Two accessory dwelling units are contained within a double-level, arched metal building, which was created by design-build studo Qastic. More about Qastic creates stacked ADUs for "alternative approach to small-scale housing" in Los Angeles
Local architecture studio Oatelier has completed Husárik Hut, a barn-like timber home in Slovakia that was designed as a contemporary take on the area's traditional shepherd's huts. More about Oatelier draws on traditional rural architecture for timber home in Slovakia
The modernist 22 Parkside house in Wimbledon, London, by Richard and Su Rogers has been given over to conservation charity The National Trust. More about Richard and Su Roger's seminal house in London "gifted to the nation"
A red travertine kitchen and a dark dining room with rounded timber walls form the heart of this home in East Sussex by Irish interiors firm Anam Design Studio. More about Anam Design Studio adds club-like dining room to East Sussex home
A thousand tonnes of volcanic rock replace concrete and steel in Petra Heights, a housing development in north London by architecture studio Groupwork and engineer Webb Yates. More about Groupwork completes "world-first" high-rise held up by stone exoskeleton
Blue-stained plywood and knotted larch feature in our latest lookbook of residential interiors anchored by statement wooden staircases. More about Eight wooden staircases that make the most of the material
A cluster of monolithic forms lined with grey brick and built into a steep bank defines Tollymore, a riverside house in Northern Ireland by Belfast studio McGonigle McGrath. More about Cluster of rock-like volumes make up rural Irish house by McGonigle McGrath
Accoya wood cladding and expansive terraces feature at the Dune House, which was designed by American studio Ziger Snead Architects for a tight site with many restrictions. More about Giant balconies line Delaware beach house by Ziger Snead
Pale brickwork and ceramic tiles were used to highlight the dappled light and green hues of the woodland surrounding this home in Utrecht, completed by Dutch studio Jeroen Spee Architecten. More about Jeroen Spee Architecten nestles pale brick Villa Bilt into Dutch forest
London studio Piercy & Company has taken over an apartment in the north of the city and given it a new interior featuring custom timber joinery and a mysterious curved corridor. More about Piercy & Company introduces curves and cutouts in guesthouse Apartment 21
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has designed the Woma mixed-use building in Miami's Wynwood neighbourhood with a central plaza and a facade broken up into colour-blocked sections. More about MVRDV "prioritises human scale" in design of colourful Miami building
Barcelona-based H3O architects has renovated a 19th-century house in the city's Gracia neighbourhood, taking care to preserve heritage elements while introducing quirky details like hidden windows. More about H3O uses "playful and intelligent gestures" to update historic Barcelona home
Grassy rooftops and PE rattan facades characterise Split Mass Residence in Indonesia, which local firm K-Thengono Design Studio designed with multi-level social spaces for the family to gather. More about Sloping green roofs "keep the family connected" at Indonesian home
A stone house embedded into the Greek landscape and a sprawling American home with a retractable roof are among the most popular houses featured on Dezeen this month. More about Dezeen's top five houses of August 2026
This waterfront residence overlooking Michigan's Grand Traverse Bay has been reimagined to include a "mosh pit" lounge by California-based Lauri Design Studio. More about Lauri Design Studio renovates "calm, connected" Michigan lake house
A tilted facade with large glazed openings was designed to bring an adjacent forest "directly into the interior" of this home in the Czech Republic by Prague-based Papundekl Architects. More about Slanted facade encloses modular Czech home by Papundekl Architects
Traditional farmhouses often have thick stone walls that block the view of the natural vistas that surround them. Below, we've gathered six examples of modern interventions that instead open up historic homes to make the most of their setting. More about Six farmhouse renovations that bring their bucolic surroundings into view
Architecture practice Nodecraft Studio has created a farmhouse on the outskirts of Bengaluru from a cluster of poured-earth walls and concrete volumes linked by verandahs. More about Nodecraft Studio arranges Bengaluru farmhouse around poured-earth walls
Indian studio Evolving Radical Aesthetics has completed Ushas, a farmhouse built into a steep Kerala hillside with an open-air temple carved into a retaining wall. More about Open-air temple sits beneath granite farmhouse on Kerala hillside
Architect Alexandre Pavlidis has completed Within the Earth, a house on the Greek island of Sifnos contained within a series of sunken stone walls that step down a coastal hillside. More about Rough drystone walls frame sunken home on Greek island by Alexandre Pavlidis