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Dublin studio GKMP Architects added a pyramid-shaped roof to this compact house in rural Ireland to create some taller rooms inside. (more…) View the full article

An indoor courtyard with an earth floor and central tree is concealed behind the concrete walls of this bulky house in Hiroshima by Japanese studio Suppose Design Office (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The top floor rooms of this house in Japan by Tato Architects are contained inside sheds that sit on the roof (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio Raum designed this house in the South Korean city of Yangsan as a cluster of clean-lined, interconnected blocks that can adapt to the changing needs of a young family. Read more View the full article

A bedroom and bathroom are hidden inside a white box in this converted warehouse by Japanese architects Airhouse Design Office (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Portuguese artists João Pedro Vale and Nuno Alexandre Ferreira have erected a two-storey building inside the MAAT in Lisbon, filled with references to "dissident forms of sexuality". Read more View the full article

Rooms spiral up from a garden courtyard to a rooftop terrace at this family house in Japan's Yamaguchi Prefecture by Tokyo studio Keiko Maita Architect Office. (more...) View the full article

The skinny west wing of this Tokyo house by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects is nine metres high, but less than two metres wide. (more…) View the full article

Beyond the arched entrance of this metal-clad house in Kadoma, Japan by architect Takeshi Hamada is a corner light well surrounded by windows and balconies. (more…) View the full article

Kitchen cabinets made from concrete blocks and removable patches of carpet that function as flip-flops can be found inside this Tokyo apartment by architects TANK. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architect Yoshichika Takagi has completed a house in Sapporo, Japan, where the interior is divided by a series of wooden structures with pitched roofs. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Following our story about Shigeru Ban’s apartments secured by rolling metal shutters, here’s a concrete house near Stuttgart that can be sealed with sliding screens. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A "dream home" built on the "tightest of budgets" by architects McGonigle McGrath has been named by the Royal Institute of British Architects as the UK's best house of 2019. Read more View the full article

A grid of timber louvres screens the end facades of this Japanese house by architects AE5 Partners. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French studio Perraudin Architecture has constructed a family house out of solid stone, claiming the material is "cheaper and faster" to build with than concrete. (more...) View the full article

This cast-concrete house in Almelo, in the Netherlands by Dutch practice Van der Jeugd Architecten has balconies that appear as extrusions of the walls. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A line of clerestory windows in the middle of the roof brings mid-morning sunshine into the north-west facing rooms of this wooden house in Slovenia by architects Kombinat (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Swedish architects Johannes Norlander Arkitektur have renovated this 1950s island cottage near Gothenburg. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some images by photographer Iwan Baan of a house by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, where rectangular windows puncture three layers of walls and ceilings. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architect Tomohiro Hata planned this suburban house in Hyogo Prefecture as a cluster of three buildings around a courtyard, based on the traditional city residences of farmers, artisans and merchants. (more...) View the full article

This Tokyo house by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has hardly any walls and looks like scaffolding (photos by Iwan Baan). (more…) View the full article

Belgian studio adn Architectures have renovated this old farmhouse in Walhain, Belgium. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The timber-framed rooms of this house in Osaka prefacture by Japanese architects Suga Atelier are on show to the street though a transparent facade. (more…) View the full article

Dutch firm MVRDV and Danish firm ADEPT have won a competition to design a building housing health, leisure, culture and education facilities for Frederiksberg in Denmark. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian architect Antonino Cardillo used roughly textured plaster to create lumpy brown surfaces across the upper walls and ceilings of this apartment in Rome (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article