A spiralling concrete slide connects the kitchen and child's bedroom of this family house near Jakarta designed by Indonesian architects Aboday and photographed by Happy Lim. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »

Here's a concrete espresso machine by Shenkar College of Engineering and Design student Shmuel Linski. More »

Architect Ivo Pavlik created this gateway overlooking a nuclear power station in the Czech Republic by casting concrete between hay bales then setting them on fire.  More »

This tableware by Dutch designer Jochem de Wit is made of concrete, cast glass and brick. More »

Photographer Filippo Poli has sent us his photographs of a centre for rescued turtles, dolphins and birds in Barcelona by Hidalgo Hartmann Arquitectura. More »

Italian designers Lucidi and Pevere designed a funnel-shaped lamp made of concrete for Italian brand Foscarini. More »

Here's another student project that involves filling stitched structures with concrete (see Grompies by AA students in our earlier story), this time by architecture students Kyle A. Sturgeon, Chris Holzwart and Kelly Raczkowski from the University of Michigan. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »

Photographer Roland Halbe has sent us his photographs of a holiday home in Spain by Anton García-Abril of Ensamble Studio, cast in the earth and hollowed out by a cow. More »

More Icelandic fashion design: this time a series of concrete belt buckles by Sruli Recht of Reykjavík. More »

Dutch designers Tejo Remy & René Veenhuizen have designed a collection of furniture that looks inflated but is actually made of cast concrete. More »

Zurich photographer Bruno Helbling has sent us his photos of a house in Feldkrich, Austria, by Austrian studio Marte.Marte. More »

Masahiro Kinoshita of KINO architects has completed a house in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, designed to afford views towards the nearby castle from the third floor living room.  More »

Japanese architects Suppose Design Office have completed a house in Hiroshima, Japan, where residents move between rooms through covered courtyards. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »

Architects GAD of New York, Istanbul and Bodrum have completed a fish market in Istanbul covered by a concrete and steel canopy. More »