"The tide may finally be turning against knocking down social-housing estates"
Vast swathes of London's social housing continue to be demolished in the name of estate regeneration, but Anna Minton believes things could be about to change. More
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COA Arquitectura adds "earth-toned" home to Mexican forest
Blocky forms and triangular cutouts intersect to form Casa Cielo, a monolithic house that Mexican studio COA Arquitectura has added to a forest in Jalisco. More
John Ellway staggers series of indoor-outdoor spaces at Cascade House
Australian architect John Ellway has renovated an early 20th-century cottage in Queensland into an open family home intended to encourage indoor-outdoor living. More
Lucio Muniain designs Mexican concrete house as "habitable sculpture"
Mexican architecture studio Lucio Muniain has created Casa HMZ, a brutalist house with raw board-formed concrete walls in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. More
Mamout and Stéphanie Willocx restore 1960s home in Belgium
Belgian architecture studios Mamout and Stéphanie Willocx have refurbished a 1960s home in Hoeilaart, stripping away previous extensions to celebrate the "spirit and quality" of its original design. More
Bangkok Tokyo Architecture creates concrete house with giant silver curtain
An exposed concrete frame, red brickwork and a large silver curtain define House K in Thailand, which has been designed by local studio Bangkok Tokyo Architecture. More
Tariq Khayyat Design Partners creates "tulip field" of townhouses in Dubai
Architect Tariq Khayyat has designed The Fold, a sculptural housing development in Dubai that features curved facades and aims to create a "communal oasis" behind a main road. More
Video reveals Austin guesthouse perched above existing family bungalow
This exclusive video produced by Dezeen features The Perch, architect Nicole Blair's elevated house extension in Austin, which was designed to maximise living space. More
Polysmiths refurbishes Walden basement flat to evoke woodland cabin
Architecture studio Polysmiths has redesigned a basement apartment in north London to feel like a "cabin in the woods", surrounding its sunken living area with lush planting. More
Labri house offers shelter for humans and "botanic friends" in Vietnam
Birds, butterflies and trees are considered co-owners of Labri, a glass house in Vietnam designed by local studio Nguyen Khai Architects & Associates. More
The Bloom Architects tops Tile House with inverted roof in Vietnam
Red tiles envelop the roof and walls of this family home, which Vietnamese studio The Bloom Architects has arranged around a central courtyard in the city of Bao Loc. More
Stanaćev Granados divides levels of Chilean beach house with cargo-net floor
Chilean architecture studio Stanaćev Granados has created a seaside house with a concrete and wood-clad exterior and a cargo net in the floor in Chorrillos, Chile. More
PSLA Architekten tops urban townhouse with cascading roof terraces
Austrian studio PSLA Architekten has created a contemporary townhouse in Vienna's historic seventh district as a "hybrid genesis between house and garden". More
Cuddymoss house designed "to sit in harmony" with ruin in Scotland
This video produced by Stephenson& spotlights a rural house by Glaswegian practice Ann Nisbet Studio, which is shortlisted for this year's RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. More
Yasmeen Lari on track to build a million flood-resilient Pakistan homes by 2024
After extreme floods put a third of Pakistan under water in 2022, architect Yasmeen Lari vowed to build one million flood-resilient homes. For our Designing for Disaster series, her foundation reveals it is a third of the way towards that target. More
Studio Prototype completes Edge House in experimental Amsterdam neighbourhood
Dutch architecture office Studio Prototype has built a house with a hexagonal footprint in an area of Amsterdam with relaxed planning regulations. More
Michael Hsu Office of Architecture rounds the corners of limestone Austin residence
Local studio Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has completed a house clad in limestone bricks and hemlock siding overlooking a nature preserve in Austin. More
NORD Architects adopts recognisable architectural forms for Alzheimer's Village
Copenhagen studio NORD Architects drew on research into the built environment's impact on people with dementia for the Alzheimer's Village in Dax, the first project of its kind in France. More
Ann Nisbet Studio nestles house within stone ruin in Ayrshire
Architecture practice Ann Nisbet Studio has created a timber-framed house, named Cuddymoss, within a stone ruin in Ayrshire, Scotland. More
ISM Architecten expands modernist house BEEV with rooftop volume
A modernist house originally designed by Belgian architect Paul Neefs has undergone a restoration by architecture studio ISM Architecten in the town of Beerse, Belgium. More