Colombian-Ecuadorian filmmaker Alejandro Landes has completed his first built project: a tropical-modernist mansion in Miami that is currently among the city's most expensive residential properties. More about Filmmaker's first architectural project is modernism-influenced Miami villa
A grand window offers views of the woodland and sea in this house in Hanko, Finland, designed by Mer Architects as a contemporary update of the town's historic villas. More about Timber-clad Gamla Villan by Mer Architects offers views of Finnish meadow and sea
Swiss architect Philippe Meyer has converted a former office building on the shore of Lake Geneva into a house with glass walls to provide expansive views of the surrounding scenery (+ slideshow). More about Villa Le Lac is a glass-walled house overlooking Lake Geneva
World Heritage Corb: the lakeside home Le Corbusier designed for his parents is next up in our series in which we take a closer look at the 17 projects recently added to UNESCO's World Heritage List. More about Le Corbusier designed Villa Le Lac as a lakeside home for his parents
Architect Mohamed Amine Siana has completed a house in Casablanca, featuring a sculptural exterior intended as a contemporary update of the Modernist architecture found across the Moroccan city (+ slideshow). More about Mohamed Amine Siana combines flat planes and wavy walls at Villa Z in Casablanca
World Heritage Corb: one of the most important buildings by architect Le Corbusier from the 17 that have been to UNESCO's World Heritage List is Villa Savoye, the top-heavy weekend retreat created as a Modernist version of the French country house (+ slideshow). More about Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye encapsulates the Modernist style
Wooden barn-like blocks splay out in various directions to form this Swedish villa by Stockholm studio Murman Arkitekter, framing views of a lake and surrounding woodland (+ slideshow). More about Murman Arkitekter completes a Swedish villa that fans out in all directions
Architects Paul de Ruiter and Chris Collaris have transformed a former private museum in Rotterdam into an energy-neutral townhouse, featuring outdoor spaces on each level of its remodelled rear facade ( + slideshow). More about Balconies and full-storey windows added to villa in a former Dutch museum
This board-marked concrete residence by architect Agustín Lozada features a series of terraces and pools, offering views over a valley in Argentina's Sierras Chicas hills (+ slideshow). More about Concrete villa by Agustín Lozada has coarse walls to suit its rugged hilltop setting
A panoramic window surrounded by a faceted wood and corrugated copper frame dominates the facade of this Alpine residence by Camillo Botticini Architetto (+ slideshow). More about Corrugated copper villa by Camillo Botticini Architetto frames Alpine views
A sculptural white staircase lit by a skylight connects an open-plan living space to a mezzanine floor inside this house in Finland by Avanto Architects (+ slideshow). More about Villa Lumi by Avanto Architects has a curving white concrete staircase
This wood-panelled extension by a pair of Swedish architecture studios echoes the design of the 19th-century villa that it adjoins (+ slideshow). More about Kod Arkitekter and General Architecture add wood-panelled extension to Swedish villa
Gently undulating walls and a wavy roof enclose this family home in northern Belgium by Office O Architects, which projects two broad windows over a secluded garden to the rear (+ slideshow). More about Office O Architects uses "flowing lines" and projecting windows to create Villa MQ
Siberian larch wood covers this house and its adjoining wrap-around terrace in southern Sweden, designed by architect Johan Sundberg (+ slideshow). More about Johan Sundberg clads Villa Ljung inside and out with Siberian larch
Dezeen promotion: Italian studio JM Architecture has completed a three-bedroom villa in the northern Italian town of Jesolo, using tiles by Dutch manufacturer Mosa to cover floors and walls (+ slideshow). More about JM Architecture lines L-shaped villa on northern Italian coast with ceramic tiles by Mosa
Grass ramps over the curving form of this house in the French countryside, which was designed by architect Julien De Smedt as a contemporary alternative to the region's "pastiche chalets" (+ slideshow). More about French villa designed by Julien De Smedt to look like a bump in the landscape
White concrete volumes protrude from this house in central Italy, which features a bamboo-filled courtyard and a subterranean swimming pool (+ slideshow). More about Architettura Matassoni uses dislocated volumes to form white villa in Tuscany
Archiplan Studio has rejuvenated the interior of a villa in northern Italy, reviving original wallpapers and furnishings, and pairing them with contemporary details (+ slideshow). More about Archiplan Studio blends old and new for restoration of early 20th-century Italian villa
David Chipperfield Architects has completed a pair of holiday villas inspired by lemon houses on a hillside overlooking Italy's largest lake (+ slideshow). More about David Chipperfield references historic lemon houses with hillside villas on Lake Garda
Slate-covered walls frame this swimming pool created by architecture studio LAD in the grounds of an Italian villa, which offers swimmers views of the surrounding hills and valleys (+ movie). More about Slate-clad Fontanile Pool frames views of the Italian countryside from the garden of an old villa