Stone cellar in Estonian forest forms base for wooden Põro House
Architects Hanna Karits and Mari Hunt used locally sourced wood to create this house in Estonia, which sits on top of a disused cellar in a forest. More
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Dezeen's top five houses of June 2024
A barrel-vaulted home in Kerala and the renovation of a redwood-clad house in California are two of the most popular houses featured on Dezeen this month. More
John Outram's Sphinx Hill house becomes youngest listed building in UK
An Egyptian-style, postmodern home designed by British architecture studio John Outram Associates in Oxfordshire has been Grade II-listed. More
Courtyards create "communal atmosphere" at Indian house by A Threshold
A series of staggered, multi-level courtyards animate the plan of In-between Gardens, a house in the town of Tiptur, India, designed by architecture studio A Threshold. More
Oza Sabbeth Architects creates East Hampton house with cedar cladding
New York-based design studio Oza Sabbeth Architects has wrapped an L-shaped beach house in cedar and topped it with a standing seam gabled roof on Long Island. More
Proctor & Shaw transforms Heath House in London into "sanctuary for wellbeing"
Architecture studio Proctor & Shaw has added a blocky extension with light, wood-filled interiors to a Grade II-listed villa in north London. More
Christian Schlatter screens Córdoba house with weathering steel
A screen made of dense weathering steel slats shades the facade of a Córdoba, Argentina house expanded over the last fifteen years by Argentinian architect Christian Schlatter. More
Angled concrete blocks screen home in Japanese forest by Nendo
Screens of concrete panels surround Block Wall House, a triangular home that design studio Nendo has nestled into a forest in Japan. More
Sordo Madaleno creates "overgrown ruin" apartment block in Mexico
Architecture studio Sordo Madaleno has created a residential block in Mexico informed by Mayan pyramids made of cubic apartments stacked on top of one another. More
Channel glass and wood wrap Lakeside Modern house in Minnesota
US studios PKA Architecture and Martha Dayton Design have completed a waterfront residence with a glass-clad entry volume designed to "make an architectural statement". More
Studio Saar wins Davidson Prize for department-store housing concept
Architecture practice Studio Saar has won the Davidson Prize with Apartment Store, a concept exploring how the UK's vacant retail spaces can be repurposed as community-owned housing. More
Quinzhee Architecture clads stilted "contemporary chalet" in cedar
Canadian studio Quinzhee Architecture has lifted a cedar-clad residence on stilts for a ski house in Québec. More
Ye strips Tadao Ando beach house in Malibu back to its structure
Musician Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has removed the windows and gutted the interior of a concrete home in Malibu, California, designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando. More
Johan Sundberg Arkitektur creates "cosy home with modern ideas" in Sweden
Swedish studio Johan Sundberg Arkitektur has completed a brick house on the southwestern tip of Sweden that prioritises a relationship with its surroundings in a coastal pine forest. More
"Light structures and materials" define Di Linh House by K59 Atelier
Architecture studio K59 Atelier has designed a home in Di Linh, Vietnam, using local materials that were easy to transport to its remote site, such as timber and rammed earth. More
Nielsen Schuh Architects designs fire-resistant house in California wine country
Plates of weathering steel wrap the House for a New Beginning, a project designed by US studio Nielsen Schuh Architects for a couple whose original home was destroyed by a wildfire. More
Messner Architects clads RVTK apartments in Italy with contrasting facades
Italian studio Messner Architects has extended and reconfigured a house in South Tyrol to create three apartments, each with a contrasting exterior finish of plaster, wood and metal. More
Martin Fenlon Architecture wraps Los Angeles house in woodsy green cladding
Green fibre-cement siding that blends with the trees is among the modifications made to a century-old house in California that has been revamped by local studio Martin Fenlon Architecture. More
Fala Atelier adds geometric "metal masks" to exterior of Porto apartment
Graphic metal facades and curving glass-block walls characterise this apartment in Porto, which was converted from a ground-floor shop by local architecture studio Fala Atelier. More
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Vaulted roofs and laterite walls form "unapologetically modern" home in India
Barrel-vaulted concrete roofs are supported by thick laterite walls at The Stoic Wall Residence in Kerala, India, completed by local studio Lijo Reny Architects. More