Local studio Reigo and Bauer has completed a Toronto house clad in diamond-shaped panels that present a "quiet tension of that contrast" between the cladding's decorative and minimalist qualities. More about Reigo and Bauer uses diamond-shaped cladding for angular Toronto house
A revamped ruin in rural Girona and a 12-storey block on a compact plot in Mumbai are among the top five houses to turn Dezeen readers' heads this month. More about Dezeen's top five houses of August 2024
Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados has cantilevered a glass and red-painted wood house off a forested cliffside near the sea in Chile with layers that create "increasing levels of intimacy". More about Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados creates bird cage-like house on Chilean coast
Local studio Architecture Office Claudia Raurell has replaced a dilapidated townhouse in Barcelona with a concrete home that mimics its original footprint. More about Villain House is a concrete replica of an old Barcelona townhouse
Former Soho House design director Linda Boronkay drew on her experience of members' clubs when creating communal spaces at The Sessile, a rentable apartment block in north London. More about Linda Boronkay selects bold shapes and colours for The Sessile
From a home formed of two overlapping volumes in Alabama to a structure on a narrow site in San Francisco, we've rounded up 11 houses in the United States with striking black facades. More about Eleven US houses with bold black exteriors
Indian practice Studio MOB has completed A House in the Farm, a modern farmhouse comprising intersecting concrete blocks and sheltered spaces to encourage indoor-outdoor living. More about Expansive roofs create indoor-outdoor spaces in concrete Indian home
The crumbling stone walls of an old farmhouse formed the starting point for Casa 1627, a house in Spain completed by local studio H Arquitectes. More about Stone ruins turned into Spanish home by H Arquitectes
Australian studio Fouché Architects has completed Tallowwood Cabin, a black house with an angular form that cantilevers over its sloping plot in Queensland. More about Fouché Architects perches black house on forested Queensland hillside
British studio Intervention Architecture designed bespoke plywood joinery to conceal furniture including a pull-down bed and a collapsible dining table inside this micro apartment in north London. More about Intervention Architecture hides fold-out furniture behind walls of Florin Court flat
Pale wooden finishes characterise the interior of the Perfect Day House mountain chalet that has been updated by Swiss studio Giona Bierens de Haan Architectures. More about Giona Bierens de Haan Architectures refreshes 1960s Swiss mountain chalet
Our latest lookbook focuses on kitchens and living rooms that are elevated by their inclusion of ladders. More about Eight interiors that are stepped up by the addition of ladders
Our latest lookbook collects eight dwellings that were self-designed by architects and designers including Mexico-based Ludwig Godefroy and London studio Holloway Li. More about Eight eclectic self-designed homes by architects and designers
Interiors studio YSG has updated a seaside home in Byron Bay, Australia, creating a series of retro spaces with colours and furnishings that evoke the 1970s. More about YSG creates "eccentric beats of nostalgia" in Byron Bay seaside home
Mexican studios Espacio 18 Arquitectura and Cueto Arquitectura have renovated a narrow infill property in Oaxaca, Mexico to create apartments within a space built up with different styles over the years. More about Espacio 18 and Cueto renovate historic Oaxaca apartment building
An extension perched above a ranch house and a 3D-printed home designed by Lake Flato and ICON feature in this roundup of contemporary architecture in Austin, Texas. More about Ten inventive contemporary houses in Austin
With a 12-storey home in Mumbai gaining attention, we've put together a roundup of Indian houses recently featured on Dezeen that depart from the norms of residential architecture. More about Ten recently completed unusual Indian houses
German architecture studio Demo Working Group has removed all non-structural walls from this 1970s high-rise apartment in Cologne, creating a utilitarian open-plan interior. More about Translucent and reflective surfaces ricochet light around Cologne apartment
Texas-based studio Moontower Design Build has constructed a "plant-based" cabin in Austin that features cross-laminated timber structural elements and a facade clad in cork. More about Moontower Design Build creates "plant-based" cabin in Austin
London studio EBBA Architects has completed the renovation of a terraced house in Camden, London, adding a metal frame structure that takes cues from Victorian design. More about EBBA Architects brightens home in Camden with "Victorian-like" metal extension