Seattle architecture studio Hybrid and Mexico City-based Palma have created a hotel called NICO Loma Alta that features elements of brutalism and vernacular architecture. More about Hybrid and Palma include organic elements within brutalist Mexican hotel
Miami-based Brillhart Architecture consulted on the design of a pavilion-like island home in the Bahamas with local architects Garth and Darren Sawyer. More about Brillhart Architecture collaborates with Darren Sawyer for pavilion-like Bahamas home
Mexican studio Zozaya Arquitectos has designed a concrete seaside house defined by a calming water feature on the Pacific coast. More about Zozaya Arquitectos orients Mexican beach house around reflecting pool
Chilean studio ERRE Arquitectos has constructed Casa Ferran, a low-profile holiday house in Matanzas on the coast of Chile. More about ERRE Arquitectos designs U-shaped Chilean beach house overlooking the Pacific Ocean
Formafatal has constructed twin villas out of rammed earth on a jungled hillside in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica, which open to the Pacific Ocean with expansive frameless glass. More about Formafatal creates pair of rammed-earth villas in Costa Rica
Off-white stucco walls and a round staircase characterise the Chiripa housing complex in Mexico, which architecture studio Palma designed as a "hybrid" experiment merging residential and hotel-style living. More about Palma positions stucco-clad housing complex on Mexican coastline
Brooklyn-based nARCHITECTS has designed a nature centre and exhibition space that produces as much energy as it consumes on the New York coastline. More about nARCHITECTS tops New York nature centre with a mass-timber roof
Maine studio Elliott Architects has created a seaside house that includes a dramatic, cantilevered volume on stilt that stretches towards the ocean and the tree line. More about Elliott Architects uses dramatic cantilever for House on a Bay
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Debate newsletter features Fuse Architects' renovation of a 1960s beach house in California. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate newsletter features a "gorgeous" 1960s pyramidal home
Architect Gae Avitabile has designed the interior of Civico 29, a sea-informed cocktail bar in the coastal town of Sperlonga, Italy. More about Cocktail bar "suspended between sea and sky" draws upon nearby Mediterranean
London architecture studio IF_DO has built a seaside retreat in Suffolk, England, which allows three generations of one family to come together. More about Thorpeness Beach House by IF_DO is a multi-generational holiday home
Exposed concrete and open-air showers define this Mexican house by architect Chris Luce, which was designed as a functional sanctuary for surfers. More about Chris Luce designs Casa Nu as a "refuge" for surfers
American firm Olson Kundig has lined the upper floor of this residence next to Sydney's Bilgola Beach with louvred shutters that fold upwards to expose the living spaces to fresh air and sea views. More about Olson Kundig's Bilgola Beach House responds to the weather with operable shutters
A honeycomb-shaped installation and a "winged" pavilion are among the finalists of this year's Winter Stations competition, which brings together designs for temporary beach stations in Toronto. More about Beach pavilions for Toronto's Winter Stations 2022 revealed
Deep overhangs shade pavilions and walkways at a lush nature retreat in Costa Rica by architectural practice Studio Saxe. More about Studio Saxe weaves Caribbean Courtyard Villa into a Costa Rican jungle
Australian firm Tribe Studio Architects has created a U-shaped, timber-clad dwelling in New South Wales that is meant to serve as an "affordable and sustainable prototype home". More about Tribe Studio founder designs her own Australian weekend beach retreat
Illustrator Jean Jullien has designed a collection of graphic surfboards hand-painted to look like sea animals, which he describes as objects you could "put on your wall as much as you could surf with." More about Jean Jullien paints surfboards to look like playful marine animals
Mexican practice Espacio 18 Arquitectura has designed a concrete seafront home on Zapotengo beach in Oaxaca, with two wings oriented to follow the rising and setting of the sun. More about Espacio 18's La Casa del Sapo opens out onto a beach in Mexico
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features a home at Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk that looks like an ad hoc cluster of buildings. More about A "respectful" coastal home features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
UK studio Mole Architects has created a house named Freeholders within three contrasting volumes on the coast at Wells-next-the-Sea, UK. More about Mole Architects designs seaside home to look like an ad hoc cluster of buildings