Eight houses that integrate swimming pools into their architecture
From a cantilevered rooftop pool in Marbella to a brutalist home with a swim-up lagoon, here are eight houses that don't relegate swimming pools to the garden. More
From a cantilevered rooftop pool in Marbella to a brutalist home with a swim-up lagoon, here are eight houses that don't relegate swimming pools to the garden. More
Timber battens and mullions cover the facade of the cross-laminated-timber Spruce House in Walthamstow, London, which was completed in 2021 and is the first built project by local practice Ao-ft. More
A single concrete column supports the walls and roof of this house by Japanese studio IGArchitects, creating a flexible interior that can be opened up to the surrounding landscape. More
The tale of Jonah and the Whale informed the design of this house in Chile, which architect Rodolfo Cañas shaped around two gardens. More
A steel frame and large glazed openings define Rescobie Pavilion, a hillside garden room by Edinburgh studio Kris Grant Architect that overlooks a loch in rural Scotland. More
New York-based studio Fuller Overby has created a home clad in charred cypress that cascades down a hill to a lake in North Carolina. More
Spanish studio Office for Strategic Spaces has refurbished a 19th-century housing block in Barcelona, unlocking a previously neglected yard space with a new public courtyard linked by criss-crossing metal walkways. More
HW Studio Arquitectos has completed a cruciform house with open-air corridors and courtyards tucked between locally quarried stone walls in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. More
An oversized, zinc-clad roof shelters Chestnut Plantation, a brick and timber home alongside a wildflower garden in Hampshire designed by local studio John Pardey Architects. More
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has released visuals of Ziel, a pixelated residential block made up of stone-clad family units for Uruguay's capital, Montevideo. More
French studio Olivia Fauvelle Architecture has used glazed tiles and concrete lintels to transform the outbuilding and courtyard of a house in the south of France. More
French interior designer Rodolphe Parente has completed a contemporary overhaul of a 19th-century Parisian apartment, reflecting both the building's heritage and the "radical" art collection of its owner. More
Wood and cement wrap the exterior of a hillside, family home designed by California studio Feldman Architecture to feel like a "space of serenity". More
Spanish studio Agora Arquitectura has converted a derelict brick building into a base for a raised timber house on the outskirts of Barcelona. More
Warm, tactile materials and rich colours are balanced with a newfound sense of openness in this early 20th-century house that architecture studio Daytrip has renovated and extended in London. More
Large openings and earthy materials feature in a guesthouse that architecture studio Bohlin Cywinski Jackson has added to a private residence on a secluded island in the Pacific Northwest. More
A strong grid formation defines the structure of 835 High Street, a concrete apartment block that Australian architecture studio Carr has added to a busy street in Melbourne. More
Planning approval has been granted for a housing development in London that will provide 102 affordable homes to women, designed by Grid Architects for the Women's Pioneer Housing association. More
ACLA Architecture director Laura Narayansingh has designed the compact Bush House on the Caribbean island of Trinidad for her family. More
Local architecture studio Workshop Architects has renovated a Spanish colonial house in Mérida, Mexico, and added two concrete buildings in its garden. More