Concrete
Alphaville’s Hikone Studio Apartments are housed in an angular concrete block
Fabric-cast concrete is the construction method of the future, say designers
Localarchitecture transforms 1960s house into Swiss embassy for Ivory Coast
Bands of corduroy-textured concrete wrap GPY Arquitectos’ undulating art school in Tenerife
Toyo Ito creates fluted walls of white concrete at Museo Internacional del Barroco
Miami Dior boutique by Barbarito Bancel is sheathed in curved white concrete panels
FHHH Friends creates “rough and ready” concrete tea-fermentation facility in South Korea
Concrete and slatted-timber morgue by AE Arquitectos overlooks a Spanish harbour
Alex Hogrefe’s conceptual retreat cuts into a remote Icelandic clifftop
Pitsou Kedem’s Lago events complex contrasts opaque and translucent materials
Zaha Hadid’s first building in the Arab World photographed by Julien Lanoo
Sculp IT organises concrete boxes around glass corridor to create Belgian woodland home
Bing Thom combines curves and points with library in British Columbia
BAK Arquitectos nestles exposed concrete holiday home in forest glade
Colonnades line the terraces of Antonini Darmon’s Arches Boulogne apartments
Lisson Gallery opens a new location under New York’s High Line
Zaha Hadid Architects completes “oyster-like” ferry terminal in Salerno
Four concrete towers make up Metro’s BN House in São Paulo
Triangular openings pattern handmade concrete facade of Khuôn Studio’s Kontum House
Casa na Gateira zigzags to follow the topography of a Portuguese mountain landscape
Scott Benedict captures the raw concrete of the Cité Rateau housing estate in Paris
Slatted roof casts dramatic shadows over gateway to new university campus in Brazil
Faceted concrete and latticed timber frame Brazilian cultural centre by São Paulo Arquitetura