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
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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
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
Cabin Thunder Top in Norway doubles as a viewpoint and ski jump
Gartnerfuglen Arkitekter has built a wooden cabin in Telemark, Norway, which has an accessible stepped roof that doubles as a viewpoint and winter ski jump. More
Charred teak wood clads Costa Rica house with views of the Pacific Ocean
Architecture firm Studio Saxe has completed this house in Costa Rica and covered it with dark charred wood to blend it with its natural surroundings. More
Island Rest is a black-timber holiday home on the English coast
British practice Ström Architects has completed Island Rest, a low-lying holiday home in the Isle of Wight that is clad in beams of blackened larch wood. More
Long wooden cabinet runs through slender Borden house by StudioAC
Pale woodwork wrapping white-painted walls forms storage to make more space in this 14-foot-wide house in Toronto, which has been overhauled by local firm StudioAC. 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
Studio Venturoni warms up Rome apartment with earthy hues
Bands of terracotta and sand-coloured paint wrap around the walls of Trevi House, a one-bed apartment in Rome that's been overhauled by Studio Venturoni. More
Renovated Californian house Ridgewood pays homage to its "flamboyant" modernist architect
Design collective Framestudio has completed the renovation of this mid-century house near San Francisco, which was designed by architect Henry Hill in a boomerang shape around a swimming pool. More
Step House extension built around perforated birch-ply staircase
A staircase punctured with rectangle-shaped holes is the focal point of this two-storey extension Grey Griffiths Architects has added to a workers' cottage in west London. More
Yellow grates filter light into apartment building by Laurent Troost Architectures
Bright yellow metal grates that take cues from a mango tree detail the facade of this apartment building in Manaus, Brazil designed by local studio Laurent Troost Architectures. More
Whale Design Lab references Louis Kahn for makeover of Mài Apartment in Vietnam
Geometric forms and graphic terrazzo surfaces feature in this duplex apartment in Ho Chi Minh City that has been updated by Whale Design Lab. More
Dawnridge House by Field Architecture splits in two around giant oak tree
US studio Field Architecture has designed the dining room of this house in a suburb of Silicon Valley, California so it is open to the outdoors and frames an oak tree. More
Ten self-designed homes that reflect the unique styles of their owners
Following the popularity of a riverside house that an architect and designer built for themselves in Australia, we've rounded up 10 other original self-designed homes by architects and designers from around the world. More
Ravi Raj and Evan Watts expose chunky timber in Spears Building Loft renovation
Architects Ravi Raj and Evan Watts have created a monolithic, concrete-like chimney in the overhaul of a loft apartment inside a former cigarette packing factory in New York City's Chelsea neighbourhood. More
Casa Atibaia designed to be "ideal modernist jungle home"
Creatives Charlotte Taylor and Nicholas Préaud took cues from the modernist architecture of Lina Bo Bardi to dream up these renderings of Casa Atibaia, an imaginary home that hides in a São Paulo forest. More
Concrete colonnade wraps 54-metre-long house in Bolivia
A slender, lush garden is hidden behind the walls of this long concrete house in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, designed by local firm Sommet. More
Rural community oven transformed into Portuguese holiday home
HBG Architects has converted an old granite community oven in east Portugal into a small holiday home, featuring a staircase with steps that double as a table, bench and fireplace. More
YSG carries out tactile overhaul of Budge Over Dover house in Sydney
Terracotta brick, aged brass, and aubergine-hued plaster are just some of the materials that interior design studio YSG has included in its revamp of this house in Sydney. More