An expansive gabled ceiling illuminated by clerestory windows shelters the open living spaces of Sugi House, a home in Kyoto designed by Japanese studio Ujizono Architects. More about Home in Kyoto is a "subtle rearranging" of familiar spaces
Giant shutters close off the towering facade of Wardrobe House, a rectangular wooden home in the Czech Republic designed by local studio Šépka Architekti. More about Šépka Architekti models prefab house in Prague on wooden wardrobe
Local studio Fieldwork has transformed a run-down building in west London into a home and casting studio with "a sense of drama and atmosphere". More about Fieldwork turns dilapidated building into mansard-roof-topped home and studio
Blocky volumes in exposed concrete contrast with the lush greenery and rooftop vegetable garden at House K, a home in Vietnam designed by local architecture studio HGAA. More about Nature is "inseparable from daily life" at House K in Vietnam
US studio Desai Chia Architecture has referenced the form of "native oak leaves" in shaping the metal roof on Chatham Residence, a rural house in New York designed for retirement. More about Desai Chia shapes New York house to "cast shadows that mimic nature"
A distinctive roof maximises mountain views and prevents snow build-up at this timber-framed house in Japan's Shimane Prefecture, designed by Japanese studio Enter-Archi. More about Broken-pitch roof tops wooden House in Yakami by Enter-Archi
Local studio Prim Estudio has designed a white house with a balcony inset into an asymmetrical zinc roof and arched windows for contemplating the landscape outside Buenos Aires, Argentina. More about Prim Estudio orients low-slung house for viewing Argentinian countryside
A monolithic grey-brick home in Northern Ireland and a skinny house in Kyoto are among the most popular houses featured on Dezeen this month. More about Dezeen's top five houses of September 2026
Scottish architecture studio Pend has expanded and updated a Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh, complementing its existing pale stone exterior with an extension clad in skinny red bricks. More about Pend uses skinny red bricks for extension to stone townhouse in Edinburgh
Charred-timber cladding is contrasted with warm plywood-lined interiors at House in Mibu, a home in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, completed by local studio Tato Architects. More about Tato Architects completes charred timber-clad home in Japan
UK studio RX Architects has returned to a house it previously completed in Sussex to add an extension, designed to blend in with the existing timber-clad form. More about RX Architects expands Sussex home with extension "immersed in the garden"
Cosy nooks and a study are among the spaces designed for reading at House of Shadows, a multi-generational home in Bengaluru, Karnataka, by Indian studio Cadence Architects. More about Multi-generational house in Bengaluru designed to be "conducive to reading"
Our latest roundup collects houses topped with verdant green roofs, with some designed to blend into the natural landscape and others providing elevated garden space for families to gather. More about Eight green-roofed homes that sprout from their surroundings
Scottish ash joinery and clay plaster add warmth to the granite walls of this low-lying extension to Cairngorm Cottage in Scotland, designed by local studio Architecture Office. More about Stone walls form "strong yet subtle" cottage extension in Scotland
Timber shutters and the canopies of two large trees shade the interiors of House Beyond the Mango Trees, a home in Kerala by Indian practice InLe Architects. More about Mango trees shade "restrained and calming" home in India by InLe architects
Local studio Gonzalo Bardach Architecture has created a concrete house with shading screens and green roofs for "atmospheres that support everyday inhabitation with calm and depth" in Argentina. More about Gonzalo Bardach balances "thick walls and filtering planes" at Casa JR in Argentina
White lime-rendered walls frame Casa Amona, a two-storey home and studio in Mexico, designed by local architecture studio Colar to support multi-generational living. More about Colar angles home and studio to face surrounding hills in Mexico
Swedish studio Johan Sundberg Arkitektur has designed the Pine House holiday home with a cross-shaped plan that stretches into its forested site in southern Sweden. More about Johan Sundberg Arkitektur nestles timber summer house within Swedish woodland
Indents and slices across an offset gabled volume bring natural light into this beach house in Queens, New York, by Brooklyn-based BAAO Studio. More about New York beach home by BAAO contains a "house within a house"
Two accessory dwelling units are contained within a double-level, arched metal building, which was created by design-build studo Qastic. More about Qastic creates stacked ADUs for "alternative approach to small-scale housing" in Los Angeles