Asymmetric French house designed by GENS as a collage of "banal components"
One half of this house in northeast France has a tiled roof and rendered walls, while the other is clad in corrugated plastic and has a chamfered corner (+ slideshow). More
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HÛT adds "jewel-like" glass extension to east London house
With the demand for contemporary house extensions continuing across London unabated, architects office HÛT has updated an east London terrace with a new glazed dining room (+ slideshow). More
Tatami mats create gridded layout for Kenrak Tokmoto's Inari House
Traditional Japanese floor mats define the proportions of this house in Niigata, designed by Tokmoto Architectures Room as a strict grid of squares (+ slideshow). More
CC Arquitectos builds timber-framed Santana House in Mexican woodland
CC Arquitectos used weathered stone, natural wood and huge panels of glazing to create this secluded woodland house in Mexico's scenic Valle de Bravo region (+ slideshow). More
AGi Architects completes Kuwait house featuring four secluded roof terraces
Four terraces are concealed behind the multi-tonal stone facade of this house in Kuwait – the Arab state with an impressive legacy of Modern architecture (+ slideshow). More
Mood Ring House by Silo AR+D glows with a rainbow of colours
American firm Silo AR+D has included multicoloured LEDs that are controlled by a smartphone on the exterior of this Arkansas home (+ 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
Adamo-Faiden's rooftop extension proposes a "new idea of luxury" for Buenos Aires housing
Argentinian studio Adamo-Faiden has built a greenhouse-like structure over the top of a Buenos Aires residence, in its continuing bid to make better use of the city's vacant rooftops. More
MIMA Light is a small prefabricated house raised up from the landscape on a near-invisible base
The architects behind a prefabricated housing company have completed one of their smallest buildings so far – a cuboidal property raised on a mirrored plinth above a grassy Portuguese landscape (+ movie). More
OYO's House Pibo features a sloping green roof and split-level interior
An angular entrance and roof intersect the plant-covered roof of this wedge-shaped house, completed by architects office OYO in the Belgian village of Maldegem (+ slideshow). More
Architect K builds concrete home called Alley's Adventures in Wonder House
The curved form of this expansive concrete house in Busan, South Korea, is designed by Architect K to match the irregularly shaped buildings built by refugees during the Korean War (+ slideshow). More
Moussafir Architectes builds Cubist-influenced house in Paris
Geometric furniture complements the Cubist stylings of this Paris house by Moussafir Architectes, which also features a weathering steel facade and a large pivoting door (+ slideshow). More
RMAA divides concrete residence in São Paulo into daytime and nighttime quarters
This concrete residence in the state of São Paulo is split into a "night floor" and "daytime floor", designed by architects office RMAA to provide different levels of connection with a forest-facing patio (+ slideshow). More
All-encompassing roof frames terraces for Suppose Design Office's House in Utsunomiya
A metal roof completely surrounds this house by Japanese studio Suppose Design Office, sheltering terraces and a garden so that residents can use these spaces all year round (+ slideshow). More
Intervention Architecture transforms Victorian coach house into writer's home and studio
UK studio Intervention Architecture has converted and extended a dilapidated Victorian coach house near Birmingham, England, to create a live-work space for a writer. More
Suppose Design Office hides garden beneath oversized shingle roof of House in Anjo
A pointy shingle-clad roof extends over this residence by Suppose Design Office and its garden, creating a sheltered outdoor area for cooking, reading and napping (+ slideshow). More
Casey Brown builds metal-clad house and stables in an Australian national park
Corrugated iron and pre-weathered steel clad this shed-like house and stables, completed by Casey Brown Architects in the bushland of Australia's Kosciuszko National Park (+ slideshow). More
Gregorio Brugnoli Errázuriz raises Santiago house above a patio and beech tree
An exposed steel frame supports the upper storey of this house in Santiago, Chile, which has a mature copper beech tree rising from a courtyard at its centre (+ slideshow). More
Raw concrete and black-painted metal give industrial appearance to house by Tectum
Tectum used a combination of gridded and board-marked concrete for this residence, which is set in a gated community in the foothills of Argentina's Sierras Chicas mountains (+ 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