Balconies and windows with deep black frames project from these zinc-clad apartment blocks in Melbourne, designed by Woods Bagot to reference the area's industrial architecture. More about Woods Bagot's zinc-clad apartments echo industrial context in Melbourne
Although bathrooms tend to be the most minimal room in the house, we've rounded up 10 of the most extreme examples, including a lonely bathtub in a Dutch townhouse and a copper-lined washroom in an English countryside property. More about 10 minimalist bathrooms that have barely anything in them
These new photographs reveal the London home and workplace of architectural designer John Pawson. More about John Pawson offers a look inside his minimalist home and studio
The kitchen, dining and living room of this apartment in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius features grey-painted walls and black-metal details, which are offset by colourful cabinets and furniture. More about Colourful accents offset grey walls in Vilnius apartment renovation by AKTA
This house in south London, arranged around an old pear tree, was designed by British architect Jake Edgley as a home for himself and his family. More about Edgley Design builds family home around 100-year-old pear tree in south London
A pair of concrete and glass volumes are stacked at right angles to form a cantilever sheltering a pool terrace at this family home in Tel Aviv, designed by Axelrod Architects and Pitsou Kedem. More about Modernist-inspired house in Tel Aviv features glazed walls and cantilevered upper storey
The Mexico City home and studio of Mexican sculptor Pedro Reyes and his fashion-designer wife Carla Fernandez features crazy paving floors, as well as a staircase and double-height library rendered in coarse concrete. More about Pedro Reyes and Carla Fernandez pair rough concrete with crazy paving for their Mexico City home
Rows of concrete fins shade the large windows of this nursing home near the Spanish city of Valladolid, which features rooms clustered around a landscaped central courtyard. More about Óscar Miguel Ares Álvares creates "abstract and hard" care home inspired by arid surroundings
A dormer window with a thick black frame offers views of the garden from this reading room, which is one of three new loft spaces created for a home in south-east London by A Small Studio. More about Victorian loft conversion by A Small Studio creates "relaxation oasis"
These atmospheric renderings reveal designs by Oslo-based Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter for a pair of angular holiday cabins in the Norwegian countryside. More about Reiulf Ramstad designs angular wooden cabins for a Norwegian valley
A broad roof overhangs the glass walls of this small woodland house that Krupinski/Krupinska Arkitekter has built on the Stockholm archipelago. More about Glass and dark-wood house offers panoramic views of Swedish countryside
Dutch architect Rolf Bruggink used every scrap of material from the demolition of an old office to transform this 19th-century coach house in Utrecht into a home and workspace, which includes a bath overlooking the lounge. More about Rolf Bruggink and Niek Wagemans use salvaged materials to convert coach house into home
American studio El Dorado has completed a residence in Kansas City that is organised around a sunken central courtyard. More about El Dorado wraps Missouri home around sunken courtyard
A light and spacious kitchen, dining and lounge opens onto a latticed balcony in this Tel Aviv apartment, which has been completely overhauled by Dori interior design studio. More about Dori updates 1950s apartment in Tel Aviv with open-plan spaces and glazed partitions
British architect Adam Knibb has added this cross-laminated timber extension to a house in the English county of Hampshire, and connected it to the former barn building by a frameless glass box. More about Adam Knibb Architects extends Hampshire barn conversion with timber-clad box
US firm Dynia Architects has completed a home in the mountain town of Boulder, Colorado, where the main living spaces are separated with thick partitions of Corten steel. More about Dynia pairs wood with weathering steel for Colorado mountain residence
Instead of chopping down a tall tree in the middle of a Los Angeles site, American studio Anonymous Architects incorporated it into this cantilevered cedar-clad residence. More about Anonymous Architects builds LA house around existing cypress tree
TT Architects has converted an old furniture factory in the Japanese city of Okayama into a cedar-and steel-clad home for a carpenter and his family. More about TT Architects transforms furniture factory into family home in Japan
Short pieces of debarked timber are stacked to form the walls of this remote wilderness retreat, designed for an active family by US studio Andersson-Wise Architects. More about Andersson-Wise creates Montana cabin with cordwood walls and green roof
Architecture studios Edgley Design and Spaced Out have built and moved into a zinc-clad development in London's Islington, made up of basement offices and a row of terraced houses with a saw-tooth profile. More about Edgley Design and Spaced Out build London terrace with angular zinc-clad frontage