Elías Rizo reinterprets vernacular Mexican cabin in concrete
Mexican studio Elías Rizo Arquitectos has balanced a concrete house with a steep gabled roof on a hillside in Tapalpa, Mexico near Guadalajara. More
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Théque Atelier surrounds home in Hungary with steel verandah
An elevated steel-framed verandah wraps the gabled forms of Frame House, a home in Hungary completed by Budapest studio Théque Atelier. More
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design creates "contemporary interpretation" of A-frame cabin
Canadian studio Dubbeldam Architecture + Design has wrapped a lakeside cabin in cedar and topped it with a split gable roof that reinterprets a traditional A-frame cabin in Ontario. More
3R Studio creates Bay Area ADU as a "backyard retreat" for living and working
The founders of California-based 3R Studio have created a compact, live-work unit for themselves called Evelyn ADU that consists of two gabled volumes connected by a glazed bridge. More
Domestico Estudio clads house with grey brick in Mexican forest
Domestico Estudio has arranged a double-gabled house clad in grey bricks in a way that preserves the surrounding forest in Hidalgo, Mexico. More
Reflect Architecture modernises remote saltbox houses on Newfoundland seafront
On a Newfoundland peninsula only accessible by boat or on foot, Toronto studio Reflect Architecture has transformed a pair of century-old saltbox houses into a flexible vacation home. More
Hawaii house by Walker Warner Architects designed to be "elegant but spare"
American studio Walker Warner Architects has completed Hale Kiawe, a family retreat with simple, gabled forms that are set within an undulating landscape dotted with chunky lava rocks. More
Lake Flato Architects looks to barns for design of North Fork house
American firm Lake Flato Architects has completed a family retreat on Long Island that consists of three barn-like structures wrapped in cedar and constructed using prefabricated timber elements. More
Hahn Lavsen creates geometric guesthouse in Cold Hawaii sand dunes
A long geometric form defines the Vipp Cold Hawaii guesthouse, which architecture studio Hahn Lavsen has designed to stand out in the dunes surrounding Thy National Park in Denmark. More
Tall Architects wraps X-shaped Alabama cabin in black metal
US studio Tall Architects has created a cabin that has two stacked gabled forms that are rotated into an X-shape and clad in corrugated metal near a river in southern Alabama. More
The Ranch Mine adds steel-clad lookout tower to Arizona house
US studio The Ranch Mine has completed a house in Arizona clad in wood and weathering steel that includes a tall volume that can "serve as a sentinel for potential forest fires". More
D'Arcy Jones adds subterranean garage to century-old house in Vancouver
Canadian architecture studio D'Arcy Jones Architects has completed a project called John Street Redo, which involved renovating and enlarging an early 1900s home in a way that is "forward-looking without erasing an old building's original charm". More
Coffey Architects designs retirement complex in Surrey to foster neighbourly connections
British studio Coffey Architects has completed Cobham Bowers, a later-living housing community in Surrey designed to create "a seamless blend between personal and communal living". More
Traditional Czech dwellings inform mountain home by Mar.s Architects
Czech studio Mar.s Architects drew on traditional mountain architecture when designing this house in the village of Malá Úpa, creating steep gables to help deal with heavy snowfall. More
Studio Bower creates gabled annexe for Washington DC residence
Architecture firm Studio Bower has created a wood-clad extension for a 1940s cottage that preserves the house's charm and has interiors like a "generous treehouse". More
Hamptons artist studio by Worrell Yeung is tucked among the trees
Architectural studio Worrell Yeung has completed a two-storey, black-coloured home extension called Springs Artist Studio that is meant to offer the "experience of being perched in the trees". 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
Britsom Philips reconfigures Belgian home with minimalist interiors and thatched roof
Belgian studio Britsom Philips has completed Villa VD, a timber-clad extension to a small rural home in Flanders with minimalist, light-filled living spaces. More
Young Projects "radically reimagines" traditional barn for home in the Hamptons
A cluster of wood-clad, gabled volumes form a sculptural home by architectural studio Young Projects that nods to historic Long Island architecture while reimagining the barn typology. More
Studio 804 completes gabled Kansas home with ADU
Students in the Studio 804 design-build programme at the University of Kansas took cues from farmstead vernacular to create a primary home and accessory dwelling unit called 722 Ash Street. More