Aamodt Plumb renovates New England home housed within a cluster of barns
US firm Aamodt Plumb Architects has updated a Massachusetts dwelling made up of old barns that were converted into a single-family home in the 1950s (+ slideshow). More
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Family house in Japan designed by Tailored Design Lab to embrace its farmland setting
Surrounded by farmland in rural Japan, this house by architecture studio Tailored Design Lab features a steeply pointed roof that frames views of the landscape, and an oversized chimney that provides natural ventilation (+ slideshow). More
Windows spiral towards the roof of Osaka house by Alphaville Architects
Long horizontal windows step around the matt black facade of this family home in Osaka by Alphaville Architects to frame different views of the nearby Yodo River (+ slideshow). More
Prefabricated floating house can be transported to lakes and waterways worldwide
A team from the University of Coimbra in Portugal has unveiled the first photographs of a prefabricated floating house that can be built to order and shipped to almost anywhere in the world (+ slideshow). More
RA Projects inserts blue steel staircase into London house for Roksanda Ilincic
London studio RA Projects has reconfigured and refurbished a house owned by fashion designer Roksanda Ilincic, adding a blue steel staircase in the centre designed to look "like a sculpture in a gallery" (+ slideshow). More
Alphaville's Slice of the City is a house cut into two uneven sections
A deep slice through the body of this house by Japanese studio Alphaville reveals a trio of staircases that angle up between different rooms (+ slideshow). More
Stone residence by Doojin Hwang stands among citrus trees on Jeju island
Seoul studio Doojin Hwang Architects has completed a stone house with a bowed roof for a citrus farm on the South Korean island of Jeju (+ slideshow). More
Golden observation pod tops Jeju island holiday cottages by Moon Hoon
Modelled on the head of a windswept woman, this copper observation pod is one of three holiday homes completed by South Korean architect Moon Hoon on a stone-walled plot on Jeju Island (+ slideshow). More
LOHA updates mid-century home built for legendary photographer Julius Shulman
Los Angeles-based Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects (LOHA) has restored and updated the Julius Shulman Home and Studio in the Hollywood Hills, where the influential photographer lived for six decades (+ slideshow). More
Marseille house by ACAU Architects features board-marked concrete and an angular window
A pair of terraces are hidden behind the board-marked concrete facade of this townhouse in Marseille, which was designed by ACAU Architects for a young family. More
Floating home by +31 Architects is moored on an Amsterdam river
Half of this floating house by +31 Architects is submerged below the waterline of Amsterdam's river Amstel, while the other opens out to a buoyant terrace (+ slideshow). More
Silver House by Olivier Dwek stands on the forested hillside of the Greek island Zante
Stark white walls frame vistas of the Ionian Sea from a bright white house by Brussels-based architect Olivier Dwek, which is perched above the coastline of Zante (+ slideshow). More
BAK Arquitectos squeezes two concrete homes onto a narrow city plot
A robust concrete facade provides protection from traffic noise for these two houses squeezed onto a narrow plot in the Colegiales neighbourhood of Buenos Aires (+ slideshow). More
Pitsou Kedem's House by the Sea features stripy aluminium walls and a cantilevered bedroom
Horizontal slits create lines of shadow across the facades of this beachfront house in Israel by Pitsou Kedem Architects, which has a cantilevered upper storey that projects towards the Mediterranean Sea (+slideshow). More
Estudio Valdés reuses roof and structure of a derelict barn to build House at Lake Ranco
Trusses salvaged from an earthquake-damaged barn support the roof of this contemporary glass-walled summer cottage on the shores of one of Chile's largest lakes (+ slideshow). More
Skylit swimming pool forms the heart of Bangalore residence by Ochre
Rooms in this Bangalore house are arranged around a large indoor pool that occupies a double-height atrium below a glazed roof (+ slideshow). More
Cranks house by Hugo Kohno features concrete walls that step in and out
The concrete walls of this Tokyo house were designed by architect Hugo Kohno to step in and out, giving the building extra structural support while creating built-in shelves and seating (+ slideshow). More
Andreas Martin-Löf designs hilltop home near Stockholm with views over the treetops
Swedish architect Andreas Martin-Löf has completed a weekend retreat for himself on a steep hill overlooking the Stockholm archipelago, with eye-level views of the surrounding tree canopy (+ slideshow). More
Fabian Tan's Ittka House is designed to offer respite from Malaysian heat
This Kuala Lumpur home has bedrooms with corners that slide open, an indoor tree and voids between the floors to make the interior feel more like an outdoor space (+ slideshow). More
Tompkins Rygole's Woodridge house evokes Arts and Crafts architecture with brick facades
The facades and walled garden of this house in the English town of Newbury are entirely faced in Flemish-bonded handmade bricks that reference the neighbouring Arts and Crafts buildings (+ slideshow). More