Wood Block House by Tadashi Yoshimura Architects
Behind a glass facade, a basket weave of timber encases the living and dining areas of this house in Nara, Japan by Japanese studio Tadashi Yoshimura Architects. More
Behind a glass facade, a basket weave of timber encases the living and dining areas of this house in Nara, Japan by Japanese studio Tadashi Yoshimura Architects. More
This Tokyo house by Japanese architects Key Operation has been designed around the movements of the client's pet cat, writes Yuki Sumner. More
Japanese architects Atelier Tekuto have created a house in Hayama, Japan, by wrapping two 100 year-old wooden warehouses in a new faceted skin. More
This farmhouse in Hokkaido by Japanese studio Hiroshi Horio Architects has a pointed observation deck where residents dry herbs. More
Manchester firm Ian Simpson Architects have won a competition to design houses inside redundant water tanks in Lancashire, UK. More
This holiday home in Kanagawa, Japan, by Japanese studios Nakae Architects and Ohno Japan comprises two separate blocks fanning outwards towards Tokyo Bay. More
This house outside Warsaw by Polish architect Robert Konieczny transforms from a villa by day to a fortress by night. More
Argentine architects Estudio BaBO have stacked one brick box upon another to create this house next to a golf course in Buenos Aires. More
Architects Sugawaradaisuke of Tokyo and Paris have completed two studio apartments on separate floors of a Tokyo apartment block, divided by twisting forms in the centre of each. More
This apartment block with a pleated facade of golden aluminium by French studio [BP] Architectures faces the Place de la Bastille, Paris. More
Dezeen archive: our two most popular stories this week were V-House (top left) and Fabric Facade Studio Apartment (bottom right), both in the Netherlands, so we've compiled a selection of stories from the Dezeen archive about Dutch houses. See all the stories »
Construction of this apartment block with a stepped elevation by Mexican firm Rojkind Arquitectos is due to commence this summer in Monterrey, Mexico. More
The façade of this house in Valencia by Spanish architects BBLab Arquitectos is punctured with a pattern of circular holes. More
This faceted spiral staircase was created by Czech architects EDIT! to join two neighbouring apartments in Prague. More
Strips of perforated fabric are tacked onto the facades of this house near Amsterdam by Dutch architects CC-Studio and Studio TX. More
Dutch architecture studio GAAGA have completed this house in Leiden, the Netherlands, with a roof that pitches inwards to create a V-shaped profile. More
Every room of this house in Japan by local architects Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates is contained in a separate block, connected by sliding doors. More
This house on S. Michael Island in the Azores by Portuguese architect Bernardo Rodrigues comprises a jumble of curved and rectilinear volumes, creating little sheltered patios in-between them. More
The roof of this house in Hashimoto, Japan, by designers Yoshio Ohno Architect & Associates folds around to become an exterior canopy with triangular reveals. More
This 16 storey tower in Barcelona completed by Spanish studio R+B Arqts contains 75 social housing units and has a facade of vertical panels and aluminium brise-soleil. More