Local studio Bindloss Dawes has completed the transformation of Old School House, a Grade II-listed house in Somerset, England, that has been refreshed with a contemporary timber extension. More about Bindloss Dawes adds chestnut-clad extension to old Somerset schoolhouse
Canadian studio Appareil Architecture has created a wooden, light-filled mountain house with a single-pitch roof in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec. More about Appareil Architecture tops wooden Quebec home with sloped single-pitch roof
Limestone-block walls covered in pink plaster intersect to form UA House, which Kenyan practice Studio Mehta Architecture has added to a creekside site in Kilifi, Kenya. More about Pink plaster cloaks limestone house in Kenya by Studio Mehta Architecture
A London house extension designed by Office S&M features a ceramic facade with the same pink glaze used for Tube station tiles on the Hammersmith and City Line. More about Beacon House extension by Office S&M features bubblegum pink tiles
Large, overhanging roof eaves and homes with multiple dwellings are featured in this roundup of eight houses located on the islands of Hawaii. More about Eight contemporary houses in Hawaii that respond to the island environment
Greek studio Kapsimalis Architects has converted a 19th-century wine cellar into a cavernous holiday home on the island of Santorini in Greece. More about Kapsimalis Architects converts wine cellar into cavernous summer house
Local architecture studio CookFox Architects has unveiled plans to renovate a former women's prison in Chelsea into "100 per cent" affordable housing. More about CookFox to convert former New York City prison into affordable housing
A sage green facade formed of rhythmic wooden panels defines Babendiekstraße 23, a pair of timber houses that architecture studio NOTO has completed in Hamburg, Germany. More about NOTO nestles green-timber duplex among trees in Hamburg
Local studio RA! has created a blocky house called Casa LL with polystyrene panels and concrete in Tepoztlán, Mexico. More about RA! turns Mexican house in on itself with interior courtyards
Architecture studio Conen Sigl has completed a cooperative housing block near Zurich, topped by a greenhouse-style pergola referencing the area's industrial and agricultural history. More about Conen Sigl references "robust" industrial structures for Westhof housing in Zurich
Interior design studio RMGB has redesigned a 19th-century townhouse opposite the Chateau de Versailles, using marble and steel to modernise it while "preserving French heritage". More about RMGB decorates Versailles townhouse with custom and vintage furniture
Swirly cabinets and oak-lined ceilings feature in our latest lookbook, which collects eight residential kitchens from around the world where wood takes centre stage. More about Eight wooden kitchens that make the most of the material
Brooklyn studio CO Adaptive has retrofitted a terraced house in Queens, New York to meet Passive House energy efficiency standards. More about CO Adaptive overhauls Queens home to meet Passive House standards
Interior designers are finding interesting ways to pair red and green – a combination more typically associated with Christmas – to create quirky colour-block interiors. This lookbook brings together recent examples of how it can be done. More about Eight offbeat red-and-green home interiors that prove opposites attract
Spanish architecture practice Funcionable has renovated a century-old home in a heritage-protected area of Toledo, making "few but radical" alterations to its historic masonry fabric. More about Funcionable restores and updates historic home in Spain
Architecture studio Kallos Turin paired the cubic facade of this poured concrete Athens house with a sloping internal staircase to avoid creating a "rigid" home. More about Kallos Turin nestles monolithic Athens residence in oasis-like garden
Architecture studio Khan Bonshek's founders have remodelled their own terraced house in east London around a central brick wall, carrying out the majority of the work themselves. More about Khan Bonshek arranges east London home around brick "spine wall"
Architecture studio Alison Brooks Architects has completed the One Ashley Road residential development in London, with a pair of angular terracotta towers framing a square. More about Alison Brooks Architects creates "carved and animated" Tottenham Hale residential towers
A home in Suffolk with an origami-like roof and a timber house built on a stone cellar in Estonia were two of the most popular houses featured on Dezeen in July. More about Dezeen's top five houses of July 2024
French-Lebanese design studio David/Nicolas has refurbished a Milan apartment from the 1920s, bringing in contemporary details while retaining features added by Italian architect Gio Ponti. More about David/Nicolas balances classic and contemporary in renovated Gio Ponti apartment