Daniel Libeskind's architecture firm has revealed plans for a museum in Iquique, Chile, featuring jagged, earthy concrete walls that are intended to evoke "the stark landscape of the Atacama Desert". More about Daniel Libeskind designs angular archeology museum for northern Chile
Triangular balconies and a three-sided rooftop pool overlook Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema beach from this hotel, renovated by Brazilian firm Bernardes Arquitetura. More about Bernardes Arquitetura renovates Rio's beachside Hotel Arpoador
Chilean architecture office Hsu Gabriel Architects has completed a holiday home comprising a pair of timber-clad volumes, which are angled to make the most of the views towards a nearby lake. More about Chilean lakeside Split House is divided into spaces for children and adults
Mexican studio Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos has completed a beach home on the island of Cozumel that brings vegetation indoors through openings in the ground floor. More about Sordo Madaleno organises beachfront Casa Cozumel around plant-filled courtyard
An opening cuts through this Hamptons residence by Marvel Architects, revealing an infinity pool and Peconic Bay beyond when viewed from the driveway. More about Marvel Architects completes cedar-clad retreat on Long Island's Peconic Bay
Mexican firm CDM has embedded a beachfront cabana and swimming pool into a rugged hillside covered in vegetation and overlooking the Pacific Ocean. More about Cabana and pool by CDM cut into rocky slope on Mexico's coast
This waterfront property by US studio McCall Design and Planning is built into rugged granite boulders that face Idaho's Payette Lake. More about Cliff House in Idaho steps down a granite slope to a lake
The roof of this concrete house, by Felipe Assadi Arquitectos, doubles as a lookout point for residents to take in views of Chile's coastline. More about Viewing platform tops Felipe Assadi's Casa Cipolla on Chilean coast
A gabled wooden volume sits atop a brick garage at the front of this bayside home on New York's Long Beach Island, by Brooklyn studio Bernheimer Architecture. More about Bernheimer Architecture creates "highly textural but quiet" Atlantic Beach Residence
Vancouver firm Michael Green Architecture has built a boathouse for storing racing shells and sails and monitoring maritime activity, with translucent walls and garage doors. More about Polycarbonate Dock Building by Michael Green Architecture glows on Vancouver beachfront
American firm John Ronan Architects has completed a square-shaped, waterfront home in Michigan that features a wooden exterior and rooms organised around open-air courtyards. More about John Ronan's charred wood Courtyard House frames views of Lake Michigan
Miami-based Oppenheim Architecture and Design has built offices in the city for an Italian construction company, with rectangular concrete volumes offset from one other and covered balconies extending from the units. More about Oppenheim Architecture completes concrete GLF Headquarters along Miami riverwalk
Numerous design elements help reduce energy costs in this home by Argentinian studio BHY Arquitectos that overlooks a lake in a new development. More about BHY Arquitectos creates austere white Casa Lucia on outskirts of Buenos Aires
BIG has released new renderings of the pair of towers it is building beside New York's High Line, which architect Bjarke Ingels says are shaped out of "mutual courtesy" for one another's views. More about The XI towers in New York will "dance" with each other, says Bjarke Ingels
Updated interior finishes and a new guest house are among the modifications that US studio Butler Armsden Architects has made to a 44-year-old, wood-clad residence that overlooks the Pacific Ocean. More about Butler Armsden overhauls 1970s coastal home in northern California
Concrete forms and outdoor passageways define this waterfront dwelling in the Turks and Caicos islands, which was designed by US studio Rick Joy Architects to embrace the natural landscape. More about Caribbean holiday home by Rick Joy allows coastal breezes to pass through
American architecture firm William Kaven has designed a concrete, blackened timber and glass residence on the shore of Lake Michigan to withstand the area's extreme winter weather. More about William Kaven designs sturdy house on Lake Michigan for bracing weather
A continuous flight of steps covers the roof of this home in Chile by Max Núñez Arquitectos, which runs parallel to the site's steep slope down to the Pacific Ocean. More about Concrete roof matches steep gradient of Chilean home by Max Núñez Arquitectos
Canadian firm YH2 has completed a contemporary cabin beside a lake in Quebec, with pale cedar cladding running up the exterior walls and over its gabled roof. More about White cedar covers gabled lake house in Canada by YH2
New York firm Raad Studio has situated this beach house clad in light-coloured timber high above the sea level in New Jersey. More about Pale cedar beach house by Raad Studio perches atop a sand dune