23o5studio completes textured Pink House in Vietnam
Vietnamese practice 23o5studio has completed a home in Long Xuyen city featuring pink pebble-wash walls inside and out, cut through by geometric openings and planted patios. More about 23o5studio completes textured Pink House in Vietnam
Graux & Baeyens slices concrete Belgian home with triangular openings
A stack of triangular, prow-like terraces define this concrete home in Mechelen, Belgium, designed by local practice Graux & Baeyens Architecten. More about Graux & Baeyens slices concrete Belgian home with triangular openings
Concrete houses
Patio Estudio fills "introverted" home in Argentina with internal patios
Argentinian practice Patio Estudio has completed a concrete and stone home in the city of Córdoba that features living spaces arranged around a checkerboard of 11 planted patios. More about Patio Estudio fills "introverted" home in Argentina with internal patios
Large wooden shutters filter light and air into Mallorcan home by Company Studio
Spanish practice Company Studio has completed a family home in Mallorca featuring large wooden shutters that allow the living spaces to extend onto a south-facing garden and pool. More about Large wooden shutters filter light and air into Mallorcan home by Company Studio
Nielsen Jenkins designs Brisbane home to withstand bushfires
Australian studio Nielsen Jenkins has completed a "tough" family home with lush green courtyards protected from extreme bushfires by high blockwork walls. More about Nielsen Jenkins designs Brisbane home to withstand bushfires
Kengo Kuma draws on fairytale landscapes for Hans Christian Andersen museum in Denmark
Winding maze-like hedges wrap a series of green-roofed timber pavilions at a museum dedicated to the work of Hans Christian Andersen in Odense, Denmark, designed by Japanese practice Kengo Kuma & Associates. More about Kengo Kuma draws on fairytale landscapes for Hans Christian Andersen museum in Denmark
Espacio 18's La Casa del Sapo opens out onto a beach in Mexico
Mexican practice Espacio 18 Arquitectura has designed a concrete seafront home on Zapotengo beach in Oaxaca, with two wings oriented to follow the rising and setting of the sun. More about Espacio 18's La Casa del Sapo opens out onto a beach in Mexico
Atelier Xi designs peach-coloured concrete pavilion in rural China
Chinese practice Atelier Xi has completed Peach Hut, a tinted concrete community pavilion and bar overlooking a field of peach trees in Henan Province. More about Atelier Xi designs peach-coloured concrete pavilion in rural China
Reddymade and Ai Weiwei add hexagonal extension to Salt Point home
Architecture studio Reddymade has collaborated with Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei to design a corrugated metal extension with hexagonal ends for a weekend home in Salt Point, New York. More about Reddymade and Ai Weiwei add hexagonal extension to Salt Point home
Mexican desert influences pink concrete La Duna skatepark in Ciudad Juárez
The dunes of the Chihuahuan Desert informed the undulating, pink concrete landscape of this new skatepark in Ciudad Juárez's Oriente Park. More about Mexican desert influences pink concrete La Duna skatepark in Ciudad Juárez
Drew Mandel designs country home overlooking a woodland site in Canada
Contrasting finishes of concrete, brick, wood and aluminium fins form this country vacation home in Ballantrae in Whitchurch-Stouffville, Canada by Drew Mandel Architects. More about Drew Mandel designs country home overlooking a woodland site in Canada
Bernardo Bader Architekten designs extension to timber kindergarten
Bregenz-based studio Bernardo Bader Architekten has completed a timber extension to Kindergarten Am Schlatt in Lustenau, Austria, with dark red window frames that reference the colour of the main building. More about Bernardo Bader Architekten designs extension to timber kindergarten
NOA transforms 17th-century monastery near Lake Garda into hotel and spa
Network of Architecture has turned a former monastery in Italy into the Monastero Arx Vivendi hotel by conserving and refreshing the interiors and inserting a series of glazed spa rooms into its gardens. More about NOA transforms 17th-century monastery near Lake Garda into hotel and spa
Giant concrete roof shelters home in Indonesia by Andramatin
Architecture studio Andramatin has used a large, overhanging concrete roof to protect the glass-walled IH Residence in Bandung, Indonesia, from heavy rainfall and direct sunlight. More about Giant concrete roof shelters home in Indonesia by Andramatin
FORM/Kouichi Kimura creates geometric hair salon and home in Japan
Japanese studio FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects has completed Landscape House, a stack of intersecting cuboid forms in Shiga that combines the client's home with their hair salon business. More about FORM/Kouichi Kimura creates geometric hair salon and home in Japan
Edition Office completes black concrete home in rural Australia
Black-pigmented concrete and black timber battens have been used to create this tactile home in the village of Federal, New South Wales by Australian studio Edition Office. More about Edition Office completes black concrete home in rural Australia
Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Friis & Moltke design "humane prison" in Greenland's capital
New photos show Danish studios Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Friis & Moltke's Corten-clad prison overlooking a fjord in Greenland's capital Nuuk. More about Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Friis & Moltke design "humane prison" in Greenland's capital
Moss designs home for microbrewery by customising a prefab rural barn
Chicago-based architecture and design firm Moss has completed a Corten-clad microbrewery in Buchanan, Michigan, created by modifying a prefabricated barn structure. More about Moss designs home for microbrewery by customising a prefab rural barn
Office interiors
Perkins&Will designs interiors with "sense of connectivity" for healthcare office in Texas
Architecture firm Perkins&Will has completed an office interior in Dallas, Texas for healthcare provider Signify, centred around a large steel staircase and tiered wooden platform for meetings. More about Perkins&Will designs interiors with "sense of connectivity" for healthcare office in Texas
Olson Kundig completes Noah's ark-informed children's museum in Berlin
A doughnut-shaped timber "ark" filled with animal sculptures sits at the centre of the recently opened ANOHA children's museum at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. More about Olson Kundig completes Noah's ark-informed children's museum in Berlin