Shore House by Leroy Street Studio overlooks a Long Island bay
US firm Leroy Street Studio has designed this cedar-clad retreat in Suffolk County, New York, to provide glimpses of nearby water on arrival and expansive views from inside. More
US firm Leroy Street Studio has designed this cedar-clad retreat in Suffolk County, New York, to provide glimpses of nearby water on arrival and expansive views from inside. More
Architecture studio dRMM created a visitor centre clad in salvaged wooden boards as part of its overhaul of a seaside pier in Hastings, England – one of six projects in the running for this year's Stirling Prize. More
Amsterdam office Studio Selva used locally sourced materials to construct this holiday home for surfers in central Chile, which features rooms that open onto a communal deck overlooking the ocean. More
South African firm SAOTA has built its first project in Miami Beach: an expansive, waterfront home that boasts a basketball court and a waterslide. More
Finnish architecture office OOPEAA has completed a log cabin-style sauna on an island in Helsinki's archipelago that is topped with a zinc roof incorporating dormer windows. More
Studio PCH and Montalba Architects have converted a 1950s beachfront hotel into Nobu's Ryokan Malibu – the first in a line of high-end, Japanese-inspired retreats. More
British firm Farrells has carved a large opening into the zinc-clad roof of its swimming pool complex in Hong Kong to offer outdoor bathers bay views. More
Work is almost complete on a sunken extension to the Tate's seaside art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, which is set to open to the public later this year. More
Architect Vaughn McQuarrie has replaced a 1920s cottage on New Zealand's Waiheke Island with a modest concrete and timber residence, set among mature gardens. More
Smooth white walls undulate to create bay windows for this house by British studio Tonkin Liu, which stands on top of Dover's famous white cliffs. More
A large window is set at the apex of the steeply inclined roof of this house by Chvoya in western Russia to offer its residents views out across a nearby bay. More
Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architect has created a remote vacation home in Nova Scotia for an urban couple, with floor-to-ceiling windows that provide sweeping views of the sea. More
This waterfront dwelling that hugs a hillside, by Canadian studio McLeod Bovell Modern Houses, is designed to make the most of its sea views. More
Jonathan Hendry Architects has built a beach hut clad in red-stained timber on top of an old toilet block in the English seaside town of Sandilands. More
Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter paired thatch with blackened wood for this extension to a visitor's centre on the Wadden Sea mud flats in Denmark. More
This coastal cafe in the South Korean city of Gijang comprises a series of enormous concrete volumes that dwarf neighbouring houses, and are stacked and rotated to optimise views of the East Sea. More
Canadian studio MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple has completed a coastal dwelling that features wooden shingles, gabled roofs, and concrete fins that elevate the home off the ground to protect it from tidal surges. More
This beachside house on Japan's Ikema Island is perched on a concrete base to ensure the living spaces inside enjoy an optimal view of the East China Sea. More
Bedrooms contained within towers at this housing complex on the Lebanese coast feature folding shutters and sliding glass walls that allow sea breezes to cool the interiors.
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This monument to seamen by Canadian studio Bourgeois Lechasseur Architects stands on the site of a fish processing plant that was destroyed in a fire. More