Following its design of the UK's "first amphibious house", Baca Architects has unveiled a floating house concept that could be deployed across London's waterways as a solution to the lack of new homes in the capital (+ slideshow). More about Baca Architects proposes prefabricated amphibious housing for London's canals
Two buildings with gabled profiles extend along the edges of an angular courtyard at the centre of this residential development in Stockholm by Joliark. More about Twin pitched-roof apartment buildings by Joliark look onto a central courtyard
A geometric pattern based on the shape of lotus flowers is punched into steel panels cladding the upper storeys of this residential and commercial building in the South Korean city of Daegu (+ slideshow). More about Perforated metal panels reveal a staircase in Smart Architecture's Lotus Haus
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Grimshaw, Farrells, and dRMM are among the leading British architects who have contributed designs for a competition aimed at finding solutions to London's housing crisis. More about Architects propose 100 ideas to solve London's housing crisis
Communications firm Darkhorse has used a camera mounted to a drone to capture footage of Via 57 West, the residential building by Bjarke Ingels Group that is now rising in New York (+ movie). More about Drone video shows progress on New York "courtscraper" by BIG
Glass boxes frame a tennis court, gym and pool set into the basement of this Mexico apartment building, which is formed from a series of stacked concrete blocks that cascade down a hill towards a wooded glen (+ slideshow). More about Glass and concrete boxes separate spaces in Mexico City housing
This blackened-timber house by Maximilian Eisenköck provides a holiday home for three siblings and their spouses overlooking a lake near Vienna (+ slideshow). More about Lakeside holiday home by Maximilian Eisenköck has gridded blackened-timber walls
This adaptable shelter system is providing temporary housing for refugees displaced by conflict in their home countries. More about SURI modular housing system provides emergency shelter for refugees
The apartments in this new Berlin co-housing project by Zanderroth Architekten were designed without the need for load-bearing walls inside, giving the owners flexibility to decide on their own layouts (+ slideshow). More about Zanderroth Architekten designs cb19 apartments without internal walls to create flexible layouts
Architect Patrick Dillon built this sustainable house on a forested hilltop in Panama from salvaged materials that had to be brought to the site by boat and horseback (+ slideshow). More about Patrick Dillon's SaLo House is an off-grid forest dwelling overlooking the Pacific Ocean
Dutch firm Ronald Janssen Architecten collaborated with architect Donald Osborne to overhaul an old gearwheel factory in the heart of Amsterdam, creating 12 maisonettes with double-height living spaces (+ slideshow). More about Ronald Janssen turns derelict Amsterdam factory into 12 back-to-back residences
The internal spaces of this house in the Japanese city of Ikoma are arranged around a full-height void that incorporates the staircase (+ slideshow). More about House in Ikoma has a central void that stretches all the way up to its pitched roof
Curving balconies featuring tropical planting wrap a lightwell in the core of this narrow home in Ho Chi Minh City that is just 3.5 metres wide. More about Curved lightwell cuts through 3.5-metre-wide Vietnam townhouse by Kientruc O
This London house extension for a gallery director features a large round window inspired by circular voids that appear in the works of sculptor Barbara Hepworth and abstract painter Ben Nicholson (+ slideshow). More about Jimi House by Paul Archer Design features round window inspired by abstract art
Lithuanian design and architecture studio YCL has used furniture to add pops of colour to the interiors of an otherwise monochromatic apartment in Strasbourg, France (+ slideshow). More about YCL adds colourful furniture accents to monochrome Strasbourg apartment
Groves Natcheva Architects have turned to movie making, setting a "dark and psychotically inventive" short film in an apartment they renovated to explore new ways of representing architecture beyond still images (+ movie). More about Groves Natcheva produce thriller movie to explore alternative ways of presenting architecture
The entrance to this white house by Osaka architecture studio IZUE is contained within a hole in the slatted wooden porch that frames a view through to the sea (+ slideshow). More about House on Awaji Island has a timber porch with a house-shaped entrance
Wooden shingles clad the end wall and pitched roofs of this terrace in the English county of Hampshire, designed as a prototype for affordable, sustainable construction in the area (+ slideshow). More about Ash Sakula Architects designs three mews houses for a rural eco development
Measured Architecture has completed a family residence in Vancouver that features an exterior made from blackened steel and wood-marked concrete (+ slideshow). More about Measured Architecture clads a Vancouver home in wood-textured concrete
Barcelona studio NOEM has designed a home for a film director and science-fiction fan that resembles a spaceship raised above its forested site in a suburb of Madrid (+ slideshow). More about The Spaceship Home by NOEM is a shiny elevated structure influenced by sci-fi movies