Toda House by Kimihiko Okada
Japanese architect Kimihiko Okada has completed a spiralling house on stilts in Hiroshima. More
Japanese architect Kimihiko Okada has completed a spiralling house on stilts in Hiroshima. More
Newly positioned windows reveal the overhauled interior of a Rotterdam townhouse that was formerly an abandoned apartment block. More
A wooden bridge and a glazed garden room connect the two halves of this house in Matsuyama, Japan, by architect Hayato Komatsu. More
This prefabricated house in Portugal costs about the same price to manufacture as a family car (photographs by José Campos). More
A triangular courtyard slices through the centre of this woodland retreat in Nagano, Japan. More
The top floor of this Tokyo house by Japanese architects Apollo appears to be caving in. More
German architects Christ Christ have added box-like rooms and an outdoor cinema to the roof of a house in Wiesbaden. More
This Japanese house with a sharply pointed roof is by Tokyo studio Architect Cafe. More
Curved alcoves nestle into earthquake-resistant walls at the rear of this renovated house in Tokyo. More
A glass bridge connects a concrete house with wonky windows to an artist’s studio in Puebla, Mexico. More
This idyllic pine house by the sea outside Stockholm has a glass-fronted lookout loft on its roof. More
Glass screens fold across the front of this house in Yamanashi, Japan, to transform a covered garden into an indoor dining room. More
Japanese architects Ikeda Yukie have completed a house with rounded edges for an elderly couple. More
Dezeen in Israel: following our recent visit to Tel Aviv, here’s an entirely white house in nearby Ramat Gan by local architect Pitsou Kedem. More
Readers have been discussing "the abundance of introverted architecture that is coming out of Japan" recently, so here's another Japanese house that blocks all views to and from the street but still draws light and air inside. More
Architecture collective Cityförster have completed a wooden house in the Netherlands with a black rubber skin. More
Norwegian architects Fantastic Norway have designed a mountain lodge with a sloping roof that you can ski over. More
The raised corner of this house in Hiroshima by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office allows light to creep into the interior. More
The third completed house in Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture series has a faceted black upper storey that sits on top of the glass-walled ground floor like a big hat. More
The architect of this Portuguese residence describes it as a grey house with a black backpack (photos by Fernando Guerra). More