Copenhagen studio NORD Architects has completed a hospice for palliative patients in the heart of the Danish capital, with golden facades featuring curving cutouts that surround quiet courtyards. More about NORD Architects' Copenhagen hospice aims to provide "a unique place for the final journey"
American studio Birdseye Design took cues from traditional woodsheds while creating this guesthouse for a forested site in northern Vermont. More about Birdseye Design clads Vermont dwelling in salvaged wooden boards
Austin architecture firm Design Hound has concealed a spa-like interior behind the understated facade of this local residence. More about Design Hound hides second storey of Austin home behind faceted roof
This apartment inside a São Paulo block designed by the late modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer has been overhauled to reveal its original ribbed ceiling and board-marked concrete walls. More about SuperLimão strips back São Paulo apartment in Oscar Niemeyer-designed building
A pool room is set at the top of this house in Cologne by German studio Corneille Uedingslohmann Architekten, and features walls lined with quartzite strips and a large garden-facing window. More about Stone-lined swimming pool in Cologne house features large window with garden views
Elliott Architects has completed a family home in Northumberland made up of two intersecting volumes clad in opposing materials of slate, cedar and brick to represent different elements of its forest setting. More about Cross-shaped house by Elliott Architects is adapted to sloping woodland setting
Seattle firm Coates Design has completed a home in Washington's Cascade mountain range that serves as a hub for members of a large extended family. More about Steel beams support dramatic roof overhangs at Washington state retreat by Coates Design
The sculptural facade of this house in the Indian city of Belgaum comprises staggered blocks containing rooms that extend out from a central plant-filled courtyard. More about Anahata's pared-back house in western India features facade designed as "a piece of art"
Mexican firm Intersticial Arquitectura has built a home on the outskirts of Querétaro, using local materials such as light-coloured bricks, rough masonry blocks, and an exposed concrete frame. More about Intersticial Arquitectura emphasises local materials in Mexican home
The unusual massing of this 21-storey residential building by US firm S9 Architecture responds to development rights that were purchased for airspace next to the New York tower. More about Luxury Manhattan apartment tower by S9 Architecture cantilevers over low-rise neighbour
This week we're highlighting 10 popular home interiors from our Pinterest boards that use skylights to make compact spaces seem larger, including a loft apartment in New York and a windowless garage conversion. More about 10 homes illuminated by skylights from Dezeen's Pinterest boards
San Francisco architecture firm Spiegel Aihara Workshop has extended a 1930s hillside residence by duplicating its layout and stacking it over the original structure, raising the home so it looks over the city's landmarks. More about SAW inserts variation of an old San Francisco home into its roof
HBRA Architects drew inspiration from historic Chicago residences by Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan and Henry Hobson Richardson while conceiving this contemporary urban residence in the city's Lincoln Park neighbourhood. More about Patchwork of stone, brick and glass fronts Chicago townhouse by HBRA Architects
Dezeen is giving away five copies of The Japanese House Reinvented by Philip Jodidio, a book featuring 50 houses that highlight Japan's current residential trends. More about Competition: win a book showcasing 50 new Japanese houses
Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects has completed a house in Hiroshima, featuring a circular concrete and wood path that loops through both the building and the garden. More about House in Mukainada is a Hiroshima home that straddles a circular path
This single-storey dwelling was designed by US studio Klopf Architecture to have a quiet presence, out of respect for neighbouring buildings and the natural context. More about Northern California home by Klopf Architecture designed to keep a low-profile
Tel Aviv firm Axelrod Architects has overhauled a 1930s residence in California, providing a contemporary black-and-white interior and extensive glazing to take advantage of the site's sweeping views. More about Axelrod Architects renovates hillside home to enhance vistas of San Francisco Bay
This loft apartment in a former tank station in the Austrian city of Salzburg features a sweeping concrete staircase and a glass shower cubicle that cantilevers over the living space. More about Smartvoll adds sculptural concrete staircase to loft apartment in old Salzburg tank station
A large window is set at the apex of the steeply inclined roof of this house by Chvoya in western Russia to offer its residents views out across a nearby bay. More about House with steeply pitched roof by Chvoya offers vantage point over a Russian bay
Tokyo-based Arii Irie Architects has added a series of corrugated-metal blocks to a 1980s house in central Japan, and used wooden beams and angular windows to prop up their mono-pitched roofs. More about Arii Irie Architects uses angled windows and tilted roofs for Japanese house extension