This blackened timber house in Melbourne curves around an olive tree garden, and was designed by BLOXAS Architecture for a client with a severe sleeping condition. More about Black house in Melbourne provides sanctuary for sleeping-disorder sufferer
Spanish firm Fran Silvestre Arquitectos designed the off-white angular form of this house so it would "hang from the topography" of the Hollywood Hills. More about Minimal Hollywood house by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos juts out from steep hillside
From John Pawson's minimally styled London house to the skinny Rotterdam residence of architect couple Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman, we've rounded up 10 of the best self-designed homes by architects and designers. More about 10 homes architects and designers have created for themselves
A staircase connecting a series of split levels ascends through a void at the centre of this house in Jakarta, which features a cantilevered upper storey that projects over the entrance. More about Multiple mezzanines are connected by an open stair in Delution Architect's Jakarta house
American firm Studio MM Architect has created a modern holiday dwelling for a forested site in upstate New York, which features a giant front door and a garage for its car-lover owner. More about Studio MM clads Hudson Valley hillside cabin in blackened wood
Simon Astridge has used pigmented concrete to create the pink facade of this extension to a north London house, accenting the warm-toned colours found in the existing brick walls. More about Simon Astridge adds dusty-pink concrete extension to north London house
Italian architect Alessandro Tomei has overhauled this sixth-floor apartment in Rome featuring exposed concrete pillars and iron-framed glass partitions. More about Iron-framed glass panels divide Rome apartment with open-plan feel
Dutch architects Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman designed this skinny house in Rotterdam for themselves, incorporating hidden windows into the black brick walls and adding a large indoor hammock. More about Skinny Rotterdam house for two architects features black brickwork and concealed windows
Architect Jouke Post has used recyclable materials to create a sustainable house for his family near Rotterdam, which he claims is the first Cradle to Cradle house in the Netherlands. More about Jouke Post uses Cradle to Cradle principles to build family house in the Netherlands
American firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson has built a series of dwellings for summer residents studying at Fallingwater, the famed 1930s home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. More about Bohlin Cywinski Jackson creates cabins for Fallingwater site in rural Pennsylvania
Filmmaker Tapio Snellman has documented the home of Jonathan Tuckey in this movie, produced 14 years after the designer overhauled a 19th-century London workshop to create it. More about Movie explores Jonathan Tuckey's home in a former London steel workshop
We've rounded up 10 desert houses that make the most of their situations in inhospitable landscapes, including a holiday home in Egypt and a spacious dwelling on the outskirts of Marrakech. More about 10 desert houses that make the most of arid landscapes
Lipton Plant Architects has updated a 1970s house in Berkshire, England, with a small two-storey extension, featuring a concealed brick-patterned door and windows with bright orange frames. More about Lipton Plant's Ugly House is a 1970s property with a black and orange extension
Wyoming firm Dynia Architects has completed a holiday home in Jackson, nestling its L-shaped form into the region's mountainous landscape. More about Gros Ventre house by Dynia sits among rugged Wyoming terrain
NMD Nomadas has arranged this concrete and glass house in Venezuela around a series of courtyards and a slender swimming pool. More about NMD Nomadas' concrete and glass house in Venezuela features skinny swimming pool
A 1905 home in Toronto has been updated by local developer Baukultur/ca to discreetly complement its traditional neighbourhood on the shore of Lake Ontario. More about Baukultur/ca modernises early 20th century beach house in Toronto
Azman Architects has overhauled a one-bedroom apartment in London's Barbican Estate, adding cherry-wood sliding doors, Missoni-inspired carpet and custom-made furniture. More about Azman Architects adds cherry-wood partitions and zigzag-patterned carpet to Barbican flat
Providing ample outdoor living spaces was a guiding factor in the design of this Northern California dwelling by American studio Malcolm Davis Architecture. More about Cedar-clad home in Silicon Valley enables Californian outdoor lifestyle
A historic, ready-to-assemble metal home by noted modernist architect Albert Frey is moving from a New York storage unit to Southern California this week. More about 1930s modernist Aluminaire House moves cross-country to Palm Springs
In this movie, Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti shows how the tiny Alpine cabin it designed for climbers was helicoptered into its precarious mountain-top position. More about Movie shows climbers' shelter by OFIS being airlifted into remote Alpine spot