Osaka studio Process5 Design created this weekend retreat in western Japan to accommodate activities that are usually impossible in a city house (+ slideshow). More about T Weekend Residence by Process5 Design lets residents dine and bathe in sea breeze
This tiny stone cottage by Patterson Associates provides a remote honeymoon retreat on the rugged coast of a New Zealand peninsula (+ slideshow). More about Honeymoon retreat by Andrew Patterson nestles on shoreline of a New Zealand peninsula
Engineering firm Ney & Partners and architects office William Matthews Associates have been selected to design a bridge for the historic English castle village of Tintagel where, according to legend, King Arthur was conceived. More about Winning bridge selected for Cornish castle associated with King Arthur
Architects office ARX Portugal has completed a beachside civic centre on Portugal's Costa Nova, featuring an exhibition hall facing out to sea and a series of sloping rooftop terraces (+ slideshow). More about Seaside cultural centre by ARX Portugal boasts an intricate wooden framework
A wavy zinc-covered roof covers the front of this residence by Madrid practice GilBartolomé Architects, which is dug into a steep cliff face overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in Spain's Granada province (+ slideshow). More about GilBartolomé Architects creates cavernous "Gaudiesque" residence with a zinc-shingled roof
Dezeen promotion: entries are open for architects and designers to submit proposals for the renovation of an abandoned lighthouse in Sicily. More about Call for entries to Lighthouse Sea Hotel competition 2016
Horizontal slits create lines of shadow across the facades of this beachfront house in Israel by Pitsou Kedem Architects, which has a cantilevered upper storey that projects towards the Mediterranean Sea (+slideshow). More about Pitsou Kedem's House by the Sea features stripy aluminium walls and a cantilevered bedroom
South Korean studio Z_Lab has renovated a 100-year-old farmhouse on Jeju island, and renamed it Blind Whale in reference to the curves of its two smooth grey roofs (+ slideshow). More about Century-old farmhouse on Jeju Island gets a whale-inspired makeover by Z_Lab
The top of this house for two former politicians near Hastings, England, has been angled and cantilevered to capture views of the sea and provide a covered parking space beneath (+ slideshow). More about Alma-nac skews upper level of Split House to capture best view of the sea
This concrete painting studio by Santiago studio Felipe Assadi Architects is half-submerged in the cliffside gardens of a house on the Chilean coastline (+ slideshow). More about Concrete painter's studio by Felipe Assadi nestles into a rocky hillside on the Chilean seafront
The concrete volumes that make up this house on Sydney's seafront are arranged in a bridging formation to frame sculptures belonging to its art-collector residents (+ slideshow). More about Concrete blocks frame a private sculpture collection at Balmoral House in Sydney
Beach houses have long been associated with traditional clapboard architecture – but architects are reinventing the vernacular, swapping roofs for swimming pools and introducing dramatic cantilevers. Here are 14 of the best contemporary examples from the pages of Dezeen. More about 14 of the best contemporary beach houses and seaside holiday homes
This beachside cafe and toilet block by French studio Link Architectes is built into a grassy bank by the Loire River near Saint-Étienne, France (+ slideshow). More about Beachfront facilities building by Link Architectes nestles into a slope near Saint-Étienne
The beach huts traditionally found in English seaside towns informed this temporary mirror-clad cabin installed by ECE Architecture on the coast in Sussex (+ movie). More about ECE Architecture installs a mirrored beach hut on the English coast
This beach house by Ruhl Walker Architects is raised above the landscape, helping it to have a minimal impact on the fragile coastal ecosystem of its Cape Cod setting (+ slideshow). More about Beach house by Ruhl Walker Architects designed to "curve and shift" with the landscape
When visitors step inside this viewing tower on the coastline of Lincolnshire, England, an inner chamber tilts forward so the nearby beach becomes visible through a pair of aligned horizontal slots (+ slideshow). More about Angular seaside tower by Gruff and MSA contains a viewing platform that moves underfoot
A steel-framed pergola covered in willow reeds shades the frontage of this seaside sailing school in Cádiz, Spain, by architects Héctor Fernández Elorza and Carlos García Fernández (+ slideshow). More about Lightweight pergola flanks new sailing school for Sotogrande's Royal Maritime Club
Chilean architects Alejandro Soffia and Gabriel Rudolphy were set a strict budget for this seaside guesthouse complex, so they used standard dimensions to get as much value as possible out of their building materials (+ slideshow). More about Rough-sawn pine used to build low-cost Hostal Ritoque in Chile
The entire glazed front of this beach house in Hampshire, England, concertinas open to join a waterfront terrace (+ slideshow). More about The Kench is a British seaside chalet designed to "encourage outdoor living"
This water-sports facilities building by THE Architectes has been built into the side of a grassy dune to minimise its visual impact on the coastline (+ slideshow). More about THE Architectes conceals nautical sports base under a grassy beach dune