Translucent skin wraps "house within a house" in rural New Zealand
Local studio DCA Architects of Transformation has wrapped a translucent skin of corrugated polycarbonate panels around this holiday lodge in New Zealand. More
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"Holl showing again his mastery of residential housing" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a housing project with a snaking form called Meander, completed by US studio Steven Holl Architects in Helsinki, Finland. More
Mary Arnold-Forster Architects extends Applecross Schoolhouse in Scotland
Local studio Mary Arnold-Forster Architects has updated an old schoolhouse in Scotland, adding two slate-clad extensions designed to contrast its original sandstone structure. More
CPlus Architects uses pale bricks for "rustic" home in rural China
Pale brick, stone and timber were used to create a "rustic and warm feeling" at this home in rural China, designed by local studio CPlus Architects. More
RIBA reveals UK's best affordable housing for 2024
The revamp of a 1960s estate and a stepped brick terrace on an infill site feature on the 2024 shortlist for the Royal Institute of British Architects' Neave Brown Award for Housing. More
Measured Architecture designs Shor House to be a "test bed of recycling"
Salvaged lumber and Corten steel were used to create a waterfront house on a British Columbian island that belongs to the founder of Measured Architecture and was designed to explore a "zero-take approach" to design and construction. More
Bliesgau House in German orchard takes cues from agricultural architecture
Agricultural architecture informed this timber house, which architect Roman Morschett has nestled into a grass-filled orchard site in rural southwest Germany. More
Benjamin Wilkes updates London home with vinyl-filled music room
Architecture studio Benjamin Wilkes has extended a home in Leytonstone, London, named Vinyl House after its music room containing 40 linear metres of records. More
Moongate ADU by Cover Architecture offers intergenerational living near LA
A large circular opening offers a glimpse through the white wall in front of this California accessory dwelling unit, designed by architect Yan M Wang of Cover Architecture for his mother. More
Moke Architecten crowns wooden home in Muiden with greenhouse
A greenhouse framed by a wooden pergola tops this home in Muiden, the Netherlands, designed by local studio Moke Architecten with landscape practice LA4Sale. More
Zuzana & Nicholas transforms Brisbane cottage into own home and studio
The founders of Australian studio Zuzana & Nicholas have used a "robust palette" of stone, concrete and steel to transform a former workers' cottage in Brisbane into their own studio and house. More
Vatn Architecture and Groma add curved extension to 1930s home in Norway
Norwegian studios Vatn Architecture and Groma have extended a home called Dråpa in Oslo, adding a curved form with a large terrace looking towards the city and its archipelago. More
Steven Holl winds Meander housing around gardens in Helsinki
US studio Steven Holl Architects has completed Meander, a housing project in Helsinki, Finland, with a snaking form that frames gardens and maximises outward views. More
Atelier L'Abri renovates trio of apartments for a family in Montreal
Montreal design-build studio Atelier L'Abri has overhauled a triplex residence in the city's Petit Laurier neighbourhood, using a stark white palette inside to contrast the building's burgundy exterior. More
S2B Studio separates levels of London home with slatted floor
A slatted floor is among the wooden features that fill the interior of Cooper House, the self-designed home of the founders of local practice S2B Studio in north London. More
Artefact expands Epsom home with "optimistic" extension overlooking park
A pale blue and terracotta-hued rear extension inspired by the warmth of the Caribbean has been added to a 1950s home in the suburbs of south-west London by local studio Artefact. More
The DHaus Company clads Gingerbread House extension in wooden shingles
Local studio The DHaus Company has combined digital fabrication with arts and crafts influences at this extension in London, which is covered in shingles in a variety of shapes. More
Wooden louvres create "subtle seclusion" at Tokyo house by Keiji Ashizawa Design
Japanese architect Keiji Ashizawa referenced louvres on townhouses in Kyoto when designing the concrete House in Aoyama, which is intended to foster a sense of privacy. More
Wheeler Kearns wraps Michigan lake house with two tones of wood
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
David Chipperfield combines three housing typologies at Hertogensite in Belgium
British studio David Chipperfield Architects has completed the Hertogensite residential complex in Leuven, Belgium, with a series of interconnected brick-clad forms. More