Alexander & Co carves out spaces for calm and play inside Pacific House
Australian architecture practice Alexander & Co has overhauled this oceanside home in Sydney to make it more suitable for family life. More
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Sweeping facade animates manga artist's house in Tokyo by Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL
Architecture studio Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL has created a house and studio with a curved facade for an up-and-coming manga artist in Tokyo, Japan. More
Ten earthy bedrooms that use natural colours to create a restful environment
In our latest lookbook, we highlight 10 bedroom interiors that introduce earthy colour palettes and natural materials to evoke a sense of calm and tranquility. More
Powerhouse Company adds Bunker Tower to brutalist 1970s building
Dutch studio Powerhouse Company has added a stepped, residential skyscraper to Eindhoven's monolithic bunker, turning the concrete building into a "friendly giant". More
Energy savings from home insulation "vanishing" after four years
Energy savings achieved by insulating UK homes appear to be cancelled out within a few years by an increase in energy use, according to a study by the University of Cambridge. More
Edgardo Giménez creates colourful artist residency in Uruguay
Argentinian artist and designer Edgardo Giménez has created an artist residency in Uruguay called Casa Neptuna that features playful geometry and bright colours. More
Dezeen Debate features an "experimental" boulder-like cabin in France
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Debate newsletter features a boulder-like cabin in France by architecture studio Bureau. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More
Strang Design tops Miami mansion with slatted volume and planter
Local studio Strang Design has created a contemporary residence with a garden terrace in Miami, Florida, complete with Brazilian influences and vintage touches. More
Quatrefoil House extension by Hyde + Hyde is a "celebration of ornament"
Architecture studio Hyde + Hyde has refurbished a 19th-century Gothic-revival home in Oxford, reinterpreting its ornamental style with an extension finished with decorative metal tiles. More
Platform 5 Architects completes textural home on London infill site
Local practice Platform 5 Architects has completed NW10 House, a family home on an infill site in north London with exposed concrete interiors and a textured brick exterior. More
Hanna Karits uses wood to create "airy and spacious" interior for Estonian holiday home
Interior architect Hanna Karits used natural materials throughout this holiday home in Estonia's Moonsund archipelago to create a soothing environment that references the surrounding forest. More
ACDF Architecture wraps glass home around apple tree in Quebec
Montreal studio ACDF Architecture has designed a low-slung, modernist-style home with massing shaped to surround an apple tree and provide lines of sight through the living areas. More
Palma positions stucco-clad housing complex on Mexican coastline
Off-white stucco walls and a round staircase characterise the Chiripa housing complex in Mexico, which architecture studio Palma designed as a "hybrid" experiment merging residential and hotel-style living. More
Bureau conceals Thérèse cabin in France with boulder-like concrete finish
Architecture studio Bureau has used a rough concrete finish to disguise this small wooden cabin in France as a boulder, distinguishable only by a porthole-style window. More
Dumbo Loft by Crystal Sinclair Designs features a book-filled mezzanine
Interiors studio Crystal Sinclair Designs has renovated a loft apartment in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighbourhood to include a mezzanine with a wall of books and a bedroom behind a glass partition. More
Studioninedots completes stepped social housing overlooking Amsterdam waterfront
A sweeping form of stepped balconies that overlook the IJ waterfront defines the De Jakoba social housing in Amsterdam, designed by local practice Studioninedots. More
Undecorated creates The Caterpillar apartment building in Detroit
Architectural studio Undecorated has designed an elongated, metal Quonset hut punctuated with dormer windows and filled with loft-style units for an evolving neighbourhood in Detroit. More
Pitsou Kedem shields concrete Tel Aviv house with folding wooden screens
Slatted, folding wooden shutters and exposed board-marked concrete define this home by Israeli studio Pitsou Kedem Architects, designed in collaboration with architect Tamar Berger. More
Studio Hallett Ike adds dark brick extension to London flat
White, minimalist living spaces sit within a raw exterior of rough brick walls and galvanised steel openings at this extension to a ground-floor flat in east London, designed by local practice Studio Hallett Ike. More
Sparano + Mooney positions cedar home over canyon in Utah
Local studio Sparano + Mooney Architecture cantilevered two envelopes with blackened-cedar siding over a canyon outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. More