We're heading to Pennsylvania for the next in our series of roundups featuring homes from each US state, where projects vary from an all-white farmhouse to a residence cantilevered over a factory.

Pennsylvania Farmhouse by Cutler Anderson Architects

Double-height rolling shutters can open up or enclose this pitched-roof farmhouse, which Cutler Anderson Architects designed for a rural property.

The shutters allow the southern facade's expansive windows to be shaded while still letting a small amount of light through their slats.

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Twisted Farmhouse by Tom Givone

Self-taught designer Tom Givone extended a white house with a warped metal-clad addition that starkly contrasts with the traditional architecture.

Originally built in the 1850s, the Twisted Farmhouse's two-storey extension is wrapped in a silvery exterior, designed around five curving columns that create its shape.

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Outside-In House by Interface Studio Architects

American firm Interface Studio Architects built an all-white townhouse in a gentrifying part of Philadelphia, with a plywood staircase running up its middle.

Built between two other townhouses as part of a row, the narrow home's white exterior makes it stand out from the older buildings in the area, which are covered in either vinyl siding or red brickwork.

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High Meadow Cabins by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

For summer residents studying at Fallingwater – the famed 1930s home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright – US firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson created a set of cabins on a historic farm.

The shelters enable the institute to accommodate more students and form an extension to a cabin dating to the 1960s.

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Emerald Art Glass House by Fisher Architecture

This house in Pittsburgh by American architect Eric Fisher cantilevers by 16 metres to hover over the roof of a glass factory.

Designed to house the owners of the factory, the Emerald Glass House features Corten steel, mesh and exposed steel columns to create an industrial aesthetic.

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