Dublin studio Architectural Farm has renovated a home in Ireland called Seagull Cottage, adding a larch-clad extension informed by railway sheds and bird hides. More about Timber bird hides inform Irish cottage extension by Architectural Farm
Local studio Bloco Arquitetos has completed a house in Brasília surrounded by brick screens and wide entry portals that open up the central courtyard to the exterior. More about Bloco Arquitetos creates "house without windows" in Brazil
Two gabled homes feature in Dezeen's top five houses of the month for March, including a barn-like holiday home in Norway and a family dwelling designed to slot together in the Netherlands. More about Dezeen's top five houses of March 2026
A recent book focused on the tiny home trend in Texas, theorises what the explosion of micro-domiciles means for contemporary American class politics and economics. Here the author select five projects from the book. More about Five Texas tiny houses that "challenge and reproduce" the American Dream mythology
Dutch architectural studio Woonpioniers has built a house on the dunes in the south of the Netherlands using modular methods. More about Woonpioniers builds a house that "moves with the dunes"
Los Angeles-based Masastudio has completed a six-bedroom private villa at the Amangiri resort in Utah, USA informed by the region's dramatic rock formations. More about Masastudio completes desert villa at Utah's Amangiri resort
Georgian studio TIMM Architecture has completed House of Iron Doors, a home on the outskirts of Tbilisi that features an openable facade of perforated weathered steel shutters. More about TIMM Architecture fronts House of Iron Doors with weathered steel shutters
Our latest roundup looks at houses that take a novel approach to roof design, including a reimagination of the dormer window, an unconventional brick roof and waving concrete forms. More about Eight houses that rethink the roof
A circular conversation pit sits at the heart of Seaside House, the renovation of a 1930s coastal cabin near Bordeaux by Studio Razavi. More about Studio Razavi adds circular conversation pit to coastal French home
A pair of gabled volumes conceal the expansive timber-lined interiors of Light House, a home in the Netherlands designed by local studio Woonpioniers. More about Woonpioniers opts for "modernity tucked inside tradition" at timber-lined Dutch home
Architectural studio Heliotrope took a "site-sensitive approach" while designing a vacation house in the Pacific Northwest, resulting in a bow tie-shaped plan and knotty cedar cladding. More about Heliotrope tucks False Bay house into rocky site on a Washington island
London studio Office S&M has used cork as cladding, insulation and flooring in this mansard extension to a house in Walthamstow, which is enlivened by bright yellow details. More about London loft extension by Office S&M explores "how far cork can go"
Local studio Proctor & Shaw looked to Mallorcan villas to create a feeling of calmness at Stone Brick House, a London home extended with walls of pale limestone brick. More about Proctor & Shaw uses limestone bricks for "powerfully tranquil" extension in London
Whether to make sloped sites level, prevent flooding or reduce impact on natural surroundings, houses on stilts are being built around the world. Here are eight of the best contemporary examples. More about Eight contemporary houses raised on stilts
French studio In Sinu Architectes has renovated and extended a woodland house in France, adding large windows to frame painting-like views of the surroundings. More about House at the Edge frames "living tableaux" of forest in France
Local practice Architecture for London and interiors studio Hamish Vincent Design have revamped a neo-Georgian house in London, organising its interior around a triple-height stairwell. More about Islington House extension features details that "might make a Georgian craftsperson proud"
Full-height windows framed by sculptural panels of glass-reinforced concrete overlook two stacked courtyards at Mozart House, a London home extended by local practice Studio Dera. More about Studio Dera adds sculptural extension to Mozart House in London
Japanese studio ICADA has completed a house in Saitama, Japan, that combines inventive storage solutions with a structure of rough-sliced cedar logs. More about Live Sawn House features moving walls and a room on stilts
Local architect Pablo Sanchez Lopez focused on the idea of thresholds for this London house extension, creating a timber-framed porch at the entrance and a large pivot door leading to the garden. More about Pablo Sanchez Lopez updates London house with timber porch
Local studios Jaime Prous Architects and Pineda & Monedero have completed Casa 144º, a corrugated metal-clad home near Barcelona that is raised above a steeply sloping site on skinny steel stilts. More about Metal-clad home perched on steel supports above Barcelona coast