Self-sustaining cabins on tiny Finnish island are heated by a sauna stove
Finnish designers Aleksi Hautamaki and Milla Selkimaki have built a self-sufficient summer house on the five-acre island they own on the edge of Finland's Archipelago National Park. More
Two gabled black cabins form summer retreat on an Estonian beach
Two gabled cabins with pitch-black exteriors form a holiday house on Matsi Beach in Estonia, built on the remains of a Soviet-era fishing village by architect Hanna Karits. More
Timber trusses support undulating roof of Italian convention centre
An undulating, multi-pitched roof covers the timber-framed Congress and Exhibition Centre in Agordo, Italy, designed by architects Emanuele Bressan and Andrea Botter. More
Intervention Architecture adds cedar-clad garden room to Birmingham house
Intervention Architecture has refurbished and extended a semi-detached house in the Birmingham suburb of Moseley, adding a garden room clad with cedar battens. More
Domed oculus connects floors of concrete-framed cultural centre in India
Architecture studio Hundredhands inserted a funnel-shaped window between the floors of the concrete and brick Bangalore International Centre in India.
MoreStudio Bark's first flat-pack U-build system used for a home extension in Essex
Slatted screens of stained black wood surround the first-floor extension of an 1830s Georgian cottage in Essex, designed by Studio Bark but built largely by the clients themselves. More
Snaking canopy covers open-air hotpot restaurant in Chinese forest
A canopy supported by slim white columns covers a hotpot restaurant by MUDA Architects in Chengdu, China which hugs the edge of a lotus pond in a eucalyptus forest. More
Gosize designs its own home studio in Japan around a minimalist pond
Japanese practice Gosize has combined an architects' studio with a house in a concrete frame with large openings around a small courtyard with a simple pond in Hyōgo, Japan. More
Kooo Architects inserts glass walls into frame of concrete hotel
Kooo Architects has converted a seven-storey building in the centre of Guangzhou, China into a guesthouse with lantern-like frosted glass walls. More
Portal 92 designs Village Cafe to evoke feeling of an Indian village
A frame of monolithic concrete portals supports a bar and cafe, designed by Portal 92, which overlooks a raised terrace of terracotta-coloured seating in Moradabad, India. More
Feld72 builds housing estate from timber in Alpine town
Architecture studio Feld72 have completed the Maierhof housing estate in the Alpine town of Bludenz, Austria, comprising eight timber buildings in a mountain landscape. More
Outpost tops London terrace extension with a zigzag zinc roof
A zigzagging zinc facade and a bright blue kitchen are part of an extension to a house in London's Albion Terrace, designed by architecture studio Outpost. More
Elevated concrete pathway on stilts shades brick training centre in Hanoi
A walkable concrete roof on thin steel stilts connects and shades the textured brick blocks of a training centre in Hanoi by Vo Trong Nghia Architects. More
Adam Knibb adds metal and timber corner extension to Georgian vicarage
British studio Adam Knibb Architects has completed a contemporary metal and wood-clad extension to Gatti House, an old Georgian vicarage in Hampshire, England. More
Curving larch wood buildings with green roofs form school extension in Germany
Mono Architekten has restored and extended a 1970s concrete school block in Germany with a cluster of curving larch-clad volumes topped with sloping green roofs. More
Industrial shed converted into skinny house and studio in Amsterdam
Parts of an industrial shack in Amsterdam have been incorporated into the 5-metre-wide Huis M&M, a residential conversion by NEXT Architects and architect Claudia Linders. More
Folding timber shutters open Mountain Bar & Restaurant to the air in China
Mountain Bar and Restaurant in Guizhou Province, China by ZJJZ Atelier has sliding glass doors and a screen of wooden louvres that can be folded back. More
Wedding chapel by Wilson Architects will slowly become overgrown with vines
Creeping plants will eventually overtake the hollow timber walls of this chapel by in Queensland by Wilson Architects, so it looks like a ruin amid a landscape of lavender fields. More
Kaan Architecten and Pranlas-Descours Architect and Associates design stacked glass Eurartisanat headquarters in Lille
A stack of low, glazed forms house the Eurartisanat Chambre de Métiers et de l'Artisanat des Hauts-de-Franc in Lille, France, designed by Dutch architecture firm Kaan Architecten and Pranlas-Descours Architect and Associates. More
Pop-up pavilions for kissing and "dangerous play" draw attention to rules of privately-owned public spaces
Tato Architects and Dot Architects are among six studios that created pop-up pavilions at the Kyoto Art Center to examine the various prohibitions that apply to privately-owned public spaces in Japan. More