A Cold War-era building designed to withstand nuclear blasts is among the structures that have been renovated by Elkus Manfredi Architects at the newly established Children's National Research & Innovation Campus. More about Elkus Manfredi Architects cuts openings into 1950s "concrete bunker" in Washington DC
Portuguese studio Bak Gordon Arquitectos has designed two concrete structures separated by a courtyard for a house on a narrow plot in Lisbon. More about Bak Gordon inserts green-tiled concrete house on sloping street in Lisbon
Light filters through narrow slits in the roof of Space of Light, the second meditation space that Japanese architect Tadao Ando has completed at Museum SAN in Wonju. More about Tadao Ando adds concrete meditation space to South Korean museum
Architects John Friedman and Alice Kimm have stacked a concrete mass with sinuous cutouts into a hillside as a home for their family in Los Angeles, complete with a crane in the kitchen and an accessory dwelling unit. More about John Friedman and Alice Kimm include dining room crane in Los Angeles house
Walls made of exposed concrete and rice straw define Nonspace, a cafe designed by Korean studio On Architects to reference historic rice paddies in Icheon, South Korea. More about On Architects draws on irrigation channels for concrete South Korean cafe
Local studio HGR Arquitectos has completed a triangular concrete apartment block with a rounded corner meant to stand up against earthquakes in Mexico City. More about HGR Arquitectos reinforces triangular concrete housing against seismic activity
Architecture studio Ksa Studený designed this trapezoidal concrete and glass house to frame views of a forest near the village of Pernek in Slovakia. More about Ksa Studený completes trapezoidal concrete home overlooking Slovakian forest
Mexico City-based architect Ludwig Godefroy has cut circular openings into the slanted ceilings of a series of dwellings in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, to create semi-exposed pools and gardens. More about Ludwig Godefroy creates "habitable gardens" using massive skylights in Mexico
Local architecture studio Romero de la Mora has created an expansive concrete and wood holiday home with a protected courtyard in Tepeji del Río, just outside Mexico City. More about Romero de la Mora includes sunken living room in airy Mexico City house
German-Chinese architecture practice Büro Ziyu Zhuang has topped a restaurant and teahouse in Chengdu, China, with sweeping roofs and a viewpoint. More about Büro Ziyu Zhuang designs Longquan Mountain Observatory to resemble "spaceship or alien form"
An exposed concrete structure adds a sense of rhythm to Mallcom Factory, a PPE factory designed by Indian practice Iksoi Studio. More about Iksoi Studio celebrates functionality with exposed concrete grid in Indian factory
A research team at the University of Michigan has created biodegradable formwork out of sawdust in an attempt to mitigate wood waste in the process of laying concrete. More about DART Lab creates biodegradable concrete casts using sawdust
Local studio Anonymous Architects has completed a residence with a concrete plinth that cantilevers off a mountainside in Los Angeles. More about Anonymous Architects embeds concrete house into Los Angeles hillside
London-based practice Studio Weave used pink concrete tiles to clad a clifftop house that overlooks the sea in South Korea. More about Studio Weave nestles pink Seosaeng House into South Korean hillside
American firm Gensler and an in-house team at the Swiss company EF Education First have updated a historic school campus in Pasadena by renovating buildings and adding new dormitories with roofs that allude to a nearby mountain range. More about Mountains inform rooflines at boarding school in southern California
Architecture studio Bureau de Change has used concrete to playfully mimic motifs drawn from surrounding 1930s brick housing at Cast House in south London. More about Cast concrete volumes animate south London home by Bureau de Change
The brutalist Mäusebunker laboratory has been saved from demolition in Berlin after the local authorities listed it as a historical monument. More about Brutalist Mäusebunker building saved from demolition in Berlin
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features images of BIG's nearly completed HQ in Copenhagen. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features BIG's nearly completed "brutalist" HQ
Spanish architects Alberto Campo Baeza and Miguel Quismondo have collaborated to create the Robert Olnick Pavilion for the Magazzino Italian Art museum in Cold Spring, New York. More about Monolithic New York museum pavilion features "perfect cube" gallery
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a sculptural concrete bridge across the Aare River in Aarau, Switzerland. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "elegant and timeless" concrete bridge in Switzerland