Slatted timber shutters fold back to reveal the boxy first-floor balcony of this family house in Portugal, designed by E348 Arquitectura to adapt to the changing climate (+ slideshow). More about Adjustable balcony animates the facade of E348 Arquitectura's Miramar House
Loyn & Co Architects has completed a home in a protected area of Welsh countryside, with old vernacular buildings sitting alongside modern additions featuring bare concrete and rusted steel (+ slideshow). More about Loyn & Co's Stormy Castle house pairs concrete and glass with traditional stone
These renderings depict a house designed by Ström Architects for the English town of Swanage, with a cantilevered section that shelters a parking space (+ slideshow). More about Ström Architects designs a country house protruding over a wall
A terrace offering impressive views across the South Pacific is encased within the exposed structural ribs of this cliff-top house in Chile by Mas Fernandez Arquitectos (+ movie). More about Cliff-top house in Chile by Mas Fernandez faces out across the ocean
This top-heavy house extension in Trondheim, Norway, was designed by local office TYIN Tegnestue to maximise space on the first floor while minimising its footprint on the garden (+ slideshow). More about TYIN Tegnestue's lopsided house extension creates extra space upstairs
Hong Kong studio Affect-T has come up with a proposed solution for the city's housing crisis – a series of bamboo micro homes that could be installed inside abandoned factory buildings. More about Bamboo micro homes could be slotted inside Hong Kong's old factories
Georgian architect Dachi Papuashvili has developed a concept for a cross-shaped micro home built from shipping containers that would provide a compact residence for a member of the church. More about Dachi Papuashvili's cross-shaped micro home would be built from overlapping containers
Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architecten has completed a family holiday home on an island south of Rotterdam, made up of barn-like structures that take their cues from local agricultural buildings (+ slideshow). More about Dutch holiday home by Korteknie Stuhlmacher references farmhouses and barns
This cliffside home by Dualchas Architects on the north-west coast of Scotland's Isle of Skye mixes silvery larch wood with traditional Scottish stone. More about Cliff House by Dualchas Architects offers panoramic views of a Scottish loch
Cedar cladding and brickwork unite the exterior and interior of this two-bedroom house that Studio 54 Architecture has squeezed between two existing properties in north London. More about Studio 54 Architecture slots a small home between two London buildings
This bulky concrete house on the outskirts of Geneva was designed by Swiss office Localarchitecture with a jagged roofline that follows the slope of its hillside site. More about Localarchitecture's Confignon House features concrete walls and a zigzagging roof
Japanese studio TSC Architects modelled the roof of this house in Japan's Mie Prefecture on the folded paper shapes of origami (+ slideshow). More about Origami House by TSC Architects features a roof modelled on folded paper
There are barely any partitions between the rooms of this family house in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, which was designed by architect Yamazaki Kentaro as an open container that "changes as you design and live in it" (+ slideshow). More about Yamazaki Kentaro's Unfinished House offers little privacy to residents
Shifting ceiling heights, sliding partitions and contrasting materials create a variety of spaces inside this house in Shiga, Japan, by Kouichi Kimura of Japanese studio Form (+ slideshow). More about Kouichi Kimura's Tuneful House features contrasting materials and split levels
Spanish architect Carles Enrich has inserted a plywood box beneath the vaulted ceilings of an early 20th-century apartment in Barcelona to create a new bathroom and kitchen unit. More about Carles Enrich inserts plywood box inside renovated Barcelona apartment
The mountain landscape of coastal Mexico provides an idyllic setting for this red concrete house by Mexican architect David Pedroza Castañeda (+ slideshow). More about Casa Narigua by David Pedroza Castañeda thrusts out from the Mexican landscape
Australian studio Wolveridge Architects ran a brickwork pathway through the inside and outside of this timber-clad extension to a house in Melbourne, using old bricks found in the garden (+ slideshow). More about Wolveridge Architects adds timber-clad extension to Northcote Residence
Architect duo Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen built this seven-storey concrete tower in the Chilean countryside to house their own living quarters as well as a studio for their firm (photos by Cristobal Palma + movie). More about Pezo von Ellrichshausen's Casa Cien is a home and studio with a bumpy concrete finish
This small gabled house by Japanese architect Naoko Horibe has two openings in its facade – the first is triangular and contains a recessed balcony, while the second is rectangular and comprises a protruding terrace (+ slideshow). More about Geometric shapes puncture facade of House in Fukai by Horibe Associates
A geometric arrangement of CNC-cut plywood panels defines a lounge space in one corner of this live/work apartment in Warsaw by Polish designers Maciej Kurkowski and Maciej Sutuła (+ slideshow). More about Monochrome apartment by Maciej Kurkowski and Maciej Sutuła features conference spaces