Our cities are full of apartment blocks dotted with pathetically sized balconies too small to be of any actual use, writes Jessica Furseth. More about "If no one ever sits there, is a balcony still a balcony?"
The cavernous earth chambers of an anthill informed the stack of curved brick balconies that front this home in Maharashtra, India, designed by local studio Kaushal Tatiya Architects. More about Anthill caverns inform "earthy and tactile" Indian home by Kaushal Tatiya Architects
Design practice Jorge Urias Studio has added three brick blocks with notched corners to an apartment complex in Ciudad Juárez, México. More about Jorge Urias unveils notched brick apartment complex in Mexico
Spanish architecture studios DataAE and Xavier Vendrell have balanced two rows of social housing on a hillside in Barcelona overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. More about DataAE and Xavier Vendrell balance Barcelona housing block on steep site
Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu has completed a residential building in Taiwan that features a gridded facade filled with inverted-arch screens. More about Neri&Hu animates gridded Taipei apartment block with arched screens
London studio Mae Architects has created Harriet Hardy House in Southwark, a block of 119 social homes complete with a community centre and cafe. More about Mae Architects completes "21st-century almshouse" in Southwark
Planted balconies surround open living spaces at this house in Bengaluru, designed by Indian studio 4site Architects for a nature-loving family. More about House of Greens by 4site Architects offers "a garden experience in every space"
Movable metal shutters reveal bright red balconies at this social housing block in Barcelona, created by local architecture studios MIAS and Coll-Leclerc Architects.
More about Red accents enliven social housing block on triangular plot in Barcelona
White volumes, balconies and planters are stacked around a central courtyard at House for Young Families in Da Nang, Vietnam, which has been designed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. More about H-H Studio designs home in Vietnam as "a place to live, work, study, grow crops and entertain"
Featuring buildings equipped with meandering balconies and terraces that fan out like leaves, this roundup collects 10 of the most dramatic sculptural balconies published on Dezeen. More about Ten buildings that make a sculptural feature of their balconies
French-Brazilian architecture studio Triptyque has completed an 85-metre-tall residential tower in São Paulo that offers its occupants indoor-outdoor living. More about Triptyque wraps Onze22 high-rise in Brazil with large balconies
Balconies shaded by trailing plants front this slender concrete home in Vietnam, which has been designed by local architecture practice X11 Design Studio to "promote a connection between nature and people". More about X11 Design Studio "connects nature with daily activities" at De Chill House in Vietnam
A "mountainous" zigzag roofline and bright yellow balconies define the ParkLife apartment block in the Brunswick neighbourhood of Melbourne, designed by local studio Austin Maynard Architects. More about Bright yellow balconies enliven Melbourne apartment block by Austin Maynard Architects
Winding balconies and outdoor learning spaces feature in Kindergarten of Museum Forest, a curvy building that Chinese studio Atelier Apeiron has added to an existing nursery in Shenzhen. More about Chinese kindergarten designed as "small town" of flexible classrooms
Cuartopiso and Barragán Arquitectos have completed an all-electric, twelve-unit apartment complex with wide balconies overlooking the street in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. More about Cuartopiso and Barragán Arquitectos wrap Mexican apartment building in planted balconies
From a plant-enclosed terrace in Mexico to a large rooftop garden set beneath a metal pergola in Tokyo, Dezeen's latest lookbook highlights eight interiors with impressive balconies and terraces. More about Eight airy terraces and balconies that become extensions of the interior
An angular wall of exposed concrete informed by origami wraps this courtyard home in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, designed by local studio Atelier Gratia to be a "sanctuary" from the surrounding city. More about Atelier Gratia designs angular concrete courtyard house in Taiwan
Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled the Qianhai Prisma Towers in Shenzhen, China, both comprised of leaning volumes tapering towards the sky. More about BIG reveals pair of "simple prismatic" skyscrapers in Shenzhen
A sweeping form of stepped balconies that overlook the IJ waterfront defines the De Jakoba social housing in Amsterdam, designed by local practice Studioninedots. More about Studioninedots completes stepped social housing overlooking Amsterdam waterfront
Local studio Starh has completed an office and apartment building on a triangular plot in the Bulgarian city of Varna, featuring cantilevered balconies that extend out towards the nearby sea. More about Angular balconies provide views of the Black Sea at Starh's EOS building