Aspen home in zinc and glass