Maine studio Elliott Architects has created a seaside house that includes a dramatic, cantilevered volume on stilt that stretches towards the ocean and the tree line. More about Elliott Architects uses dramatic cantilever for House on a Bay
American firm Olson Kundig has lined the upper floor of this residence next to Sydney's Bilgola Beach with louvred shutters that fold upwards to expose the living spaces to fresh air and sea views. More about Olson Kundig's Bilgola Beach House responds to the weather with operable shutters
For our latest lookbook, we have rounded up 10 hotel rooms and holiday homes on the coast that provide unspoiled views of the surrounding seas and oceans. More about Ten coastal hotel rooms with calming sea views
Sand-coloured walls serve as a backdrop to the linen, cane and teak wood furnishings inside this beachside restaurant and bar near Amsterdam, designed by Anne Claus Interiors. More about Anne Claus Interiors uses natural materials and earth tones for beach restaurant De Republiek
Kazunori Fujimoto Architects & Associates used corner windows for a concrete house with views of the sea and Itsukushima Shrine in Japan's Hiroshima prefecture. More about Hilltop concrete house frames views of the sea and a shrine in Japan
Japanese architecture practice CAPD have completed Umi – a simple, white house in Tokushima prefecture overlooking the sea with a large, deep-set window and terrace. More about Slim white house by CAPD frames view of the sea in Japan
Colour-blocked walls painted in flamingo pink, azure blue and pastel green define the different areas of this seaside apartment in Greece, by architect Stamatios Giannikis. More about Waterfront Nikis Apartment features walls in shades of pink, blue and green
Miami-based Touzet Studio has used touches of blue throughout this house on a tiny Cat Cays island in the Bahamas to match the hues of the ocean that it overlooks. More about Touzet Studio offers "modern take on island architecture" at Bahamas holiday home
Danish practice Norm Architects has employed sand-coloured walls and earth-hued furnishings throughout this home near Copenhagen to echo the colour palette of the rugged coastal landscape. More about Norm Architects uses earthen tones to connect family home to coastal setting in Denmark
This holiday home on the south coast of Iceland features a sheltered central courtyard lined by a pair of timber volumes and a terrace with a panoramic view of a nearby lake. More about Timber and concrete summer house faces scenic Icelandic landscape
Architects Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen have completed a tall and narrow concrete house, which perches on a cliff facing a sea-lion reserve on Chile's Coliumo Peninsula. More about Narrow concrete house by Pezo von Ellrichshausen juts towards the Pacific Ocean
A series of extruded volumes face specific views of the coastline and farmland surrounding this house in New South Wales, Australia. More about Coastal house by Atelier Andy Carson features cantilevered rooms looking out to sea
Austin Maynard Architects has completed a house in a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, featuring curved tubular-steel supports that prop up a first floor that faces out towards the ocean and the city's skyline. More about Giant steel "paperclips" support living spaces and ocean-facing balcony at New South Wales house
This faceted extension added to a holiday residence in Spain's Alicante region features plywood-lined interiors and a picture window angled to frame a view of a nearby watchtower. More about Laura Ortín adds "aesthetically disobedient" extension to beachfront home in Spain
Architect Vaughn McQuarrie has completed a house on New Zealand's Waiheke Island that features fully glazed gable ends, and a helical staircase connecting an open-plan ground floor with mezzanines above. More about Huge glazed gable frames sea view at Vaughn McQuarrie's Anzac Bay House
Mole Architects has completed a house in the English seaside town of Poole, comprising a pair of blackened-timber volumes that resemble the upturned hull of a boat. More about The Houseboat by Mole Architects evokes the underside of a ship's hull
Amsterdam office Studio Selva used locally sourced materials to construct this holiday home for surfers in central Chile, which features rooms that open onto a communal deck overlooking the ocean. More about Studio Selva wraps Chilean surfers' retreat in eucalyptus screens
Architect Jun Sekino employed clean-lined geometric forms and patinated concrete walls to create a tropical take on modernist architecture for this house in Thailand's Tha Mai district. More about Jun Sekino completes Bauhaus-inspired beach house in eastern Thailand
Vector Architects has renovated a house perched on a rocky peninsula in China's Fujian Province, adding a vaulted concrete roof that encloses a new living area with views towards the sea from either end. More about Vector Architects adds barrel-vaulted roof to refurbished house in Chinese port
White Arkitekter has completed a bathhouse on the southern coast of Sweden, featuring a timber-clad structure perched on slender legs that extend outwards towards the rear to optimise sea views. More about White Arkitekter's pared-back bathhouse reinterprets Sweden's traditional "gingerbread" architecture