This small holiday home by Rural Design nestles between grassy knolls on the Isle of Skye, the largest of Scotland's Inner Hebrides islands (+ slideshow). More about Self-build retreat by Rural Design nestles into rugged Isle of Skye landscape
A large tiered garden forms the roof of this house in the coastal Vietnamese city Nha Trang, which architect Vo Trong Nghia designed in partnership with former colleague Masaaki Iwamoto (+ slideshow). More about Stepped garden tops House in Nha Trang by Vo Trong Nghia and Masaaki Iwamoto
Designer Nick Waldman has completed a cedar-clad residence and studio for a graphic novelist in Martha's Vineyard – an island just south of Cape Cod that is a popular destination for affluent summer vacationers (+ slideshow). More about Nick Waldman creates a "studio in the trees" on a holiday island in Massachusetts
A+Awards: next up in our collaboration with Architizer is this energy-efficient wooden home on the outskirts of a small village in the Czech Republic, which was one of the private houses recognised in this year's A+Awards (+ slideshow). More about House Zilvar by ASGK Design is an angular wooden home in the Czech countryside
Architecture studio Selencky Parsons has extended a typical midcentury end-of-terrace house in southeast London by adding a pair of brick gables that diminish in size like Russian dolls (+ slideshow). More about Selencky Parsons adds stepped extension to 1960s terraced house in London
An angular white-walled gash creates a cavernous entrance for this house in the Iranian city of Kermanshah by ReNa Design (+ slideshow). More about Afsharian's House by ReNa Design has a huge vertical slice in its facade
World Heritage Corb: one of the most important buildings by architect Le Corbusier from the 17 that have been to UNESCO's World Heritage List is Villa Savoye, the top-heavy weekend retreat created as a Modernist version of the French country house (+ slideshow). More about Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye encapsulates the Modernist style
Connecticut-based firm Roger Ferris + Partners has built an artist's studio and residence clad with bright red siding on a Connecticut estate (+ slideshow). More about Red Barn by Roger Ferris + Partners provides an artist's retreat in Connecticut
This house in Malavli, India, features walls made from local Kotah stone and a glazed, subterranean courtyard (+ slideshow). More about House with stone walls built by Spasm Design around a sunken courtyard in India
California firm Schwartz and Architecture has completed a minimal and self-contained residence that looks out over the Sonoma Valley (+ slideshow). More about Schwartz and Architecture's Box on a Rock house is perched above an expansive California valley
US studio Duvall Decker Architects has created a residence in central Mississippi that is "shaped to draw the outdoors in and lure the family out" (+ slideshow). More about Duvall Decker clads a Mississippi dwelling in grey-green slate shingles
Slatted wooden screens fold open to reveal walls of windows at the front and back of this concrete house in Porto by AZO Sequeira Arquitectos Associados (+ slideshow). More about Wooden screens mask glazed walls of Porto house by AZO Sequeira
Anyone wanting to construct their own tiny house can now buy detailed plans for a micro dwelling designed by Washington DC studio Foundry Architects (+ slideshow). More about Plans for tiny house by Foundry Architects made available for purchase
Kirkwood McCarthy has added a black zinc-clad wing to the rear of a London house, creating a light-filled living space that sits between the garden and a new courtyard. More about Kirkwood McCarthy adds zinc-clad garden wing to north London house
New York firm Studio Zung has reinterpreted the traditional wooden barns of Long Island to design this house in one of the high-end seaside communities of the Hamptons (+ slideshow). More about Studio Zung creates cedar-clad "modern barn" in the Hamptons
Rio 2016: more than half of the buildings set to house athletes during the Olympics and Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro are still not fully ready, with less than two weeks to go until the start of the games. More about Rio 2016 Athletes Village remains unfinished ahead of Olympic Games
London studio 51 Architecture has combined digital fabrication with boatbuilding techniques to create a sculptural timber staircase at the centre of a family home (+ slideshow). More about Twisted staircase features in Casa Vota renovation by 51 Architecture
This week, as part of our roundup series of American houses from each of the 50 states, we're featuring Maine, home to a house raised on stilts above a bay and a black cabin in the woods (+ slideshow). More about Five of the best houses in Maine on Dezeen
Jo Cowen Architects has converted a 19th-century bakery complex in south London into housing, featuring glazed brickwork, cast-iron columns and industrial-style glazing (+ slideshow). More about Jo Cowen Architects transforms Victorian bakery in London into 12 factory-inspired homes
Local architect Marlon Blackwell has created a pool house in the back yard of an Arkansas residence, featuring an overhanging sleeping loft that contains bunks designed "like a ship's cabin" (+ slideshow). More about Sleeping alcove projects from Arkansas pool house by Marlon Blackwell