Beijing-based Arch Studio has renovated this house in the city's Dongcheng district, adding a perforated-steel staircase designed to make climbing to the top feel like "walking into the sky". More about Arch Studio adds sculptural white staircase and glass roof extension to Beijing house
This stripy brick home stands among coconut trees on the shoreline of Ko Pha Ngan, an island in the Gulf of Thailand (+ slideshow). More about Coconut groves surround brick retirement home on a Thai beach by NPDA Studio
At this house for a racing driver, Czech studio Stempel & Tesar has shifted the living spaces upstairs to make room for a car workshop below (+ slideshow). More about Car workshop takes priority at Stempel & Tesar's house for a racing driver
A traditional Japanese construction method was used for this house in Tokyo, which features four wooden columns arranged in a square to support the rest of the timber frame (+ slideshow). More about FT Architects' 4 Columns house features a traditional timber frame and minimal interior
Taiwanese studio HAO Design installed a play area in the kitchen of this family home so the children could spend more time with their parents. More about HAO Design adds wooden slide and swings to family home in Taiwan
Belgian architects Edouard Brunet and François Martens have converted a terraced house in Brussels into two apartments, adding a projecting box with a full-height glass wall to house a new kitchen (+ slideshow). More about Kitchen extension projects from the top floor of a renovated Brussels house
White concrete volumes protrude from this house in central Italy, which features a bamboo-filled courtyard and a subterranean swimming pool (+ slideshow). More about Architettura Matassoni uses dislocated volumes to form white villa in Tuscany
Muji's set of ready-constructed huts were designed by Konstantin Grcic, Jasper Morrison and Naoto Fukasawa as minimal rural refuges for escaping the "hustle and bustle" of the city (+ slideshow). More about Muji launches trio of prefab minimal cabins by Morrison, Grcic and Fukasawa
A pair of red brick walls screen the back of this house on the Gulf of Thailand, which faces away from a seaside resort and towards a cemetery where the client's father is buried (+ slideshow). More about Layers of brick, concrete and glass define private spaces in a Thai home
Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects has completed a wedge-shaped residential building for students and faculty on a sloped urban site in Los Angeles (+ slideshow). More about LOHA's student apartment complex steps down a Los Angeles hillside
The first holiday home has been built at the BIG-designed Hualien Residences, a mountain-shaped resort development in Taiwan (+ slideshow). More about BIG completes first home for mountain-shaped resort in Taiwan
The super rich can commission a bespoke home the same way they buy a luxury yacht using the Superhouse brand, according to founder Magnus Ström (+ 360-degree render). More about Ström Architects applies superyacht concept to luxury housing with Superhouse
A bright orange wall screens a staircase that leads to a bathroom on top of this concrete house in Tokyo by Takuro Yamamoto Architects (+ slideshow). More about Concrete home by Takuro Yamamoto Architects overlooks an allotment and woods near Tokyo
Renzo Piano Building Workshop is set to begin work on a glass-sheathed tower in Miami Beach that will be the firm's first residential project in the USA (+ slideshow). More about Renzo Piano unveils plans for glass tower on Miami Beach
A pair of large terraces channel through one side of this white house in Tokyo by Takuro Yamamoto Architects, providing residents with an outdoor yoga space and a sheltered parking area (+ slideshow). More about Little House Big Terrace by Takuro Yamamoto Architects features an elevated yoga terrace
Giles Pike Architects chose concrete and steel for the renovation and extension of this east London house, referencing the brick building's industrial heritage. More about Giles Pike adds steel extension to house in converted Victorian workshop
Squeezed onto an angular plot between a road and a small irrigation channel, this house near the Belgian village of Knokke comprises a timber-clad ground floor with a glass box resting on top (+ slideshow). More about Govaert & Vanhoutte's House Graafjansdijk features fence-like walls and glazed living spaces
Ukrainian designer Olga Akulova added glazed partitions, metal-topped counters and a wooden bath to this apartment on the 30th level of a condominium in Kyiv. More about Olga Akulova installs glass walls and monolithic fireplace within Kyiv penthouse
A staircase suspended behind a screen of steel rods and welded shelves features inside this house in Tel Aviv, which architect David Lebenthal designed for himself and his family (+ slideshow). More about David Lebenthal's Tel Aviv townhouse features a staircase with shelves stuck to its steel balustrade
Architecture studio Vokes and Peters has created a new timber-panelled interior for a heritage property in Queensland, Australia, and built a new cottage-like extension at the rear (+ slideshow). More about Queensland bungalow updated with contemporary interior and house-shaped extension