Pink plaster cloaks limestone house in Kenya by Studio Mehta Architecture
Limestone-block walls covered in pink plaster intersect to form UA House, which Kenyan practice Studio Mehta Architecture has added to a creekside site in Kilifi, Kenya. More
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NOTO nestles green-timber duplex among trees in Hamburg
A sage green facade formed of rhythmic wooden panels defines Babendiekstraße 23, a pair of timber houses that architecture studio NOTO has completed in Hamburg, Germany. More
RA! turns Mexican house in on itself with interior courtyards
Local studio RA! has created a blocky house called Casa LL with polystyrene panels and concrete in Tepoztlán, Mexico. More
RMGB decorates Versailles townhouse with custom and vintage furniture
Interior design studio RMGB has redesigned a 19th-century townhouse opposite the Chateau de Versailles, using marble and steel to modernise it while "preserving French heritage". More
Funcionable restores and updates historic home in Spain
Spanish architecture practice Funcionable has renovated a century-old home in a heritage-protected area of Toledo, making "few but radical" alterations to its historic masonry fabric. More
Kallos Turin nestles monolithic Athens residence in oasis-like garden
Architecture studio Kallos Turin paired the cubic facade of this poured concrete Athens house with a sloping internal staircase to avoid creating a "rigid" home. More
Khan Bonshek arranges east London home around brick "spine wall"
Architecture studio Khan Bonshek's founders have remodelled their own terraced house in east London around a central brick wall, carrying out the majority of the work themselves. More
OYO transforms derelict Dune House in Belgium with warm wood interiors
Architecture studio OYO has renovated a derelict house in Belgium, lining its interiors with wood and bringing it "into more harmony with the nature of the dunes" that surround it. More
Dezeen's top five houses of July 2024
A home in Suffolk with an origami-like roof and a timber house built on a stone cellar in Estonia were two of the most popular houses featured on Dezeen in July. More
Erbar Mattes creates "expansive feel" for brick house in London
London studio Erbar Mattes has completed a timber-framed house in Wimbledon that is formed of three mono-pitched structures unified by buff-brick cladding. More
Patrick Bradley Architects adapts ruins into house using shipping container
Local studio Patrick Bradley Architects has added a cantilevered shipping container to ruined walls on an old farm in Northern Ireland to create a contemporary house with an annexe. More
Arkitito Arquitectura places São Paulo house between terraced gardens
Local studio Arkitito Arquitetura has created a trapezoidal, stucco-clad house on a triangular garden lot in São Paulo, Brazil. More
Tuckey Design Studio creates "monastery-like" interiors for Bough Terrace in London
London practice Tuckey Design Studio has refurbished a Victorian terrace in Knightsbridge, stripping back its interiors to create a tactile yet minimalist home. More
Whistling Wind Island by Akb Architects is "surrounded by open waters and expansive sky"
Architecture studio Akb Architects has created a cluster of silvered cedar buildings on a remote archipelago in Ontario, Canada, as a summer home for a kite surfer. More
Omar Vergara Taller and Renata de Miguel create brick house as "dignified environment for ageing"
Local studio Omar Vergara Taller and designer Renata de Miguel have designed a brick home for the residents to age in place outside of Mexico City. More
James Shaw's light-filled London home is almost entirely underground
Lumpy recycled plastic furniture and circular skylights characterise this sunken London house, which designer James Shaw concealed on a 60-square-metre plot for himself and his family. More
Alison Brooks Architects creates copper-clad London home with "folding geometry"
Site constraints and local architecture guided the angular form of Mesh House, a copper-clad home that London studio Alison Brooks Architects has completed in Belsize Park. More
Madam Architectuur updates Belgian bungalow with red-timber cladding
Brussels studio Madam Architectuur has renovated and extended a bungalow near Aalst, updating its exterior with bright red-painted timber that is "striking yet modest". More
Origami-like roof tops timber home in Suffolk by Studio Bark
Local timber-framed buildings influenced the geometric form of Water Farm, a house that architecture practice Studio Bark has added to a family farm in Suffolk. More
Snøhetta designs sweeping holiday home for foothills of Mount Yōtei
A crescent-shaped volume will enclose this holiday home, which architecture studio Snøhetta has designed for hospitality brand Not A Hotel in a ski resort on Hokkaido Island, Japan. More