Toronto-based studio Omar Gandhi Architects has completed a lakefront house out of a series of rotated, cedar-clad volumes that respond directly to the orientation of the site and its trees. More about Omar Gandhi Architects cascades cedar lake house down Canadian hillside
Mexican architecture studio Pedro & Juana has opened up the roof of a Valle de Bravo house to install a pine staircase, which connects to a residential extension higher on the site. More about Pedro & Juana creates wooden tunnel staircase to bridge Mexico house extension
Mass timber framing and live-edge cedar siding are among the elements used by the founders of Brooklyn studio nArchitects to create a lake house for themselves in the Hudson Valley. More about nArchitects finishes CLT House with "cladding technique used by early settlers"
Tbilisi-based 10:10 Interiors has renovated part of the Lopota Lake Resort & Spa in Georgia's Kakheti wine region, introducing a colour palette that evokes the surrounding landscape and clay vessels used in traditional winemaking. More about Minimalism and Georgian craftsmanship combine in lakeside Kakheti hotel
Toronto studio Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect has wrapped a gabled house in blackened wood and included wedge-shaped clerestory windows to respond to the lakeside landscape in the Muskoka Region of Ontario. More about Barbora Vokac Taylor includes viewfinder windows on black Ontario cabin
Local studio Miró Rivera Architects has clad the lakeside River Hills Residence in weathering steel, complemented by a delicate two-storey dock and guest house. More about Miró Rivera Architects clads lakeside Austin retreat with weathering steel
Mexico City architecture studio HEMAA utilised a steel structure and green-coloured eaves for Pabellón de la Reserva, a meeting place sited on the marshy shores of a lake in the mountains of central Mexico. More about HEMAA integrates "nuanced structure" into Mexican wetlands pavilion
Canadian architecture studio Lemay has designed a chalet prototype with a sloped roof and extensive glazing using mass timber in Quebec. More about Lemay creates mass-timber chalet with sloped green roof in Quebec
Chicago-based studio Wheeler Kearns Architects has created a wood-wrapped lake house with three separate structures whose design was informed "by the natural beauty and tranquillity" of Lake Michigan. More about Wheeler Kearns wraps Michigan lake house with two tones of wood
Circular holes form light wells, courtyards and spaces for existing trees at this lakeside house in Mexico's Nayarit state, designed by Mexican studio MCxA Group. More about Cylindrical voids accommodate trees at Mexican lake house by MCxA Group
Mexican studio PPAA has completed a concrete villa beside Lake Zurich in Switzerland, fronted by a long water feature that helps to illuminate the interior. More about "Water mirror" reflects light into villa overlooking Lake Zurich by PPAA
New York-based studio Fuller Overby has created a home clad in charred cypress that cascades down a hill to a lake in North Carolina. More about Fuller Overby stacks cypress-wrapped spaces for North Carolina lake house
An elevator is found within a multi-level house in Michigan by DMAC Architecture & Interiors, which was designed to accommodate "people of all ages and mobilities". More about DMAC creates Michigan Lake House with cantilevered ash-clad volumes
Izquierdo Lehmann has designed a round lakeside house near Lago Ranco in southern Chile that is wrapped in glass with a series of wood-clad boxes projecting from its sides. More about Izquierdo Lehmann cantilevers boxes from cylindrical glass Chilean house
Brooklyn studio Worrell Yeung designed a timber-clad lake house with cantilevered roof planes that cascade down a sloped site near Connecticut's Candlewood Lake. More about Worrell Yeung balances cascading cantilevers for Connecticut lake house
Alexander Jermyn Architecture has created a lake house in Lake Tahoe, California with blackened wood siding to withstand the mountain climate. More about Alexander Jermyn Architecture clads a gabled California home with charred wood
LaRue Architects has clad a lake house outside of Austin, Texas with patinated copper, limestone and oak in order to give it a "living finish". More about LaRue Architects creates a copper-clad lake house in the Texas Hill Country
Timber interiors and larch cladding reference the surrounding Bohemian Forest at this pared-back cabin in the Czech Republic, designed by French practice Les Archinautes in collaboration with local practice 3AE. More about Les Archinautes and 3AE create timber cabin overlooking lake in Czech Republic
Caleb Johnson Studio has created a timber-clad family home in Otisfield, Maine that has no primary bedroom in order to "reinforce familial bonds". More about Caleb Johnson Studio clads Pieri Pines lake house in Maine with local cedar
Exposed finishes that draw cues from the forests and geology of Canada come together in this remote holiday home by Toronto-based architect Studio Paolo Ferrari. More about Studio Paolo Ferrari combines wood and granite for Canadian lake house