Next up in our review of 2018, editor Amy Frearson picks out the year's 10 most impressive houses, including a hillside house in Chile with unusual geometries and a treehouse-style holiday home in China.

Rode House, Chile, by Pezo Von Ellrichshausen
Chilean duo Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen have developed a reputation for producing houses that are out of the ordinary and this one is no different.
Perched on a hilltop on Chile's Chiloe Island, the house is semi-circular in plan, but its volume appears to have been sliced with an inverted cone. This creates dramatic interiors, which are lined entirely with wood.
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House in Miyamoto, Japan, by Tato Architects
This simple home in Osaka was named House of the Year at this year's Dezeen Awards, thanks to its ingenious internal layout. Architect Yo Shimada devised a complex layout made up of platforms of different heights, this divides a warehouse-scale space into a series of more comfortable living spaces. Mini staircases connect floors, and the lack of walls allows plenty of light to fill the space.
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Rock House, Kuwait, by AGi Architects
Stone clads the unusually faceted concrete shell of this family house in Kuwait.
Inside, living spaces are arranged around a courtyard framed by the same origami-style geometries. At the centre of the courtyard is a pool, helping to keep residents cool in the heat.
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