Aketuri Architektai pairs a timber facade with a concrete canopy for House in Vilnius
A concrete canopy with circular rooflights has been suspended from the back wall of this house in Lithuania, contrasting with the building's timber exterior. More
A concrete canopy with circular rooflights has been suspended from the back wall of this house in Lithuania, contrasting with the building's timber exterior. More
The ground floor of this Osaka home by Japanese architect Masatoshi Hatamoto is sunken below street level to create more privacy for its residents (+ slideshow). More
Format Elf Architekten has disguised a three-storey family home as a two-storey building by incorporating both upper floors within a large asymmetrically pitched roof (+ slideshow). More
This glass, steel and sandstone pavilion near Sydney protrudes over the edge of a natural dam to create a closer connection with its surroundings (+ slideshow). More
Architect Matt Gibson drew inspiration from mid-century Modernist architecture in Brazil for the design of this concrete and stone house in a Melbourne suburb (+ slideshow). More
The mountain landscape of Washington's Methow Valley is the setting for this family retreat, conceived by architect Tom Kundig as four structures arranged "like a little campground" around a big rock (+ slideshow). More
Sandwiched between a shrine entrance and a farm in Japan's Shiga Prefecture, this family residence by Japanese architect Kouichi Kimura comprises metal-clad blocks that frame a courtyard (+ slideshow). More
This artists' home in Dalston has been updated with a yellow-framed kitchen extension in the back garden and a traditional glass and timber "shopfront". More
The two elongated wings that make up this extension to an Australian farmhouse are set into the side of a hill, connected by a stairwell that offer views straight through its middle (+ slideshow). More
Working with a tight budget, Brooklyn-based Etelamaki Architecture has transformed a crumbling three-unit townhouse into a modern family home in the borough's South Slope neighbourhood (+ slideshow). More
Architecture studio Walker Workshop claims to have "taken a hillside apart and put it back together" to create the subterranean base of this house in Southern California, which is topped by glass-walled living spaces and an infinity pool. More
Design Miami/Basel 2015: architect Richard Rogers has redesigned a flatpack home originally created by Jean Prouvé as a housing solution for victims of the second world war (+ slideshow). More
Vibrant green-yellow frames accentuate the windows and doors of this spruce-clad house built on a hillside with views over Oslo (+ slideshow). More
The roof of this Stockholm house by Streetmonkey Architects turns into a ramp for children to sled on when it snows (+ slideshow). More
Two house-shaped rooms project out from the facade of this three-storey residence by SoNo Arhitekti, which nestles into a hillside near an Austrian Alpine village (+ slideshow). More
The trio of stacked blocks that make up this Virginia residence by Höweler + Yoon Architecture are arranged in a bridge-like formation, providing three generations of a family with separate living spaces (+ slideshow). More
This collection of angular asphalt-clad roof extensions provide elevated sleeping platforms, a study and a pair of funnel-shaped skylights for a home in eastern Denmark. More
This timber-clad villa by Stockholm studio The Common Office stands between the trees of a steep rocky slope in the Swedish countryside (+ slideshow). More
The living and dining rooms of this house overlooking a river valley in Connecticut, USA, are contained in a timber-clad box raised up by concrete buttresses (+ slideshow). More
Vietnamese studio MM++ Architects stripped a house back to its concrete frame to create this pared-back open-plan villa featuring red brick walls, pivoting glass doors and leafy gardens (+ slideshow). More