Spanish studio Bofill Taller de Arquitectura has revealed designs for the 190-metre-tall Barcelona Tower skyscraper in Tirana, Albania. More about Bofill Taller de Arquitectura to create red twisted skyscraper in Tirana
Local studio Lionel Ballmer Architectes has created a timber annexe for The Wandering House, a traditional barn in rural Switzerland, which "floats" above an exposed concrete base. More about Lionel Ballmer Architectes raises rural Swiss annexe on concrete plinth
Mexican architectural studio Taller Héctor Barroso has completed its Parral Building, a concrete structure in Mexico City with a minimalist aesthetic containing a studio for the firm, an apartment and a rooftop terrace. More about Taller Héctor Barroso places its workspace in concrete Mexico City building
Slanted concrete panels pocked with holes shield the facade of this house in Vietnam, created by architecture practice M+TRO Studio for a family of five. More about M+TRO Studio shelters Kho Rèn House in Vietnam with angled concrete panels
It divides opinion, but brutalist-style design can be deployed to great effect in the kitchen. In this lookbook, we collect eight recent examples. More about Eight brutalist kitchens where cooking meets concrete
A lighthouse-style tower protrudes above the thick white walls enclosing this beachfront house, designed by architecture studio TAEP/APP for a coastal resort in southern Kuwait. More about TAEP/AAP raises lighthouse-like tower above White Fortress house in Kuwait
Local practice Studio Nine Architects has unveiled a concrete visitor centre and microbrewery in Adelaide for Australian beer company Coopers, with interiors by architecture firm Studio Gram. More about Studio Nine Architects conceals barrel store beneath Coopers Brewery visitor centre
Basel studio Patrick Reuter Architecture has completed a family home in Switzerland that combines exposed concrete walls with expanses of full-height glazing for a "balance between heaviness and lightness". More about Patrick Reuter Architecture frames Detached House with exposed concrete walls
Mexico City architecture studios Módica Ledezma and JJRR Arquitectura have teamed up to construct a stacked seaside residence called Iyari, giving it inverted concrete roofs in Nayarit, Mexico. More about Módica Ledezma and JJRR Arquitectura create tiered concrete house on Mexican cliffside
Glistening interiors feature in our latest lookbook, which spotlights eight kitchens and dining rooms lined with glazed concrete floors. More about Eight kitchens with shiny polished concrete floors
Construction technology company ICON has completed the first house in its Wimberley Springs development outside of Austin, the first of multiple 3D-printed structures in the neighbourhood. More about ICON completes 3D-printed house with metal roof in Texas
Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati has unveiled a mixed-use development set to comprise "three totemic figures" in Tirana, Albania. More about Valerio Olgiati reveals plans for trio of concrete skyscrapers in Tirana
Architecture studio Snøhetta has designed three homes for residents with substance-abuse problems and psychiatric diagnoses in Karmøy, Norway. More about Snøhetta completes trio of prototype homes for substance-abuse patients
Japanese studio IGArchitects has completed the Pyramid Hut, an angular, concrete home nestled into a sloping site in Okinawa. More about IGArchitects adds pyramidal concrete home to sloping site in Okinawa
US studio Jones Haydu and Dominican studio JMF Arquitectos have created a baseball complex with a winged concrete form for the Miami Marlins Major League Baseball team in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic. More about Miami art deco informs design of Dominican Republic baseball academy
Staggered concrete floors create a "vertical cave" through the centre of this compact family home in the Czech Republic, designed by local studio Malý Chmel. More about Malý Chmel divides Czech home across seven concrete floors
An exposed concrete frame infilled with reclaimed stone walls encases warm, timber-lined interiors at this home near Beijing by architecture studio Chaoffice. More about Chaoffice fills concrete grid with reclaimed stone for home in rural China
Local practice Vector Architects has unveiled the Wulingshan Eye Stone Spring spa in Aranya, China, which was designed to resemble a piece of hot spring "apparatus". More about Vector Architects funnels light to forest spa with tubular concrete lightwells
Studios WORKac and Ignacio Urquiza Architects have completed a green-tinted concrete building as part of the PILARES programme, which works to build supportive public facilities in vulnerable and impoverished areas across Mexico City. More about WORKac and Ignacio Urquiza use green concrete for Mexico City community centre
Local studio Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos has designed a concrete house with a large overhang and spaces designed to adapt to the varying needs of its residents near Quito, Ecuador. More about Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos creates adaptable concrete house in Ecuador