Wavy wooden shutters cover gridded apartment block in Iran by TDC Office
Wooden shutters can be drawn across the pigeonhole-style windows of this apartment block in Tehran by local studio TDC Office (+ slideshow). More
Wooden shutters can be drawn across the pigeonhole-style windows of this apartment block in Tehran by local studio TDC Office (+ slideshow). More
The wooden facade of this Toronto property by local practice Williamson Chong Architects is set-back and angled towards a nearby ravine (+ slideshow). More
Cornish firm PBWC Architects has utilised 3D laser-scanning technology to create an accurate model of the rocky site and listed surroundings of a house for St Ives, which has just received planning permission (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen promotion: holiday makers can stay in houses designed by Peter Zumthor, Piet Hein Eek or John Pawson by booking through online network Holidayarchitecture (+ slideshow). More
Materials and interior details are used to clearly define the old and new parts of this family home in Windsor, UK, renovated by London studio TDO (+ slideshow). More
Memphis-based firm Designshop has added orange accents to the protruding window shades of this house in Tennessee, bringing pops of colour to its otherwise grey and white facades (+ slideshow). More
The butterfly wing-shaped roof of this rear extension to a Victorian house in north London by local architect Kenny Forrester references the shape of the city's traditional terraced rooflines (+ slideshow). More
Lisbon architecture office Cais has renovated and extended an outdated house in the city, preserving its existing facade and creating an open-plan interior that extends into a new terraced garden at the rear (+ slideshow). More
Narrowly spaced steel louvres wrap around the exterior of this extension to a house in Beijing, providing privacy and creating linear patterns of light and shadow throughout the minimal white interior (+ slideshow). More
London studio Liddicoat & Goldhill has remodelled a derelict barn in Kent, England, to create a home featuring mechanically operated doors and a staircase that wraps around a chimney (+ movie). More
Japanese architect Kentaro Ishida has completed a steel-plated house on the outskirts of Tokyo, featuring an asymmetric pitched roof designed to maximise sunlight for residents (+ slideshow). More
Architect William Tozer applied Adolf Loos' Raumplan concept to this London house extension, which features several stepped levels that are all visually connected. More
Steel shutters fold open to bring plenty of fresh air into this studio for Bangalore architecture firm BetweenSpaces, which is situated above the home of one of its founders (+ slideshow). More
Four separate volumes fit together "like a puzzle" to form this villa in the Netherlands, designed by Studio Prototype as a contemporary interpretation of the region's typical black barns (+ slideshow). More
Bjarke Ingels' firm has unveiled designs for a major residential development in downtown Toronto, reminiscent of the experimental housing complex built by Moshe Safdie in the 1960s (+ slideshow). More
Via 57 West, the tetrahedron-shaped Manhattan apartment tower by BIG, is preparing to welcome its first group of tenants next month. More
Brazilian office Terra e Tuma has demolished and rebuilt the narrow São Paulo home of an elderly woman to combat numerous problems with structure and sanitation (+ slideshow). More
A trio of glass-ended boxes forms this compact Melbourne house by Austin Maynard Architects, which was designed to give the resident family "just the right amount of space" (+ slideshow). More
This board-marked concrete residence by architect Agustín Lozada features a series of terraces and pools, offering views over a valley in Argentina's Sierras Chicas hills (+ slideshow). More
Architecture studio Morrow + Lorraine has been given the go ahead to build a set of clifftop holiday homes on the Isle of Portland, England (+ slideshow). More