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Slovenian architects Kombinat have transformed a gloomy Alpine chalet into a contemporary home with concrete wings and timber shutters like a sliding puzzle (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Japanese architect Yoshichika Takagi has completed this house surrounded by car parks in Akita, Japan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects Megumi Matsubara and Hiroi Ariyama arranged this house in the forest near Karuizawa around five courtyards to provide views of vegetation both inside and outside the building. Read more View the full article

A staircase is extruded from the wooden shelves of a bookcase at this renovated house in Tuscany by Italian architects Sundaymorning and Massimo Fiorido Associati. (more…) View the full article

Portuguese studio Aires Mateus has transformed a house in Portugal into a bright white building with a sprawling extension (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This coastal holiday house and swimming pool by Mumbai practice WE Design Studio is positioned over a stone retaining wall in the hilly landscape of Alibaug, India (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Residents can step through holes in the walls inside this house in Japan by architects Atelier Cube (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Japanese architect Masayoshi Takahashi of High Land Design has completed a house in Tokyo with a squared spiral staircase at its centre. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese studio a.un architects have completed a house clad inside and out in wood, located in Mie, Japan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This home on a golf course complex in Belas on the outskirts of Lisbon consists of five smaller houses connected by interior passages.(+ slideshow) (more…) View the full article

Japanese architect Schuichiro Yoshida have renovated the ground floor of a residence in Tokushima, Japan, by replacing the existing building with a Japanese cedar structure. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Three sandstone wings protect an inner courtyard from fierce coastal winds at this seaside house in Ireland by Tierney Haines Architects. (more…) View the full article

This split-level terraced house has been completed by 05 AM Arquitectura on a narrow plot in Girona, Spain. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

From the outside this house in Nagoya by Japanese architect Tetsuo Kondo looks like a pile of overlapping boxes, but inside it opens up to form one big bright space (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This metal-clad house in Chiba, Japan, was designed by architect Yuji Kimura to fill its site, meaning a car-parking space and balcony had to be slotted within its boxy volume (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

David Leech Architects has built a two-storey house in Dublin that plays on the design of its neighbours to make something "ambiguous yet familiar". Read more

This three-storey house in Ekoda, Tokyo, has undergone a renovation by Suppose Design Office to create six apartments, including the transformation of a rooftop conservatory into a bathroom. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This small house in rural Japan by Tokyo firm Case Design Studio is lifted off the ground on a single central pillar (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This house in Hiroshima city by Japanese firm Suppose Design Office has a central staircase branching into wooden volumes that create a series of rooms and platforms. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This house by Suppose Design Office in Hiroshima, Japan, is nestled into the hillside beneath a road and commands views over the city of Fukuyama. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Wooden stairs climb up through a narrow lightwell inside this house by Japanese studio Tato Architects. (more…) View the full article

Seoul architects studio_GAON designed this house in the Korean countryside for a couple who want to retire and grow walnuts (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Japanese architects Coo Planning have created this house in Osaka, Japan, with an interior on stepped levels entirely finished in timber boards. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Earth is banked up to the ground floor windows of this residence in Hidaka, Japan, by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Wooden steps lead to an attic with irregular sloping walls in this residence for an artist in Shiga, Japan, by Japanese studio Tato Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article