Atelier Pierre Thibault split this lakeside home in Canada into two volumes that face on to a small courtyard in between. More about Waterfront home by Atelier Pierre Thibault overlooks Quebec's Lac Masson
Studio PCH and Montalba Architects have converted a 1950s beachfront hotel into Nobu's Ryokan Malibu – the first in a line of high-end, Japanese-inspired retreats. More about Nobu opens Japanese-influenced oceanside hotel in Malibu
The top floor of this tall holiday home by US studio Lake Flato is situated above the tree line, enabling impressive views of a lake in Texas Hill Country. More about Lake Flato creates vertical waterfront home in rural Texas
Staggering a series of parallel spaces, architect and Columbia University professor Lydia Xynogala has created a hillside home on Skiathos where rooms have secluded terraces facing the ocean. More about Greek island home by Lydia Xynogala fans out to maximise sea views
Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architect has created a remote vacation home in Nova Scotia for an urban couple, with floor-to-ceiling windows that provide sweeping views of the sea. More about Omar Gandhi Architect perches glass-walled cabin on rocky cliff in Nova Scotia
This solar-powered retreat in Northern California's Sonoma wine region was designed by US firm Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects to include outdoor living areas and framed views of the landscape. More about California country home by Turnbull Griffin Haesloop features an outdoor living room
This waterfront dwelling that hugs a hillside, by Canadian studio McLeod Bovell Modern Houses, is designed to make the most of its sea views. More about McLeod Bovell Modern Houses nestles West Vancouver home into rocky hillside overlooking the sea
Water views from this long narrow home in West Seattle by Suyama Peterson Deguchi are strategically framed using existing trees on site. More about Seattle waterfront home enjoys carefully chosen views through lush vegetation
Canadian studio MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple has completed a coastal dwelling that features wooden shingles, gabled roofs, and concrete fins that elevate the home off the ground to protect it from tidal surges. More about MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple elevates cedar-clad cabin in Nova Scotia on concrete plinths
A pair of separate volumes connected by a covered bridge form Atelier Pierre Thibault's latest project, a lakeside residence in rural Quebec. More about Bridge connects two sides of lakeside home by Pierre Thibault
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
Design-and-construction firm First Lamp Architects has raised this family home near Seattle above a nearby body of water, drawing references from bridge structures. More about Waterfront home near Seattle is lifted on bridge-like structural supports
Ponds fed by the Yellowstone River provide natural water features around this home by Hughesumbanhower Architects, located on a ranch in Big Timber, Montana (+ slideshow). More about Montana house by HUUM sits beside the Yellowstone River
Colorado architects Studio B have extended a local waterfront home by adding a pair of buildings with different levels of privacy (+ slideshow). More about Studio B adds two separate volumes to Riverside House in Colorado
This tall, gabled house by Bernardo Bader Architekten is covered in lengths of blackened timber and stands on the edge of a small stream in Lochau, Austria (+ slideshow). More about Blackened timber house by Bernardo Bader Architekten stands on the edge of a stream
American architect Robert Gurney has created a house in Virginia topped with a geometric roof, which folds over the building to protect it from harsh winds (+ slideshow). More about Robert Gurney's waterfront Buisson Residence is capped with a folded copper roof
Board-marked concrete walls frame this Buenos Aires residence by Argentinian architect Federico Sartor, but at the back they give way to large windows, offering views of a courtyard and lake (+ slideshow). More about Buenos Aires house by Federico Sartor features textured concrete walls and lake views
To gain views of Lake Erie from a sheltered plot, architecture firm Kariouk Associates designed this Canadian house to include a "love nest" that pokes above the treetops (+ slideshow). More about Kariouk Associates sneaks around planning laws to gain lake vistas for A Bower House
Providing sweeping views of a wilderness reserve was the primary goal for US studio Lubrano Ciavarra when designing this large wood-and-slate holiday home in Rhode Island (+ slideshow). More about Lubrano Ciavarra clads weekend retreat in Rhode Island using cedar and rough-cut slate
A long central bar divides this neighbourhood hangout in Seattle into areas for buying sandwiches, drinking craft beer and watching sports (+ slideshow). More about Mammoth cafe and craft beer bar in Seattle accommodates different social spaces