Japanese studio Kei Kaihoh Architects has completed a timber-framed storage facility in Joetsu City that offers rice farmers a way to refrigerate their harvest without relying on gas or electricity. More
Montreal architecture studio Nós has completed a multi-generational home in Vermont's Green Mountains named Three Summits, which is made up of three pitched-roof structures connected by one-storey walkways. More
Brooklyn studio Elizabeth Roberts Architects has completed a cedar alpine house in the Catskills Mountains that connects two gabled forms underground. More
Salt Lake City architecture studio Imbue Design has built a house outside Zion National Park in Utah with sweeping views of one of the USA's most renowned landscapes. More
Iragüen Viñuela Arquitectos has reused the foundations of a previous building project for this holiday home in Chile, which can accommodate up to 12 guests. More
Winter is here in the northern hemisphere, so we've updated our Pinterest board depicting snowy architecture scenes. The board features dozens of projects including mountain cabins, ski lodges and cosy winter retreats. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest or visit our snow-scenes board to see more. More
US researchers have invented a nanogenerator that could one day be added to solar panels to keep them producing energy when covered in snow. More
Visitors to Stockholm Design Week can clamber over a snowy landscape without getting wet, in an installation created for Tarkett by Note Design Studio. More
Three volumes clad in pale cedar form this holiday home for skiing in Quebec's Laurentian Mountains, which Montreal-based studio YH2 has arranged to make the most of views to its forested surrounds. More
Network of Architecture has added seven new Alpine chalets in an expansion of the Zallinger resort in northern Italy. More
A humble cottage on the edge of a lake in the Scottish Highlands has been named as the UK's best house of 2018. More
The brothers that commissioned Quebec City-based Atelier Pierre Thibault to create them a shared weekend house each have a separate black block to accommodate their family. More
A record-breaking 31-metre-high ice tower has been installed at the annual winter festival in Harbin, China, featuring a shape inspired by the flounces of a flamenco dancer's dress. More
Jun Igarashi Architects found a work-around in Japanese building code to create this house on Hokkaido's southwest coast, which features a larger than average roof to protect a pair of patios from snowfall. More
Still in the festive mood? Our latest Pinterest board features architecture from snowy regions around the world, including a mirror-clad shelter for Canadian ice skaters and a glass holiday home in Slovenia. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
A young carpenter who wished to build his own residence was the client for this modest project by Atelier l'Abri, located in Quebec's Eastern Townships. More
This tiny black cabin by US firm Studio Padron serves as a cosy library and guest house for a vacation home in upstate New York (+ slideshow). More
Colorado architects Studio B have extended a local waterfront home by adding a pair of buildings with different levels of privacy (+ slideshow). More
Colorado architecture firm Arch11 has raised a single-family residence on a concrete plinth to provide unobstructed views of the Rocky Mountains (+ slideshow). More
This rustic residence in Aspen has been renovated by Miami-based Oppenheim Architecture in line with the Japanese principle of wabi-sabi, which acknowledges imperfection as beauty (+ slideshow). More