Wittman Estes elevates extensions to 1940s beach house
Seattle studio Wittman Estes has designed two elevated wings to open up and extend a beach house from the 1940s in Hood Canal, Washington. More
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Large windows and cantilevers animate House on 36th by Beebe Skidmore
A cantilevered upper storey with symmetrical, glazed dormers is the focal point of House on 36th, which Beebe Skidmore has completed for a young family relocating to Portland, USA. More
Andrew Burges Architects designs Bismarck House to be "continuous garden"
Andrew Burges Architects created Bismarck House holiday home in the Sydney suburb of Bondi to showcase the work of its landscape architect client. More
Ortraum Architects builds timber music studio beside house in Helsinki
Ortraum Architects has built an asymmetric studio called 12 in the garden of a house in Helsinki, Finland, to provide its owners with space to compose music and make ceramics. More
Double O Studio tops trefoil-shaped concrete house with rooftop pool
Double O Studio has designed Trefoil House in Aroeira, Portugal, as a series of overlapping concrete shapes topped by a long swimming pool. More
Blue slide is centrepiece of Walker house renovation by Reflect Architecture
Reflect Architecture has renovated a house for a young family living in Toronto, Canada, by brightening its truncated interiors and twisting a blue slide through its centre. More
Architect John Wardle renovates his own house in Australia
The founder of John Wardle Architects has remodelled Kew Residence, his Melbourne home of 25 years, using Victorian ash and handmade glazed tiles from Japan. More
Red roofs are layered atop wooden frame of Casa Malalcahuello by GAAA
Bright red roofs stand out in the setting of this house in Malalcahuello, Chile, which Santiago firm Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados has built from CNC-cut wood. More
Ten eco-friendly dwellings where residents live off the grid
These 10 off-grid homes allow residents to live in more remote locations, or were designed by eco-minded designers to facilitate low-impact lifestyles. More
Welcome to The Jungle House has an aquaponic system connecting a pond for edible fish and rooftop garden
CplusC Architectural Workshop has built a house in Sydney with recycled materials, a rooftop vegetable garden and an aquaponics system containing edible fish. More
"It's co-existence and survival of the fittest" says architect
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing No Footprint House in Costa Rica and sharing their views on other top stories. More
Surman Weston creates modern mock-Tudor home in Surbiton
Surman Weston has built a house in Surbiton, south-west London, with a facade that riffs off the mock-Tudor facades of the surrounding suburban homes. More
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No Footprint House is a prototype prefabricated home in Costa Rica
Slanted wooden louvres offer natural light and cross-ventilation in this prefabricated house in Costa Rica, which architecture studio A-01 created as a prototype for a series of future zero-carbon homes. More
Wheeler Kearns Architects clusters gabled units for Lake Michigan house
Chicago practice Wheeler Kearns Architects has built a lake house in Michigan with a cluster of buildings clad in wood. More
Japanese house is "a gymnast's delight" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are critiquing a Japanese home designed by Suzuko Yamada and sharing their views on other top stories. More
Ten architect-designed swimming pools for cooling off at home
In our latest Dezeen Lookbook, we've rounded up 10 of the most refreshing outdoor swimming pools that architects have designed for houses around the world, including a private lagoon, a "Roman bath" and hillside infinity pool. More
Luigi Rosselli Architects creates wave-like facade for Bondi Bombora house in Sydney
Turquoise and sea-green tiles wash over the undulating facade of this family home in Sydney, designed by local practice Luigi Rosselli Architects. More
TS-H_01 by Tom Strala is a pared-back family home on a Swiss hillside
Architect Tom Strala has completed TS-H_01, a minimal family home just outside of Bern, Switzerland that includes separate living quarters for parents and children. More
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Suzuko Yamada encloses reconfigurable Tokyo home in permanent scaffolding
This Japanese home designed by architect Suzuko Yamada is connected to its garden through a scaffold of steel pipes and platforms that can be adapted according to the owner's needs. More
Casa Carmen's green roofs merge with hill and forest in Colombian neighbourhood
Architecture studio OA+ has threaded a path through this adobe brick and wood house in Envigado, Colombia that leads from its entrance to woodland at the rear. More