Traditional Japanese materials and details are fused with contemporary finishes at C4L House in Tokyo, designed by local studio Cubo Design Architects. More about Cubo Design Architects celebrates traditional Japanese craft in Tokyo home
Chinese architecture studio MAD has unveiled visuals of Qondesa, a skyscraper for Ecuador's capital Quito that will feature a planted facade and become the city's tallest building. More about MAD's first South American building will resemble "twisting vines"
LAND Arquitectos has completed a seaside house consisting of pavilions with wooden screens laid out according to vegetation groupings on the coastal site in Chile. More about LAND Arquitectos creates Chilean home with series of screened pavilions
London-based studio Neiheiser Argyros has renovated a Victorian terrace named Steele's Road House, adding balconies and open spaces that connect the home to its garden. More about Neiheiser Argyros refreshes Victorian terrace house with timber-clad extension
Living on the Edge is a book that celebrates clifftop houses. Here, author Agata Toromanoff selects 10 of her favourites, from a cabin in the Italian Alps to a villa on the Mexican Pacific coast. More about Ten houses perched precariously on cliff edges
For the renovation of a house in Toronto's West End, local firm Studio Vaaro added minimally detailed millwork to form kitchen cabinetry, the staircase and a feature bookcase in the living room. More about Studio Vaaro reconfigures House M using built-in storage volumes
An undulating concrete roof topped with grass covers this house in the Czech Republic, designed by local architecture studio RO_AR. More about Grass-topped home in Czech Republic bridges "the urban and the natural"
Raw concrete surfaces are softened by timber and plenty of daylight inside these Mexican houses, rounded up here as part of our latest lookbook. More about Eight brutalist Mexican interiors that prove concrete doesn't have to feel cold
A pink rear extension informed by the work of architect Luis Barragán has been added to a 1930s home in the suburbs of Dublin by Irish architecture practice Courtney McDonnell Studio. More about Courtney McDonnell Studio adds pink extension to 1930s Dublin home
Local architecture practice FMT Estudio has completed two concrete houses on either end of a narrow plot in Mérida, Mexico, connected by a central courtyard. More about FMT Estudio connects two Mexican dwellings with swimming pool courtyard
From Germany to the Bahamas, rural dwellings designed to embrace their natural surroundings make up Dezeen's top five houses of the month for April 2023. More about Dezeen's top five houses of April 2023
London practice Of Architecture has used a fuss-free colour and material palette to create this understated home for a young couple in the town of Newquay in Cornwall. More about Of Architecture builds beachside home for surfer-and-artist couple in Cornwall
Colleen Healey Architecture has renovated a 30-year-old home in Maryland, introducing large windows and a hybrid facade that mixes Corten steel with cedar shake. More about Colleen Healey clads renovated Maryland home in Corten steel and cedar
Seattle firm Olson Kundig Architects has created a studio attached to a primary residence in Washington, which sits on railroad tracks that allow it to completely detach. More about Olson Kundig places movable studio on rail tracks in Washington State
Malabar Architecture Projects has completed a white home in the southern Indian state of Kerala, which is topped with terracotta roofs informed by traditional dwellings nearby. More about "Interconnected pavilions" make up House Wandoor in India
Promotion: New York architect firm RAMSA has completed limestone-clad luxury residence St George's Mansions in Kadoorie Hill, Hong Kong, which is designed to blend into the garden city surroundings. More about RAMSA unveils luxury apartments St George's Mansions at Kadoorie Hill in Hong Kong
Local architect Tomás de Iruarrizaga has designed Casa Granic, a holiday home located on a hillside by Riñihue Lake in Chile that is meant for "year-round living". More about Tomás de Iruarrizaga bridges concrete forms with wooden structure for Chile holiday home
Spanish studio H Arquitectes has converted a small 19th-century dwelling into a spacious family home in Barcelona named House 1616. More about H Arquitectes transforms 19th-century Barcelona terrace with brick extension
Australian studio Dane Taylor Design has completed Bush Studio, a multipurpose garden room in New South Wales that has a compact form clad in charred wood. More about Compact garden studio nestles among trees in New South Wales
There are few things more therapeutic than bathing under an open sky. In this lookbook, we collect 10 outdoor showers from around the world. More about Ten houses with outdoor showers for connecting with nature