Slim wooden slats cover "wild geometry" of renovated Californian house
San Francisco's Blue Truck Studio clad the exterior of this holiday house in Manhattan Beach, California with cedar siding to tone down its unusual geometries. More
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K916 and K907 are a pair of pared-back holiday apartments in Warsaw
Boxy timber volumes tuck away the beds and bathrooms of these minimal holiday apartments designed by Thisispaper Studio, which lie at the heart of the Polish capital. More
MB Architecture stacks shipping containers to form Amagansett holiday home
US studio MB Architecture has stacked shipping containers to construct this black holiday house in Amagansett, New York in a few days. More
Woorak House in Sydney offers peeks of nearby nature reserve
Airy pavilion-like structures make up this holiday home in Sydney, which CM Studio has designed to optimise views of its luscious green surroundings. More
K-studio creates stone holiday home on Mykonos overlooking the Aegean Sea
Stone and whitewashed walls surround a holiday home on the Greek island of Mykonos designed by K-studio, which has a tree poking through its shady wooden pergolas. More
Triple-perspective living room forms core of Casa Meco in Portugal
Atelier Rua has arranged living spaces in this pared-back Portuguese holiday home around an enormous sitting room, which has three different vistas of its verdant surroundings. More
Alejandro Sticotti's holiday home in Uruguay teams weathered wood and textured concrete
Argentinean architect Alejandro Sticotti has elevated a wood-clad box above the glazed kitchen and dining room of his family's holiday home on the coast of Uruguay. More
Ten remote homes to offer a little escapism during the pandemic
As self-isolation continues across the globe to help slow the spread of coronavirus, we've rounded up 10 remote cabins, treehouses and retreats that would be ideal to escape to. More
Pink holiday home by KC Design Studio features dedicated cat room
Cats' Pink House is a holiday home in Taiwan that includes cat ladders, a rotating carousel-shaped climbing frame and a fluffy pink swing for the owner's feline companions. More
Angular "boulders" form Amanali house in Mexico by Rojkind Arquitectos
Mexico City's Rojkind Arquitectos has designed a weekend home near a lakeside town in Mexico to comprise five prismatic volumes covered in dark stone. More
Faulkner Architects perches Big Barn house on Sonoma Valley hillside
American studio Faulkner Architects has completed a holiday home in California's wine country with an asymmetrical roof and facades wrapped in weathering steel and salvaged wood. More
Ocean House is an Australian beach house with a minimal interior
Architect Rob Mills has built a weekend retreat beside Australia's Great Ocean Road, with a simple interior that allows the view to take centre stage. More
Casa Santa Teresa is a Corsican holiday home with unspoilt ocean views
Amelia Tavella Architects has transformed a ruined 1950s residence on Corsica's coastline into a light-filled holiday home with simply furnished interiors. More
Paul Uhlmann Architects builds barn-like rural retreat in Australian bush
Agricultural barns were an inspiration for this holiday home in Pullenvale, Australia, designed by Paul Uhlmann Architects and featuring glazed gable-ends. More
Pavel Míček Architects sinks house into a hillside in Czech mountains
Pavel Míček Architects has built a concrete holiday home in the Beskydy Mountains of eastern Europe. More
Searl Lamaster Howe tucks Lawless Retreat into Michigan woods
Architecture studio Searl Lamaster Howe has used charred cedar and slate to create this holiday home for a Chicago couple. More
Five hotels and holidays homes that double up as showrooms
Holiday homes and hotels that also function as shoppable furniture showrooms are growing in popularity. Here are five examples including a Copenhagen hotel, a Melbourne apartment and a Hamptons house. More
Mud brick walls form House in Avandaro by Taller Hector Barroso
Architecture studio Taller Hector Barroso has used earthen blocks, pine and concrete to help this holiday dwelling blend into its forested setting in central Mexico. More
Studio Vural imagines off-the-grid Dune House for Cape Cod
Architecture practice Studio Vural has envisioned a seaside holiday dwelling that is carved into sand dunes and operates without relying on public utilities. More
Hass House by Feuerstein Quagliara is designed to embrace New York's pastoral scenery
Architecture firm Feuerstein Quagliara has integrated a series of covered outdoor spaces into this country home, which is designed to provide "visual and physical connections to the landscape from every room". More