Forest home by Sanaksenaho Architects features black walls and a bean-shaped roof
Black-painted slats in different widths and thicknesses create uneven ridges on the walls of this lakeside house in a Finnish pine forest (+ slideshow). More
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Stirling House is a Sydney home clad with rough timber boards
After being instructed not to design a "white box minimalist house", MAC Interactive Architects specified weathered timber boards for the exterior of this narrow Sydney residence (+ slideshow). More
Tokyo house bridges the rooftops of a dental surgery and garage
Japanese architect Kunihiko Matsuba has balanced a small white house over the flat rooftops of a dental clinic and garage near Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
Bernardo Bader sources wood from a local forest to build barn-like house in rural Austria
Timber window shutters align with the vertical strips of pale timber that clad this gabled house in the Austrian countryside, by local architects Bernardo Bader Architekten (+ slideshow). More
Blackened timber retreat by Studio Aula built in the woods outside Tokyo
Lengths of black-painted timber clad this single-storey holiday home in Japan by Studio Aula, which steps across a wooded site in three volumes of increasing sizes (+ slideshow). More
Stepping stones traverse a pool at the centre of this home by BAK Arquitectos
BAK Arquitectos arranged this concrete house in Argentina around a courtyard containing a shallow pool of water (+ slideshow). More
Spanish farmhouse revived by Dom Arquitectura with modern materials and details
Modern furniture and fittings are paired with stone walls and exposed roof trusses inside this old Spanish farm that Dom Arquitectura has transformed into a residence and guest house (+ slideshow). More
Santorini Island retreat by Kapsimalis Architects features rooftop and underground pools
Greek office Kapsimalis Architects has renovated a small white house on the cliffs of a Greek island, adding two roof terraces with plunge pools, and a third and more sizeable swimming pool in the basement (+ slideshow). More
Studio GAON converts concrete warehouse into a couple's first home
Studio GAON has converted a concrete factory built 20 years ago in South Korea by the client's late father into a house with a mural-covered facade (+ slideshow). More
Twin Peaks House by Apparat-C has a zigzagging roof profile
The zigzagging roof of this family residence in South Korea prompted architecture studio Apparat-C to name it Twin Peaks House (+ slideshow). More
Black house by Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher is raised above a bathing lake
This muddy-toned timber house by Graz-based Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher Architekten is raised on stilts above a sloping site so that it overlooks a swimming pond (+ slideshow). More
House by Philip Stejskal can be "locked down" with shutters that blend into the facade
Australian studio Philip Stejskal Architecture has equipped a white timber extension to a 1890s duplex with shutters and sliding panels that camouflage with the walls when closed. More
Strips of local spruce clad Haus Feurstein by Innauer‐Matt Architekten
Vertical strips of spruce give a stripy facade to this semi-detached house, completed by Innauer‐Matt Architekten in a hamlet within the forested landscape of Vorarlberg, Austria (+ slideshow). More
London house extension by Cousins and Cousins has a window wrapping its corner
A large window wraps around one corner of this brickwork extension to a Victorian house in London by local office Cousins and Cousins (+ slideshow). More
Live-in gallery and studio by Flat House hides utility rooms in a central cylinder
A curvy structure forms the heart of this small Tokyo home and workspace by Japanese studio Flat House, separating a cafe, gallery and art studio from the residents' domestic activities (+ slideshow). More
Matsuyama Architects builds concrete house on inclining site in Japanese housing estate
A cast-concrete box overhangs the sloping lower floor facade of this house by Japanese studio Matsuyama Architects (+ slideshow). More
Takeru Shoji Architects tops a timber-clad Japanese house with a "big hat"
A white timber roof masks the upper storey of this Japanese house by Takeru Shoji Architects, but is raised on wooden stilts to reveal the pale timber facade of the lower level (+ slideshow). More
A-Zero turns an English cow shed into a timber-framed family home
London architecture firm A-Zero has completed an oak frame house that incorporates the steel frame of an old cow shed in a rural area near Leighton Buzzard, England (+ slideshow). More
Selencky Parsons designs glass and white concrete house in Oxfordshire
Large panels of glazing are sandwiched between the thick white concrete frame of this riverside house near Oxford by London studio Selencky Parsons (+ slideshow). More
Yoshio Ohno's black timber house straddles a concrete escarpment in Hiroshima
This blackened-timber house by Japanese studio Yoshio Ohno Architects is sat on top of a sloping concrete retaining wall (+ slideshow). More