As architecture in Iran undergoes a boom, architects Behzad Yaghmaei and Azadeh Mahmoudi have completed an apartment block in Kerman with decorative brick facades (+ slideshow). More about Pale brickwork creates decorative facade for Iranian apartment building
Kicking off a series that spotlights houses from different US states, we've searched our archive for five of the best residences in Texas. They include a black timber extension to an Austin bungalow and a lakefront dwelling with a pre-rusted steel treehouse (+ slideshow). More about Five of the best houses in Texas on Dezeen
A solid concrete volume sits above the predominantly glazed ground-floor living areas of this house in the Israeli city of Herzliya by architect Pitsou Kedem (+ slideshow). More about Pitsou Kedem balances concrete box above glazed lower floor at S House
Architect Josué Gillet used shipping containers to construct this prefabricated house in France, which features an asymmetric facade and a rooftop terrace (+ slideshow). More about Converted shipping containers combine to form angular Flying Box house
A fluorescent orange staircase spirals up through the centre of this house that architect Martin Dulanto has completed in Lima, Peru (+ slideshow). More about Martin Dulanto installs vibrant orange staircase inside Peruvian house Casa Blanca
Ramsey Jones Architects has completed a vacation home in Wisconsin that consists of a slender rectangular bar with a square opening that frames views of one of the USA's Great Lakes (+ slideshow). More about Ramsey Jones creates slim beach cottage on the shore of Lake Michigan
Milwaukee-based Johnsen Schmaling Architects has completed a family retreat in rural Wisconsin featuring blackened pine cladding, concrete floors and wide-span glass doors (+ slideshow). More about Johnsen Schmaling clads cabin in a Wisconsin forest with blackened pine
Rise Design Studio has added a glazed extension to the rear of a house in London, creating a light-filled kitchen and dining room that opens up to the garden (+ slideshow). More about Rise Design Studio adds glazed extension to north London house
Canadian architect Brian MacKay-Lyons has built a cabin for an architecture intern at his Nova Scotia farmstead, featuring a rough skin of weathering steel, and a rustic but compact interior (+ slideshow). More about Brian Mackay-Lyons adds pre-rusted steel cabin to his Nova Scotia estate
With the trend for co-living continuing to pick up speed, German architect Alexis Dornier has transformed a group of old apartment blocks in Bali into a communal housing development (+ slideshow). More about Alexis Dornier completes co-living complex in Bali with communal areas on its roof
Perforated steel panels create private enclosures around the balconies that front this compact housing development in Tokyo by local architect Hiroyuki Moriyama (+ slideshow). More about Hiroyuki Moriyama completes Tokyo apartment building with a perforated skin
A team of architects in Chicago has proposed a house made of 3D-printed plastic and carbon-fibre panels wrapped around glazed walls (+ slideshow). More about WATG wins competition to design freeform 3D-printed house
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Indian architect Anupama Kundoo has unveiled a prototype house that can be built in just six days using Lego-like blocks of a material called ferrocement (+ slideshow). More about Anupama Kundoo uses ferrocement to create pioneering "Lego-like" house
Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher Architekten has added a contemporary extension to a traditional farmhouse in Austria, featuring rough-sawn spruce cladding and a folded fibre-cement roof (+ slideshow). More about Traditional farmhouse in Austria updated with contemporary extension
A geometric facade formed of hollow concrete blocks allows breezes to naturally cool the interior of this house in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, by local firm VACO Design (+ slideshow). More about H House features a geometric patterned facade and an indoor swimming pool
A three-storey-high atrium brings natural light and ventilation into the heart of this skinny house in Vietnam by Nguyen Khac Phuoc Architects (+ slideshow). More about Nguyen Khac Phuoc Architects completes four-metre-wide townhouse in Vietnam
Kyoto studio Alphaville has squeezed an angular concrete apartment building onto a small plot in the Japanese city of Hikone (+ slideshow). More about Alphaville's Hikone Studio Apartments are housed in an angular concrete block
Canadian studio MU Architecture has completed a white-painted holiday home in rural Quebec that is composed of two stacked volumes that cling to the steep terrain (+ slideshow). More about Bright white home by MU Architecture blends with Quebec's snowy landscape
Canadian firm Robitaille Curtis has completed a cabin in the Laurentian Mountains that sits atop wooden pilotis, enabling snowmelt to pass under the home (+ slideshow). More about Robitaille Curtis perches a ski chalet on a steep slope in Quebec
Texas firm Matt Fajkus Architecture has completed a family home in Austin that features rooms with sliding glass walls, enabling the spaces to be fully opened to the outdoors (+ slideshow). More about Matt Fajkus completes urban Austin home with retractable glass walls