Local studio Benjamin Hall Design has attached an accessory dwelling unit made of concrete block to an existing house to accommodate a multi-generational family in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. More about Benjamin Hall Design uses masonry walls for Arizona accessory dwelling unit
A pair of gabled volumes conceal the expansive timber-lined interiors of Light House, a home in the Netherlands designed by local studio Woonpioniers. More about Woonpioniers opts for "modernity tucked inside tradition" at timber-lined Dutch home
Architectural studio Heliotrope took a "site-sensitive approach" while designing a vacation house in the Pacific Northwest, resulting in a bow tie-shaped plan and knotty cedar cladding. More about Heliotrope tucks False Bay house into rocky site on a Washington island
London studio Office S&M has used cork as cladding, insulation and flooring in this mansard extension to a house in Walthamstow, which is enlivened by bright yellow details. More about London loft extension by Office S&M explores "how far cork can go"
Local studio Proctor & Shaw looked to Mallorcan villas to create a feeling of calmness at Stone Brick House, a London home extended with walls of pale limestone brick. More about Proctor & Shaw uses limestone bricks for "powerfully tranquil" extension in London
Whether to make sloped sites level, prevent flooding or reduce impact on natural surroundings, houses on stilts are being built around the world. Here are eight of the best contemporary examples. More about Eight contemporary houses raised on stilts
Ceramic cobogó blocks and caquinhos tiles form the kitchen of this São Paulo apartment renovated by Brazilian studio Cota760 Arquitetura. More about Cota760 Arquitetura gives São Paulo apartment "terracotta-toned nucleus"
French studio In Sinu Architectes has renovated and extended a woodland house in France, adding large windows to frame painting-like views of the surroundings. More about House at the Edge frames "living tableaux" of forest in France
Local practice Architecture for London and interiors studio Hamish Vincent Design have revamped a neo-Georgian house in London, organising its interior around a triple-height stairwell. More about Islington House extension features details that "might make a Georgian craftsperson proud"
Full-height windows framed by sculptural panels of glass-reinforced concrete overlook two stacked courtyards at Mozart House, a London home extended by local practice Studio Dera. More about Studio Dera adds sculptural extension to Mozart House in London
Japanese studio ICADA has completed a house in Saitama, Japan, that combines inventive storage solutions with a structure of rough-sliced cedar logs. More about Live Sawn House features moving walls and a room on stilts
Local architect Pablo Sanchez Lopez focused on the idea of thresholds for this London house extension, creating a timber-framed porch at the entrance and a large pivot door leading to the garden. More about Pablo Sanchez Lopez updates London house with timber porch
Canadian studio Ravi Handa Architect has completed a cedar-clad house that fits into its wooded setting on the shores of a lake in Quebec. More about Ravi Handa Architect "mirrors the discovery" of woodland walks in Quebec house
Angular forms cloaked in green-toned metal make up Camp Alliances, a family home in Spain by Madrid studio OF Architects and architect Ignacio G Galán. More about Camp Alliances house has "reciprocal relationship" with Spanish forest
Local architecture practice Studio Arthur Casas has used dramatic cantilevers and overhangs to extend the volume of a house with wood and stone accents across a site in São Paulo, Brazil. More about Studio Arthur Casas affixes dramatic cantilever to Brazilian house
Tokyo studio I IN has renovated Lulla House, a holiday home overlooking the ocean in Kamakura, Japan, creating "a space where the beauty of the view becomes a collective experience". More about I IN designs light-filled Kamakura beach house to make most of ocean view
US architecture studio Grzywinski + Pons has completed a 31-storey residential building in downtown Seattle that features a light olive-coloured facade and glazed boxes that pop out from the tower's edges. More about Boxy "sky lounges" protrude from Seattle skyscraper by Grzywinski + Pons
Corrugated metal cloaks the long, narrow form of An Unfinished House, a minimalist house in Japan designed by Tokyo studio Kraft Architects. More about Kraft Architects clads minimalist Japanese home with corrugated steel
Promotion: Spanish brand Cupa Pizarras' Cupaclad slate-based cladding system features in four different patterns across the facade of this home, designed by architects Emaki Architects to harmonise with the natural surroundings of the US Pocono Mountains. More about Mountain home with Cupaclad slate facade features mix of patterns
American studio SPF Architects has included an aluminium skin and an upper volume that "appears to float" over the ground level at completed the Bronze and Black House in California. More about SPF Architects clads cantilevered Beverly Hills house in black and bronze panels