Dribbles of gold fill the cracks in the floor of this Kyoto apartment, designed by architecture studio TANK to replicate the traditional Japanese pottery technique of kintsugi. More about Golden resin highlights cracks in the floor of TANK's Xchange Apartment
A trio of local design firms teamed up to create an affordable apartment building that occupies a full city block in San Francisco's urban core (+ slideshow). More about Three architecture studios complete low-cost housing complex in San Francisco
The developers of Rafael Viñoly's 432 Park Avenue skyscraper in New York have released photographs that show the facilities shared by residents of the skinny tower (+ slideshow). More about Photos offer glimpse at interiors of Rafael Viñoly's 432 Park Avenue
As housing crises grip several of our global cities, architects and designers are getting creative with ever smaller spaces.
We're celebrating their ingenuity with some of the best examples of micro homes and apartments from our archives, including petite cabins in the woods, an apartment that fits in just 13 square metres, and a narrow home designed to fill the gaps between buildings. See more micro homes on Dezeen »
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Dutch office Studio Nauta created an ensemble of new and old gabled blocks for this family holiday home, which is secluded within a dense forest on the southern coastline of the Netherlands (+ slideshow). More about Cluster of gabled blocks form forest holiday home by Studio Nauta
World Heritage Corb: we're revisiting some of Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier's most important projects, to mark the addition of 17 of his buildings to UNESCO's World Heritage list. First up is his seaside holiday cabin, Cabanon, on the Côte d'Azur in France – a tiny building tied to some of the most important moments in the architect's life. More about Le Corbusier's Cabanon seaside cabin is his smallest building on the World Heritage List
Local studio Stephen Phillips Architects has completed a black duplex in San Francisco that aims to challenge the city's standard housing typologies (+ slideshow). More about Stephen Phillips clads modern San Francisco townhouse in black zinc
This week's roundup of American houses from each of the 50 states brings us to Oregon, where a house built atop a pond and a home and studio nestled in a defunct warehouse are among our favourites (+ slideshow). More about Five of the best houses in Oregon on Dezeen
This series of images by photographer Jérémie Souteyrat captures the everyday activities of people living in contemporary Japanese houses (+ slideshow). More about Jérémie Souteyrat photographs 20 contemporary Japanese houses and their owners
This tiny prefabricated dwelling by Estonian design collective Kodasema is designed to allow its residents to up sticks and move to a new location in less than a day (+ slideshow). More about Kodasema creates tiny prefabricated house that moves with its owners
Renzo Piano Building Workshop has released new images of its 30-storey Soho Tower in New York, which will be the firm's first residential project in Manhattan. More about New images revealed of Renzo Piano's 565 Broome Soho tower in New York
Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana have built a house in São Paulo that is covered in palm fibre to give it a hairy exterior (+ slideshow). More about Campana brothers use palm fibre to give hairy texture to São Paulo house
Architecture studio Paper House Project has added a double-height atrium surrounded by gridded windows to an apartment in a converted warehouse in east London (+ slideshow). More about Paper House Project inserts gridded glass atrium into London warehouse home
New York studio Alexander Gorlin Architects has completed a Bronx apartment block with small studios for low-income tenants, including those who were once homeless (+ slideshow). More about Alexander Gorlin creates colourful affordable housing for single adults in The Bronx
Instagram users are posting photos that show the almost-finished pair of twisted towers that Bjarke Ingels' firm is building in Miami. More about BIG's The Grove at Grand Bay twisted towers near completion
Renzo Piano has cut 54 storeys from his stalled Paddington Pole skyscraper to create a new proposal for a "floating" glass cube on the site by London's Paddington station. More about Renzo Piano slashes height of controversial Paddington skyscraper
Taiwanese studio A Little Design has renovated a 22-metre-square micro apartment to serve every need of its occupant (+ slideshow). More about A Little Design maximises space in tiny 22-metre-square Taiwan apartment
Grey-veined marble is paired with raw concrete and exposed pipework in this Barcelona apartment, in which architect Raúl Sánchez has used angled walls to create visual breaks in the layout. More about Raúl Sánchez uses angled walls to create blind spots in open-plan apartment in Barcelona
Local architects Elliot + Elliot have completed a seaside residence that juts out over the rocky Maine shoreline (+ slideshow). More about House Over the Sea by Elliott + Elliott faces a bay in Maine
Oregon firm Scott Edwards Architecture has created a home in Portland that includes soundproof rehearsal spaces for a family of musicians (+ slideshow). More about Scott Edwards Architecture creates home with acoustically separate spaces for a Portland family