Fly Out House balances on a concrete wall to avoid overlooking a busy road
This timber-framed house by architect Tatsuyuki Takagi is raised up by a cantilevered concrete slab, keeping it away from a busy road in Toyohashi, Japan (+ slideshow). More
This timber-framed house by architect Tatsuyuki Takagi is raised up by a cantilevered concrete slab, keeping it away from a busy road in Toyohashi, Japan (+ slideshow). More
A brick water tower now stands at the entrance to this 1980s bungalow in Santa Fe, Argentina, which has been remodelled and extended by local firm Biagioni Pecorari Arquitectos (+ slideshow). More
The asymmetric profile of this suburban house in Belgium was generated directly from the permitted building heights prescribed by local planning regulations (+ slideshow). More
WillemsenU Architecten has remodelled a 1960s house near Eindhoven, adding a new dark cladding to the exterior and reorganising the rooms inside (+ slideshow) More
Australian firm Cox Architecture has extended a house in the capital city, Canberra, with a lightweight glass and steel conservatory (+ slideshow). More
Graduate shows 2015: this student-designed house in Ghana pairs rammed-earth walls with translucent screens made from used water packaging, demonstrating how traditional construction can be combined with recycling (+ slideshow). More
Walls made from a traditional combination of stone and hemp-based plaster contrast with concrete, steel and glass details at this renovated house in the French village of Douvaine (+ slideshow). More
This house in Japan by architect Motoki Asano has square windows dotting its facade and an overhanging wonky roof that creates sheltered terraces around the perimeter (+ slideshow). More
Japanese architect Hiroshi Nakamura used hexagons to generate the layout of this Tokyo home and workplace for a car dealer, while triangular arches create warren-like interiors (+ slideshow). More
A concrete canopy with circular rooflights has been suspended from the back wall of this house in Lithuania, contrasting with the building's timber exterior. More
An iPad controls the perforated shutters that concertina across the glass facade of this house in Linz, Austria, allowing its two software engineer residents to reveal or conceal views of the city (+ slideshow). More
This slatted timber garage is propped above the swimming pool of a house on a hillside overlooking Athens (+ slideshow). More
The ground floor of this Osaka home by Japanese architect Masatoshi Hatamoto is sunken below street level to create more privacy for its residents (+ slideshow). More
Designer Dror Benshetrit has unveiled three proposals for residential towers on different sites in New York. More
Format Elf Architekten has disguised a three-storey family home as a two-storey building by incorporating both upper floors within a large asymmetrically pitched roof (+ slideshow). More
This glass, steel and sandstone pavilion near Sydney protrudes over the edge of a natural dam to create a closer connection with its surroundings (+ slideshow). More
This white concrete extension has been added to the roof of an old apartment block in the Austrian city of Innsbruck, providing extra rooms and a roof terrace with panoramic views (+ slideshow). More
This housing project in Brussels was funded and developed by its residents, to a design by local studio Stekke + Fraas based on the principles of "durability, prosperity, ecology and social diversity" (+ slideshow). More
Huge glass doors pivot from the walls of this stone-walled mountain home, which sits at the foot of Tepozteco mountain in Mexico (+ slideshow). More
This social housing development in Zingem, Belgium, responds to its location between a busy road and an agrarian landscape with a "ranch-like" arrangement of buildings framing a central courtyard (+ slideshow). More