This timber-framed house in Japan's Ehime Prefecture was designed by architect Takashi Okuno with a sprawling plan that frames five separate gardens and terraces (+ slideshow). More about House of Nagahama by Takashi Okuno frames five courtyard gardens
Studio Gil used a combination of exposed concrete and reclaimed iroko wood to unite the interior of this extension to a Victorian terraced house in east London with its redeveloped garden. More about Concrete extends from the kitchen into the garden of Studio Gil's London house extension
British architect Guy Hollaway used rusty steel mesh, silvery larch and grey cement fibreboard to clad this house on Dungeness beach – the only place in Britain officially classified as a desert (+ slideshow). More about Pobble House by Guy Hollaway is a holiday home on Dungeness beach
An alternating-tread staircase doubles as storage cupboards in this tiny Paris apartment by French architects Schemaa (+ slideshow). More about Apartment in Paris by Schemaa features a staircase made of cupboards
Behind a dark brickwork exterior, this suburban home by British studio Snook Architects features a double-height entrance lobby, a rugged stone fireplace and a skylight that covers an entire corridor (+ slideshow). More about Snook Architects combines brick and concrete for suburban house in Liverpool
This Vancouver house by Canadian studio Splyce Design comprises a stack of glazed boxes set into a hillside, designed to maximise ocean views and create terraces on all three levels (+ slideshow). More about Protruding glass boxes offer ocean views from Russet Residence by Splyce Design
Australian office B.E. Architecture used different cladding materials to help these two apartments in Melbourne feel more like individual houses (+ slideshow). More about Stacked Melbourne apartments designed by B.E. Architecture to feel like separate houses
A narrow white wall appears to hover around the perimeter and garden of this house and atelier – the third project on Dezeen this week by Japanese office UID Architects (+ slideshow). More about Floating fence surrounds house and doll-making atelier by UID Architects
The two largest available cranes in the Netherlands were used to hoist up this house by Dutch architects Tim Piët and Jos Blom so it could be transported by boat to a hard-to-reach waterside site (+ slideshow). More about KHM26 house by Jos Blom & Tim Piët was transported to site on the back of a boat
The overlapping layers of this house by Japanese studio UID Architects form terraces that extend inside and living rooms that open out to the garden (+ slideshow). More about Rectangular arches frame rooms and gardens at Cosmic House by UID Architects
Vertical strips of travertine stone cover the facades of these apartment buildings in the Swiss village of Crans-près-Céligny by Group8asia, altering the appearance of the structures when viewed from different angles. More about Apartment buildings by Group8asia clad in strips of travertine stone
Each of the rooms of this irregularly shaped family house in Kobuchizawa, Japan, were planned by architect Kawashima Mayumi to face a different mountain or patch of woodland (+ slideshow). More about Kawashima Mayumi's House for Viewing Mountains frames seven different views
Terracotta tiles on the balcony continue inside this Barcelona holiday apartment renovated by Colombo and Serboli Architecture (+ slideshow). More about CaSA renovates Rocha Apartment with an assortment of tiles
A courtyard garden divides the two sides of this concrete house in Vienna, which has been squeezed onto a plot just five metres wide by local architecture studio Caramel (+ slideshow). More about Caramel's narrow CJ5 House in Vienna encloses a sunken courtyard garden
Mexican office Cherem Arquitectos designed this concrete house with a corrugated exterior for a family of four just outside Mexico City (+ slideshow). More about Cherem Arquitectos completes corrugated concrete house in Mexico
Larch cladding has been painted black to create a uniform appearance for this seaside home on the Isle of Wight, England, by Dow Jones Architects (+ slideshow). More about Black-painted seaside house by Dow Jones mimics local fishermen's sheds
A new internal framework of wooden columns, beams and staircases provides a warm contrast to the rough stone walls of this old farmhouse in rural Spain, renovated by Barcelona studio 2260mm (+ slideshow). More about Renovated Spanish farmhouse by 2260mm conceals a new structure behind its walls
Dutch architecture office Heren 5 has collaborated with artist Boris Tellegen to integrate a seven-storey brick artwork into the facade of this housing complex in Haarlem, the Netherlands (+ slideshow). More about Jagged brick artwork by Boris Tellegen extends over Haarlem housing by Heren 5 Architects
A combination of voids and staggered volumes create private terraces and balconies for the properties that make up this residential development in Berlin by local studio Atelier Zafari (+ slideshow). More about Balconies sit within angular openings at Atelier Zafari's Berlin apartment block
Slovakian studio Plusminus Architects has completed a concrete house on the outskirts of Bratislava, with a lower level that juts out to accommodate the owner's office (+ slideshow). More about Cubed concrete house by Plusminus Architects built outside Bratislava