The two parts of this house near Oslo by Schjelderup Trondahl Architects are joined at an angle, with their gabled roofs meeting to form a distorted M-shape (+ slideshow). More about Double-gabled house overlooking a Norwegian fjord by Schjelderup Trondahl Architects
One pivoting door sits within another to create a rusted steel entrance that can be big or small at this combined house and photography studio in Spain by American firm Olson Kundig Architects (+ slideshow). More about Pivoting steel doors lead into a house and photography studio by Olson Kundig
Untreated copper cladding will gradually change colour from golden brown to vivid turquoise on the walls and roof of this house near Ghent by Belgian studio Graux & Baeyens Architecten (+ slideshow). More about Copper-clad house by Graux & Baeyens will change colour over time
Vienna design collective Mostlikely modelled this Alpine lodge on the wooden agricultural barns of surrounding mountain villages. More about House in the Alps by Mostlikely based on an agricultural barn
Narrow slices of glazing break up the plain white facade of this residential extension in west London by Guard Tillman Pollock Architects, helping to visually separate it from the existing house. More about House extension by Guard Tillman Pollock features vertical slices of glazing
A geometric pattern of skylights frames views of the sky from inside this angular white residence in Tokyo by Japanese firm Atelier Tekuto (+ slideshow). More about Atelier Tekuto creates an angular house with a pattern of pointy skylights
Toulouse architects BAST have renovated a derelict house in the French city by adding a corrugated steel extension that contrasts with the existing masonry (+ slideshow). More about M03 house renovation by BAST contrasts an old brick base with a new metal extension
Seattle firm Olson Kundig Architects used dynamite, chippers and saws to bore through the huge boulders of a rocky outcrop on a North American island to make room for this raw concrete house (+ slideshow). More about Concrete house by Olson Kundig Architects cuts into a rocky outcrop
Austrian studio Bernardo Bader Architects sourced pine and spruce from the surrounding slopes to build this picturesque chalet in a village of western Austria (+ slideshow). More about Bernardo Bader's Haus Fontanella is a chalet built from pine and spruce
Australian office Tribe Studio has hollowed out the centre of a 1920s house in Sydney to create angular ceilings and a wide entrance to the garden (+ slideshow). More about Hollowed-out house in Sydney by Tribe Studio
A triple-height gallery housing a collection of prized paintings is concealed behind the wooden shingle facade of this house in Stuttgart by German architecture studio (se)arch (photos by Zooey Braun + slideshow). More about Stuttgart house by (se)arch with shingle-clad walls and a triple-height art gallery
This rectilinear wooden cabin in Hungary by young studio Béres Architects nestles up against the exposed rock face of a former quarry (+ slideshow). More about Woodland retreat by Béres Architects nestles up against a jagged rock face
French architect Paul Coudamy has converted this former butcher's shop in suburban Paris into a private residence and included mysterious figures in the photographs (+ slideshow). More about Butcher shop transformed into a home by Paul Coudamy
Walls of dark brick connect the exterior and interior of this mews house in the north London borough of Hackney (+ slideshow). More about Blackbox mews house by Form_art Architects has brick walls inside and out
Architecture studio MAPA borrowed elements and colours typically used on colonial-style Chilean houses to create this bright red residence in a winemaking region near Santiago. More about WA House by MAPA references colonial-style Chilean residences
Anemone tentacles moving beneath the surface of the ocean influenced the latticed facade of this student housing block by French studio Atelier Fernandez & Serres at an oceanic observatory in the eastern Pyrénées (+ slideshow). More about Student housing with a coral-inspired facade by Atelier Fernandez & Serres
London architecture studio ShedKM used walls of locally quarried red sandstone to help this concrete house in north-west England fit in with its coastal surroundings (+ slideshow). More about Coastal concrete house on a red sandstone base by ShedKM
A rooftop swimming pool with a glass floor cantilevers out beside the entrance to this house in Marbella, Spain, by Dutch office Wiel Arets Architects (+ slideshow). More about Wiel Arets' Jellyfish House features an elevated swimming pool with a glazed underside
This black house by German studios Fabian Evers Architecture and Wezel Architektur is raised up over a translucent base where the client's truck can be stored (+ slideshow). More about House Unimog stores a truck within its translucent base
Black-painted timber contrasts with clean white window frames on the walls of this cube-shaped weekend home in Normandy, France, by Paris studio Beckmann-N'Thépé Architectes (+ slideshow). More about House in Normandy with blackened timber walls by Beckmann-N'Thépé Architectes