SinHei Kwok has designed and built a sculptural apartment complex that is meant to offer an alternative to the low-density housing found in Phoenix, Arizona's sprawling capital. More
US studio Desai Chia Architecture has completed the Roxbury House, a weekend retreat for gallery owners that features courtyards for exhibiting artwork and a guesthouse designed for an artist in residence. More
Vancouver-based studio BattersbyHowat Architects has completed a parallelogram-shaped, mountainside home clad in standing seam metal that includes a detached sauna structure in Whistler, British Columbia. More
Leckie Studio has completed Camera House in the mountains of British Columbia with dramatic windows and skylights that are meant to frame the surrounding landscape like a camera lens. More
Black-stained concrete forms the exterior of this home in the mountains of Córdoba by Argentinian studio AR Arquitectos. More
Interior architect Hanna Karits used natural materials throughout this holiday home in Estonia's Moonsund archipelago to create a soothing environment that references the surrounding forest. More
Montreal studio ACDF Architecture has designed a low-slung, modernist-style home with massing shaped to surround an apple tree and provide lines of sight through the living areas. More
Drew Mandel Architects designed a house in Milton, Canada with exteriors of metal, brick and wood that is centred around a walnut staircase. More
Architecture studio Technique has combined a pair of flats adjoining a traditional stone house in Scotland to create The Den, a one-bedroom dwelling clad in a black-metal "jacket". More
Architectural studio MAPA has completed Argentina's first Passivhaus-certified residence, a house in the San Fernando Delta that is lifted on stilts to accommodate periodic flooding. More
Local practice HAPA Architects has used charred timber planks to clad this eco-home in Sussex, England, which features large picture windows framing views of the South Downs National Park. More
Vermont architecture studio Birdseye referenced a nearby barn to develop the detailing of this all-black country retreat on the shores of Lake Champlain. More
The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features a collection of black interconnected volumes set into a hill side in upstate New York and a block of apartments in Melbourne that readers would like to see in LA. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now! More
Arched passageways that act as tunnels connect the six black-clad, single-room volumes of Ghent House in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York by Thomas Phifer and Partners. More
Architect Stacey Farrell has completed a seaside holiday house in Omaui, New Zealand, which nestles into the landscape for protection from the harsh coastal weather. More
Architecture studio Bornstein Lyckefors has created a geometric house in Gothenburg, Sweden, with blackened wood facades interrupted by large openings that frame views of the sea and sunset. More
Architecture firm Studio B drew upon geometric paintings to design a low-lying, trapezoidal home in Colorado that features cedar cladding and large stretches of glass. More
Simple forms inspired by nearby Canadian agricultural buildings meet a contemporary, monochrome palette in this remote home by Everyday Studio. More
Architecture firm Estudio MMX has spread CAB House in Mexico City over four levels by using a series of towering volumes to integrate the building into a steep site. More
Three gabled volumes connected by glazed walkways form this home overlooking Chile's Rupanco Lake, completed as part of as a community-driven initiative with a local organisation. More