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
Designer Jordan Ralph has created an off-grid artist's cabin called Studio Drop on an island off the west coast of Galway, Republic of Ireland. More about Jordan Ralph perches off-grid artist's retreat on the coast of Inis Oírr island
Mazul Beachfront Villas are a collection of holiday homes with coloured concrete facades designed to match their sandy surrounds on the coast of Oaxaca in Mexico. More about Revolution designs coloured concrete Mazul Beachfront Villas in Oaxaca
A new guesthouse and swimming pool are among the updates to a 56-year-old home on Fire Island that has been overhauled by American studio Andrew Franz Architect. More about Andrew Franz updates 1960s home on New York's Fire Island
Casa Bell-Lloc by architecture office Studio Saxe is a concrete house featuring expansive coastal views and a swimming pool that reaches toward the sea. More about Studio Saxe perches Casa Bell-Lloc on a lush hillside in Costa Rica
The sloping morphology of Mexican village Troncones is mirrored in Punta Majahua, a set of curvy beachfront apartments created by Zozaya Arquitectos. More about Beach homes by Zozaya Arquitectos "mimic the fluidity of waves"
Punta Chilen by Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados is a house extension on bright red-painted pine stilts overlooking the sea on the island of Chiloe in Chile. More about Guillermo Acuña raises seaside annexe on forest of red-painted pine stilts
Architecture firm Anonimous took cues from pre-colonial architecture designing Casa Cova, a sprawling beach house made of concrete, parota wood and dried palm leaves. More about Large thatched roof covers Casa Cova in Mexico by Anonimous
Design offices including Esrawe Studio and Rojkind Arquitectos have unveiled a proposal for a resort in New Jersey featuring sand-coloured concrete sunshades. More about Asbury Beach Club proposal for Jersey Shore features sandy concrete canopies
A bright pink arch and a giant seashell are among the winning designs for Toronto's annual Winter Stations programme of temporary beach pavilions. More about Socially distanced Winter Stations 2021 beach pavilion designs revealed
White concrete walls and chimneys feature in this seaside residence that was designed by Fuster + Architects to be able to endure tropical storms. More about Hurricanes inform design of coastal home in Puerto Rico by Fuster + Architects
Seattle firm LMN Architects worked with the Coast Salish tribes to design the Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal on a sacred waterfront in Washington State. More about Washington ferry terminal informed by Native American longhouses
Architecture studio Main Office has renovated a 1980s seaside holiday village with traditional thatch roofs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Sayulita, Mexico. More about Outdoor bathing and a jungle yoga platform feature in Villa Pelícanos by Main Office
Iranian practice ZAV Architects drew on the colourful landscape of the island of Hormuz for this holiday community that is housed in around 200 brightly coloured domes overlooking the Persian Gulf. More about ZAV Architects creates colourful domed cultural retreat on Iranian island of Hormuz
Architect Pekka Littow has used Finnish spruce and birch plywood for off-grid holiday home Majamaja, which is perched on a rocky outcrop by the sea just outside of Helsinki. More about Majamaja is an off-grid seaside cabin near Helsinki
Painted fibre-cement panels enclose the warm, wooden interiors of the SP House that (E)StudioRO has completed overlooking Tunquén beach in Chile. More about Teal-hued panels enclose timber beach retreat in Chile
Creative director Gabriella Khalil has created Grand Cayman's first boutique hotel, the beachfront Palm Heights, filled with collectible design pieces like Mario Bellini sofas, Ingo Maurer lights and an Ettore Sottsass rug. More about Grand Cayman beach hotel Palm Heights is styled like a 1970s Caribbean mansion
American studio MW Works has converted and refurbished a large beachside apartment on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Florida, using tropical hardwood and sand-coloured plaster. More about MW Works uses dark wood and sandy walls for interiors of Ocean Drive apartment in Miami Beach
The concrete rooms of Jipyungzip, a guesthouse by BCHO Architects in South Korea, are sunk into a grassy slope with flat roofs that form terraces overlooking the sea. More about BCHO Architects merges seaside guesthouse with the landscape
UK charity Art Fund's crowdfunding campaign to save artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman's cottage in Dungeness from being sold to a private owner has been successful. More about Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage saved by Art Fund campaign