House with an iron staircase by Roberto Murgia and Valentina Ravara
An iron staircase reminiscent of structural trusses connects the two floors of this house in Milan by Italian architects Roberto Murgia and Valentina Ravara (+ slideshow). More
An iron staircase reminiscent of structural trusses connects the two floors of this house in Milan by Italian architects Roberto Murgia and Valentina Ravara (+ slideshow). More
A combined staircase and bookshelf is one of several multifunctional wooden furniture pieces that Swiss design studio Big-Game has inserted into two plain white apartments in Switzerland (+ 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
A spiralling stack of chunky wooden blocks forms this staircase designed by architecture studio QC for an apartment in Poland. More
This mixed-use complex in Rotterdam by Mei Architecten en Stedenbouwers features a tower with protruding storage areas that look like welding masks bolted onto the facade. More
This extension to a woodland home in Ontario by Canadian studio UUfie features charred cedar walls and a mirrored entrance (+ slideshow). More
London studio Denizen Works has overhauled a cottage in Scotland's Outer Hebrides by rebuilding the original structure and adding two extensions modelled on agricultural sheds (+ slideshow). More
Gabled houses in vivid shades of red, orange and yellow line the streets of this new residential district in Groningen, the Netherlands, by Dutch studio architecten|en|en (+ slideshow). More
This house in Quebec by Canadian studio naturehumaine has a gently sloping roof that follows the descent of the surrounding landscape (+ slideshow). More
The clients for this small house in Tokushima, Japan, asked architect Naoko Horibe for a timber interior and an exterior that looks like a sports car. More
This house in Tel Aviv by Israeli studio Paritzki & Liani Architects has a transparent ground floor, which reveals a terracotta-brick floor that extends out into the garden (+ slideshow). More
Chilean architect Ricardo Torrejón wanted to integrate the garden into this concrete house in Santiago, so he added huge windows at the back and glazed recesses along the front and sides (+ slideshow). More
Vertical yellow and grey stripes decorate the exterior of this family house in Mexico by León firm tactic-a (+ slideshow). More
British studio Jonathan Tuckey Design has added skeletal partitions and skylights to bring more light into this renovated west London mews house. More
A spiral staircase made from Brazilian ironwood links two floors inside this São Paulo house, which was designed by Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld as a private gallery and guest house for two art collectors (+ slideshow). More
Some of the concrete walls of this house in Yokohama, Japan, by Tai and Associates were formed against wooden planks, while some have been rendered white and others have been left plain (+ slideshow). More
This timber house in Kanagawa by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has a square plan with a teardrop-shaped courtyard at its centre (+ slideshow). More
This house in Mexico City by local firm Taller Hector Barroso is built around a courtyard to bring in more natural light and to make up for a shortage of exterior views (+ slideshow). More