Dezeen's top five houses of October 2023
Four out of five of October's houses of the month are renovations or extensions, from a Hamptons home styled on a Bond villain's lair to a Victorian terrace in Melbourne interspersed with mini gardens. More
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Omar Gandhi lifts Corten cube for cabin in Nova Scotia
Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architects has wrapped an elevated cabin in Corten steel on a forested hillside in Nova Scotia. More
César Béjar Studio inserts minimal pink house into Mexican street
Mexican architecture firm César Béjar Studio has sandwiched a minimalist pink house between two buildings in Culiacán, Mexico, while bringing light into its centre via atriums and voids. More
Linden Brown Architecture creates "live-work" building for Portland shoe designers
Tall roof monitors lend a sculptural look to the Gradient House and Studio, which was designed by Oregon studio Linden Brown Architecture for the founders of a shoe design company. More
Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects designs remote Michigan cabin for mountain bikers
A tough shell made of weathering steel clads the Copper Harbor house by US firm Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects, which is set in a "very remote destination with an industrial history". More
Omer Arbel uses fabric formwork for concrete pillars in Canadian house
Canadian designer and lighting brand Bocci founder Omer Arbel has created a home in British Columbia with expressive pillars made from concrete poured into fabric. More
Tembo Tembo lodge hides among landscape of South African game reserve
Rammed earth walls and an organic colour scheme help this South African family lodge designed by architecture practice Studio Asaï to blend into its natural surroundings. More
Linehouse adds tactile textures and warm tones to coastal home in Hong Kong
Chinese studio Linehouse has designed the interiors of Cape Drive Residence in Hong Kong to respond to the surrounding coastal views. More
Field Architecture clads flowing Sonoma house in copper
California studio Field Architecture designed this Sonoma Valley house out of a trio of fanning copper-clad pavilions with butterfly roofs. More
Australian hardwood lines Melbourne cottage extension by Prior Barraclough
Architecture practice Prior Barraclough has expanded a modest workers' cottage in Melbourne to include an extension panelled entirely in Australian hardwood. More
Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL designs Japanese house to be "one big cat tree"
Architect Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL designed A Cat Tree House as a home in Kamakura, Japan, for his family and cats. More
HTA Design completes Europe's tallest modular residential tower in Croydon
British architecture studio HTA Design has completed a 163-metre-tall apartment building in Croydon, UK, that it claims is "Europe's tallest residential tower to be completed using volumetric construction methods". More
Marc Thorpe aims for "architecture of responsibility" in solar-powered Catskills house
American studio Marc Thorpe Design has completed a wood-clad, off-grid cabin for himself in New York that is meant to be "minimal in design but purposeful". More
Architecture Architecture uses grey breeze blocks for Melbourne extension
Hollow breeze-block walls were used to blend interior and exterior spaces in Sunday, a reimagining of a typical cottage in Melbourne, Australia, designed by local studio Architecture Architecture. More
Bentley presents oceanfront residences in Miami featuring a patented car elevator
Promotion: Bentley Motors' first Bentley-branded residential tower will include a vehicle lift that allows residents to seamlessly travel from the road up to their homes without exiting their cars. More
Britsom Philips reconfigures Belgian home with minimalist interiors and thatched roof
Belgian studio Britsom Philips has completed Villa VD, a timber-clad extension to a small rural home in Flanders with minimalist, light-filled living spaces. More
Digital House is an aluminium-clad micro home in Germany
German architects Julian Krüger and Benjamin Kemper have created Digital House, a micro home that can be built without using nails or screws and was designed to be easy to disassemble. More
Eight restful bedrooms decorated in the colours of autumn leaves
In this lookbook, Dezeen has selected eight bedrooms that feature shades of green, yellow, orange, red and brown to create cosy environments with an autumnal feel. More
Eight living rooms where low-slung furniture creates a casual lounge atmosphere
Low-back sofas and armchairs play a key role in our latest lookbook, which explores how low-slung furniture can make living rooms feel more relaxed and less formal. More
Matra Architects spreads multi-generational Indian home across four concrete blocks
Four concrete volumes topped with pitched roofs run alongside each other to form Prism House, a multi-generational home designed by Indian studio Matra Architects. More