Lipton Plant Architects adds pale-brick extension to north London home
The upper storey of this brick extension to a mid-century home in north London by Lipton Plant Architects projects over the entrance to form a porch (+ slideshow). More
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3archlab's concrete courtyard house is positioned against a cliff
Staircases descend around a courtyard hidden inside this four-storey concrete house, set into a steep rock face in Mexico City by local studio 3archlab. More
Jean Verville completes white clapboard house in suburban Montreal
Strips of white timber cover a series of simple interlocking geometric volumes that form this Canadian home by Montreal studio Jean Verville (+ slideshow). More
Insert Studio completes house in Romania with two cut-away corners
The corners of this otherwise traditionally shaped house by Insert Studio have been cut away to form two porches that help to make a connection to the rural Romanian landscape (+ slideshow). More
Woodland villa in Sweden designed by Max Holst with a blackened exterior
Swedish architect Max Holst used a traditional Swedish paint to give an all-black appearance to the exterior of this woodland house outside Stockholm (+ slideshow). More
Nantes house extension contrasts blackened wood facades with pale window frames
Pale wooden window frames contrast with the black-stained cedar facades of this extension to a detached house in Nantes by French studio Bertin Bichet Architectes (+ slideshow). More
Architecture Atelier Akio Takatsuka divides Quad House into unequal sections
The pointed roof of this small zinc-covered Tokyo house by Architecture Atelier Akio Takatsuka is offset to reflect the arrangement of rooms inside (+ slideshow). More
The Corten House by DMOA architecten is surrounded by weathered steel fins
Strips of pre-rusted Corten steel run in vertical columns around this Belgian house by DMOA Architecten (+ movie). More
Overhanging roof forms a hood over Japanese house by Moca Architects
An overhanging roof with angular cut-outs envelopes the upper storey of this small Japanese house by Moca Architects to conceal the interior spaces (+ slideshow). More
Filipe Pina + Maria Inês Costa add concrete extension to stone house in Portugal
A glass-fronted stairwell joins a craggy stone Portuguese house to its new concrete extension by Filipe Pina + Maria Inês Costa (+ slideshow). More
Black glass facade mirrors scenery at south London home by Ian McChesney
Opaque glass cladding on this south London house by Ian McChesney reflects the brick and stucco facades of neighbouring Victorian properties and foliage from a park next door (+ slideshow). More
House in Oxfordshire is covered in oak to create a "simplified volume"
Strips of untreated oak are used to clad every surface of this house in the English countryside by London office Peter Feeny Architects (+ slideshow). More
Steel cladding frames an offset window at Montreal house extension by Naturehumaine
The street-facing elevation of this brick and steel extension to a 1920s Montreal property echoes the proportions of the original building, but at the rear a large angular outcrop projects over the back garden (+ slideshow). More
House in the Landscape by Kropka Studio features walls built from rock-filled cages
The walls of this house in Poland by Kropka Studio are covered in gabion baskets filled with the same local limestone used to build nearby castles and churches (+ slideshow). More
Casa de Sambade by Spaceworkers is a long house with textured concrete walls
A glazed wall framed by thick concrete fronts this house built into a grassy hillside in Penafiel, Portugal, by architecture office Spaceworkers (+ slideshow). More
Atelier 100architecture slots contemporary house into French medieval city centre
This small house in the French city of Tours by local architecture office Atelier 100architecture features a material palette of zinc panels, plaster and wooden boards that references its historical neighbours. More
Katsutoshi Sasaki's House in Hanekita contains a grid of half-height walls
Waist-high partitions divide up the top floor of this mostly windowless house in Japan, framing different activities without cutting off light to any of the spaces (+ slideshow). More
I-da Arquitectos sinks holiday apartments into the Portuguese countryside
The two main buildings of this Portuguese holiday complex by I-da Arquitectos are dug into a hillside, partly burying them in the sloping terrain (+ slideshow). More
Blackened timber house by Harunatsu-Arch is divided by a stepped floor
Charred Japanese cedar clads the exterior of this split-level house in Izumo, Japan, by Kanazawa studio Harunatsu-Arch (+ slideshow). More
SAMF reinterprets traditional Portuguese farmhouses with Casa dos Caseiros
White stuccoed walls and terracotta tiled roofing create a visual connection between the simplified volumes of this small house in a Portuguese vineyard and traditional agricultural buildings nearby (+ slideshow). More