Wickstead Lodge by Baynes & Co
An electronically controlled stone wall slides across the facade of this house in Warwickshire, England, to conceal a large window. More
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The Round Tower by De Matos Ryan
Slideshow: this underground house by London studio De Matos Ryan tunnels beneath a listed stone tower in Gloucestershire, England. More
Old Workshop by Jack Woolley
Slideshow: people strolling by this brick wall in London might miss the disguised entrance to a secret office and home. More
The Lanes by Mole Architects
A 1960’s bungalow in Cambridgeshire is hidden behind a Siberian larch-clad extension with a row of gabled roofs. More
House at Camusdarach Sands by RAW
London studio (and near-neighbours of Dezeen) Raw Architecture Workshop have designed a partly submerged wooden house for the Scottish Highlands. More
Dune House by Jarmund/Vigsnæs Architects and Mole Architects
The third completed house in Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture series has a faceted black upper storey that sits on top of the glass-walled ground floor like a big hat. More
The Shadow House by Liddicoat & Goldhill
British architects Liddicoat & Goldhill constructed their own north London home using black engineering bricks and slabs of white marble. More
Hampstead Lane by Duggan Morris Architects
A 1960’s residence renovated by London architects Duggan Morris has won the RIBA Manser Medal 2011 for the best new house in the UK. More
Mission Hall by Adam Richards Architects
A rounded wall of recycled clay tiles converges with walls of white bricks at this village house in Sussex, England. More
Flint House by Nick Willson Architects
Nick Willson Architects have completed a house in south-east London with sections of the facade clad in flint, timber and lead. More
Barnacre Equilibrium Tanks by Ian Simpson Architects
Manchester firm Ian Simpson Architects have won a competition to design houses inside redundant water tanks in Lancashire, UK. More
Ty Hedfan by Featherstone Young
This house cantilevered over a river in Wales is by London studio Featherstone Young. More
Ty Pren by Feilden Fowles
Slate roof tiles extend down the exposed north facade of this house in Wales by London studio Feilden Fowles. More
Shingle House by NORD Architecture
The Shingle House by NORD Architecture is the second completed holiday home in Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture project. More
Hunsett Mill by Acme
This extension to a mill-keeper's house on the Norfolk Broads by London studio Acme has been awarded the RIBA Manser Medal 2010 for the best new house in the UK. More
Apprentice Store by Threefold Architects
Threefold Architects of London have converted a set of Grade II-listed warehouses into a family home just outside Bath, England. More
Balancing Barn by MVRDV and Mole Architects photographed by Edmund Sumner
Here are some photographs by Edmund Sumner of the completed Balancing Barn holiday home in Suffolk, UK, by MVRDV and Mole Architects, including a swing under the 15 metre cantilever. More
Balancing Barn by MVRDV and Mole Architects nears completion
This cantilevered house in Suffolk, England, by MVDRV of Rotterdam and British firm Mole Architects is nearing completion and will be the first of five homes from Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture project available for rent on 22 October. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More
King’s Grove by Duggan Morris Architects
London firm Duggan Morris Architects have completed this brick house on the site of a former plaster-moulding workshop between two rows of terraced houses in south-east London. More
Houses by Peter Zumthor, MVRDV and others for Living Architecture
Five holiday homes by architects Peter Zumthor (above), MVRDV, Nord Architecture (below), Hopkins Architects and Jarmund/Vigsnæs Architects are nearing completion in England as part of the Living Architecture project initiated by writer Alain de Botton. More