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Osaka studio Sides Core has created a house in Kobe, conceived as a series of simple wooden containers (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This house in Hiroshima by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office is surrounded by an offset concrete shell to create a series of triangular terraces between the inner and outer walls. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The only windows at this concrete house in Moreira, Portugal, face one another across recessed patios. (more…) View the full article

This house by Japanese firm Naya Architects is so closely surrounded by apartment blocks that its walls have to lean away from them. (more…) View the full article

Huge vertical louvres give a pleated appearance to this family house in Kyoto by FujiwaraMuro Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This house in Nagahama, Japan, by Tokyo-based Comma Design Office has half of its body raised above the ground to offer protection to a rooftop terrace (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Translucent windows create a glowing frame around the facade of this Tokyo townhouse when the lights are turned on inside. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slender columns support a canopy that sweeps around the front of this family residence in Japan's Tokushima prefecture by Japanese firm Horibe Associates (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Herbst Architects has raised a house in Piha, New Zealand, on a concrete plinth and steel stilts to give views through the dense woodland to the beach. Read more

A garden snakes between the cedar-clad walls of this house in Osaka by Japanese architects Arbol Design (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Black-painted timber contrasts with clean white window frames on the walls of this cube-shaped weekend home in Normandy, France, by Paris studio Beckmann-N'Thépé Architectes (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This house designed by Japanese studio Suppose Design Office in the grounds of a clinic is raised above the car park on piloti. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Playground swings can be hung both inside and outside this Japanese house with a corner sliced off by Level Architects, the firm that previously completed a residence with a slide connecting its floors (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The entire facade of this house in the Japanese town of Ōiso by atelier HAKO architects is clad in fibre-reinforced cement boards and punctuated by a series of scattered windows (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This house in Tokyo by Japanese practice Torafu Architects creates built-in furniture through the overlapping of interior spaces. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architectural photographer Fernando Guerra has sent us some images of a house and studio in Oporto, Portugal that architect Álvaro Siza Álvaro Leite Siza designed and built for himself. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Two light-filled courtyards and a private parking space are concealed behind the metal-clad facade of this small house in Osaka, Japan, by local firm Arbol Design (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Strips of untreated oak are used to clad every surface of this house in the English countryside by London office Peter Feeny Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Portuguese studio Jorge Mealha Arquitecto have completed a house in Lisbon, Portugal, featuring clusters of rectangular volumes and courtyards. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This dreamy holiday bunker designed by Portuguese studio Phyd Arquitectura is sunk into the landscape, overlooking the hills near Torres Novas. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A concrete kitchen worktop doubles up as a dining room floor inside this renovated house in Porto by Portugeuse studio Ezzo (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Four courtyards are cut into the asymmetrical white roof of this Portuguese house by ARX Portugal Arquitectos and Portuguese architect Stefano Riva. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This hilltop house by Japanese studio Tato Architects comprises a metal barn on top of a glass box (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Japanese firm Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates have completed a concrete house in Fukuoka that resembles a half-submerged submarine. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Russian studio Niko Architect has sunk a Teletubby-style house underneath an artificial hill punctuated by conical skylights that pop out of its planted roof. Read more View the full article