New York firm SO-IL has completed this low rise yet high-density affordable housing development in León, Mexico, with apartments arranged around courtyards. More about SO-IL builds Las Americas affordable housing development in Mexico
Canadian office Batay-Csorba Architects has created a greyscale interior for the ShuckShuck oyster restaurant in Vancouver complete with a snaking concrete bar. More about Concrete counter curves through ShuckShuck oyster bar in Vancouver
Overlapping planes of red concrete form the walls and roof of this golf clubhouse, designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning RCR Arquitectes for a resort on Portugal's south coast. More about RCR Arquitectes uses red concrete to build Palmares Clubhouse in the Algarve
Architecture studio DF_DC has designed a concrete apartment block overlooking Lake Lugano in the south of Switzerland that has a concrete exoskeleton so that the interior spaces are "free to change over time". More about DF_DC hides Swiss apartment block behind Pisa Baptistery-informed concrete wall
British practice David Chipperfield Architects has realised 11-19 Jane Street, an apartment building in New York with a ruddy-hued facade of brick and coloured concrete. More about David Chipperfield designs red concrete and brick apartment block for New York
Dezeen Showroom: Italian finishing brand Ideal Work has created Concrete Optik — a thin wall coating that makes any surface look like concrete. More about Concrete Optik coating by Ideal Work
Apollo Architects & Associates has designed a family home with a walled-in garden that houses two generations under one roof and aims to blend indoor and outdoor living. More about Apollo Architects & Associates creates multi-generational home with walled-in garden
Portuguese architecture studio Trama Arquitetos has designed Cork Trees House, a concrete and Corten-steel clad home located on a slope above a grove of cork trees in Braga, Portugal. More about Trama Arquitetos creates raw concrete house above cork tree grove in Braga
Greek studio Georges Batzios Architects has revived a brutalist office in the suburbs of Athens, Greece by restoring its damaged concrete shell and reconfiguring its interiors. More about Georges Batzios Architects restores "original brutalist identity" of abandoned office in Greece
Beige concrete blends with the surrounding terrain at Paradero Hotel in coastal Mexico, designed by architects Ruben Valdez and Yashar Yektajo. More about Concrete structures form Paradero Hotel on Mexico's Baja Peninsula
Casa Bell-Lloc by architecture office Studio Saxe is a concrete house featuring expansive coastal views and a swimming pool that reaches toward the sea. More about Studio Saxe perches Casa Bell-Lloc on a lush hillside in Costa Rica
Em-Estudio has built a holiday home on a steep hillside in Oaxaca, Mexico, from coloured concrete chosen to blend into the rocky mountainside. More about Em-Estudio builds concrete holiday home on Oaxaca hillside
Portuguese architect Hugo Pereira has completed an angular concrete house in the town of Celorico de Basto, Portugal with glass-walled living spaces that look out onto courtyard gardens and a swimming pool. More about Hugo Pereira completes angular concrete house on Portuguese hilltop
Board-marked concrete, creamy stucco and weathering steel form the facades of Foo house in Arizona, designed by US firm The Ranch Mine for a ceramicist and her family. More about The Ranch Mine creates board-marked concrete home in Phoenix for a ceramicist
Curved walls and circular voids create unusual geometries within this university innovation centre in Chile, designed by architecture studio Pezo von Ellrichshausen. More about Circles form interiors of INES innovation centre by Pezo von Ellrichshausen
Tropical plants surround a holiday home by Mexican firm CO-LAB Design Office, which has large openings to help keep the interior "cool and fresh throughout the year". The property is bordered by a rustic wall made of stones that were excavated during construction. More about CO-LAB designs Casa Areca to merge with lush landscape in Tulum
Basalt Architects has used marine-grade concrete to build Guðlaug Baths, a geothermal pool on Langisandur Beach in Iceland. More about Basalt Architects builds geothermal baths on the Icelandic seafront
Estación San José is a concrete car park and co-working space topped by a public park, designed by Spanish architecture studio FRPO for Toluca de Lerdo in Mexico. More about FRPO drapes metal screen over concrete car park and co-working space in Mexico
A group of geometric concrete blocks that mimic rock pools have been installed at San Diego Bay in California by eco-engineering company Econcrete to prevent flooding while providing habitats for marine life. More about Man-made rock pools at San Diego Bay waterfront double as coastal defences
Architecture firm Anonimous took cues from pre-colonial architecture designing Casa Cova, a sprawling beach house made of concrete, parota wood and dried palm leaves. More about Large thatched roof covers Casa Cova in Mexico by Anonimous