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Long, narrow windows cut across the sides of a house in Okayama, Japan, to reveal the locations of internal walls and floors. More
Long, narrow windows cut across the sides of a house in Okayama, Japan, to reveal the locations of internal walls and floors. More
A cedar-clad house near Seoul by Korean architects AND spirals up from beneath the ground. More
The roof and upper walls of a house in Tübingen, Germany, are covered in rubber, like a fisherman's hat pulled low over his eyes. More
Following our earlier story about an apartment with the appearance of an elegant building site, here's another renovated flat in Japan that appears to be unfinished. More
Folding back these perforated screens reconfigures an apartment that's combined with a dance and choreography studio near Paris. More
Rainwater slides down into the central folds of a plunging roof at this Dallas house, draining into a collection tank for reuse. More
Wall coverings have been peeled away to reveal a vaulted stone ceiling that's several hundred years old inside this refurbished apartment in Tel Aviv. More
A sequence of horizontal steel rods resemble a barcode on the glass facade of a house extension in Washington DC. More
The roof of this extended house in Melbourne sweeps outwards to create an exterior canopy and curves steeply upwards over a double-height dining room. More
Open-plan rooms of subtly different proportions are created by an off-centre courtyard in this square house in rural Japan. More
This roof of this sea-facing holiday house in Mandurah, south of Perth, jolts up and down to create four irregular gables. More
Dezeen archive: as we've been bombarded by beautiful Australian houses in recent weeks and our story from last week about a cliff-top house inspired by a Picasso painting (top left) continues to be popular with readers, we've grouped together all our stories about houses in Australia. See all the stories »
Cooling pools of water and trees line corridors and rooms inside an Indonesian house by architects Budi Pradono. More
These twin residences in Riga, Latvia, mirror one another exactly, except that one is clad in timber and the other in blackened steel. More
This jumbled house in India features an elevated steel tunnel, bridged corridors and a rooftop swimming pool on stilts. More
Two stark concrete houses in Lisbon feature secluded courtyards with overflowing ponds and swimming pools (photographs by Fernando Guerra). More
Indonesian architects Budi Pradono have designed a leaning house for Jakarta with a tree growing inside. More
Residents of this small Japanese house can warm their feet in a heated sunken hollow beneath the dining table. More
A drawbridge-like flap lowers from the steel-plated facade of this Melbourne bunker to reveal a bedroom window. More
A roof terrace can be glimpsed between the metallic grey timber beams that surround a two-storey house near Riga, Latvia. More