Hump-shaped house covered in plants by Patrick Nadeau
A layer of grasses, herbs and flowers blankets the roof of this hump-shaped house near Reims, France, by architect Patrick Nadeau (+ slideshow). More
A layer of grasses, herbs and flowers blankets the roof of this hump-shaped house near Reims, France, by architect Patrick Nadeau (+ slideshow). More
The concrete walls inside this house in Poland by Ultra Architects were formed against wooden boards, creating a grainy texture that inverts the surface of the timber-clad facade (+ slideshow). More
Angular zinc-clad volumes fold around a central courtyard and stretch out towards ocean views at this house designed by Australian architect John Wardle on the scenic Great Ocean Road in Victoria (+ movie). More
The entire facade of this house in the Japanese town of Ōiso by Atelier HAKO Architects is clad in fibre-reinforced cement boards and punctuated by a series of scattered windows (+ slideshow). More
French studio Perraudin Architecture has completed a social housing complex with solid stone walls near Toulouse as part of a bid to prove that "anything that is built today could be built in stone" (+ slideshow). More
French studio Perraudin Architecture has constructed a family house out of solid stone, claiming the material is "cheaper and faster" to build with than concrete. More
This "bioclimatic" house on the edge of Lyon in France features a timber frame, cladding of larch and composite timber, and a planted roof (+ slideshow). More
News: Dutch office UNStudio has won a competition to design a residential and office complex in the German city of Munich. More
This holiday home on the southern coast of Nova Scotia perches on a row of narrow concrete fins just metres from the Atlantic Ocean (+ slideshow). More
An indoor courtyard with an earth floor and central tree is concealed behind the concrete walls of this bulky house in Hiroshima by Japanese studio Suppose Design Office (+ slideshow). More
This boxy wooden house by Canadian studio MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects extends over the edge of a rocky outcrop on the Atlantic coastline of Nova Scotia (+ slideshow). More
Volcanic soil was mixed with cement to create the building blocks of this house in south-west Japan by Tokyo studio Aray Architecture (+ slideshow). More
A sheltered deck separates the bedroom from the living spaces of this tiny home in a suburb of Brisbane (+ slideshow). More
Arched doorways lead through the spaces of this house in Osaka, which was designed by Japanese office Tsubasa Iwahashi Architects to centre around a family dining table. More
South Korean studio Design Band YOAP has squeezed nine apartments and a shop inside this compact white housing block in Seoul (+ slideshow). More
Scottish firm Dualchas Architects used Scottish stone and larch to build this single-storey house on the Isle of Skye (+ slideshow). More
An elaborate facade comprising curved edges, deep recesses and sliced windows wraps this 135-metre skyscraper by Dutch office UNStudio in Singapore (+ slideshow). More
East London firm Studio 54 Architecture updated the facade of this house in a London mews by replacing a decorative gable with an austere black box and grey-painted brickwork. More
The rooms of this wooden house in a forest near Madrid by local architects FRPO branch off in different directions to slot into gaps between the trees (+ slideshow). More
This house in Tokyo by Japanese studio Case-Real is rectangular at the front and hexagonal at the back (+ slideshow). More