Robitaille Curtis perches a ski chalet on a steep slope in Quebec
Canadian firm Robitaille Curtis has completed a cabin in the Laurentian Mountains that sits atop wooden pilotis, enabling snowmelt to pass under the home (+ slideshow). More
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JRKVC's lakeside house optimises small footprint with hidden attic areas
Ladders lead to sleeping platforms accommodated beneath the hipped roof of this simple Slovakian lake house, which local studio JRKVC designed without any corridors to utilise the available space (+ slideshow). More
BAK Arquitectos nestles exposed concrete holiday home in forest glade
Slabs of board-marked concrete form the walls, floors and roof of this holiday home designed by architects by Luciano Kruk and María Victoria Besonías for a coastal forest near Buenos Aires (+ slideshow). More
Open Studio completes coastal retreat on Australia's Mornington Peninsula
This weekend retreat on the Australian coastline was designed by Melbourne firm Open Studio to peep over the tree canopy, offering views of a creek that runs alongside the beach (+ slideshow). More
Z_Lab uses volcanic stone and pale grey brick for gabled holiday home on Jeju island
Panoramic windows puncture the grey brick walls of this guest house, designed by South Korean studio Z_Lab to optimise views of Jeju island's picturesque coastline (+ slideshow). More
Rever & Drage's holiday cabin features wooden pods that frame views of a Norwegian fjord
This cabin perched on a hillside on Norway's west coast features modular rooms that extend outwards from the main structure to enhance views of the adjacent fjord (+ slideshow). More
House Wieckin by Möhring Architekten features black-painted walls and deep corner windows
Möhring Architekten clad this holiday home in rural Germany in black-painted wood to look like a traditional barn, but then cut windows out of the corners to give it a contemporary edge (+ slideshow). More
Mork-Ulnes completes California ski chalet coated in black tar
This northern California cabin by Mork-Ulnes Architects is clad in tar-coated timber and sits atop a concrete plinth – measures that both help protect the structure from heavy snowfall. More
John Pawson's Life House is a Welsh countryside retreat built from dark and light bricks
London designer John Pawson has completed the seventh property in Alain de Botton's Living Architecture series: a Welsh valley retreat with a dark skin and a pale interior (+ slideshow). More
John Pawson completes bright white holiday home on Japan's Okinawa island
This clifftop holiday home by British designer John Pawson presents white windowless facades to its guests, but at the rear large windows and a roof terrace face towards the sea (+ slideshow). More
Casa na Gateira zigzags to follow the topography of a Portuguese mountain landscape
This zigzag-shaped holiday home in northern Portugal features a series of stepped levels, designed by Lisbon architecture studio Camarim Arquitectos to evoke "a walk in the countryside" (+ slideshow). More
T Weekend Residence by Process5 Design lets residents dine and bathe in sea breeze
Osaka studio Process5 Design created this weekend retreat in western Japan to accommodate activities that are usually impossible in a city house (+ slideshow). More
Belgian holiday house by GAFPA takes its cues from Japanese architecture
Architecture studio GAFPA used low-cost materials to build this Japanese-inspired weekend retreat in northern Belgium, which features a slender spiral staircase (+ slideshow). More
Cargo Architecture completes Scandinavian-inspired holiday home in Quebec
Canadian studio Cargo Architecture used a restrained materials palette for this woodland vacation cottage in Quebec, which has a swing seat and a wood store built into its facade. More
Honeymoon retreat by Andrew Patterson nestles on shoreline of a New Zealand peninsula
This tiny stone cottage by Patterson Associates provides a remote honeymoon retreat on the rugged coast of a New Zealand peninsula (+ slideshow). More
Inarc completes "efficient, yet extravagant" retreat on Australia's Mornington Peninsula
Australian firm Inarc aimed to find a middle ground between luxury and efficiency for this holiday house, built beside a seafront golf course on the outskirts of Melbourne (+ slideshow). More
Rooftop pool offers sea views at Luciano Kruk's board-marked concrete summer house
Architect Luciano Kruk and his girlfriend Ekaterina Künzel designed themselves this concrete holiday house, which is set among a grove of maritime pines on the Argentinian coastline (+ slideshow). More
Casa 1217 by H Arquitectes features rooms that can be indoors or outdoors
Both levels of this holiday house on Spain's Costa Brava feature rooms that can be completely opened out to the elements, allowing residents to make the most of good weather (+ slideshow). More
Aboim Inglez Arquitectos adds bright white extension to farmhouse in rural Portugal
Portuguese studio Aboim Inglez Arquitectos has converted and extended a century-old farmhouse near Lisbon to create a series of holiday homes overlooking the Alentejo plains (+ slideshow). More
Scott and Scott completes mountainside cabin in Whistler for family of snowboarders
The A-frame exterior of this mountainside cabin in Whistler was designed by Canadian studio Scott and Scott to mimic neighbouring 1970s chalets. More