The crumbling stone walls of an old farmhouse formed the starting point for Casa 1627, a house in Spain completed by local studio H Arquitectes. More about Stone ruins turned into Spanish home by H Arquitectes
Ecuadorian architects Ignacio Muñoz Bustamante and Javier Mera Luna have teamed up to expand a hotel with three new guest rooms constructed with metal vaulted roofs over stone walls in Papallacta, Ecuador. More about Wooden vaults sit on stone foundations at Ecuador hotel extension
Architecture firm Studio Anne Holtrop has renovated the Siyadi Pearl Museum and mosque in Bahrain, using a plastering technique designed to maintain "characteristics of the past". More about Studio Anne Holtrop adds textured plaster walls to Bahrain pearl museum
A stack of open-air terraces lined with copper-coloured glazed bricks pull light and air into the Darya Residential Apartment Building in Iran by architecture studio Hooba Design Group. More about Glazed copper-coloured bricks reflect light into Tehran apartment block by Hooba Design Group
Belgian artist Axel Vervoordt and Japanese architect Tatsuro Miki have created a monolithic art gallery on the Oaxacan coast in Mexico to showcase large sculptural works. More about Axel Vervoordt and Tatsuro Miki create "cloister-like" gallery in Puerto Escondido
Dezeen Showroom: a look reminiscent of dramatic landscapes is created by Italian company Antolini's Patagonia Original "Extra" surface, which consists of specially processed natural minerals. More about Patagonia Original "Extra" surface by Antolini
A post-tensioned stone frame by engineering firm Webb Yates is among the exhibits in the architecture rooms of this year's Royal Academy of Arts summer exhibition, curated by London studio Assemble. More about Webb Yates creates structural stone frame for Royal Academy summer exhibition
Dezeen Showroom: Italian company Antolini's Amazonite stone has an inimitable turquoise green appearance that adds drama to design schemes. More about Amazonite stone by Antolini
Greek studio Doriza Design has converted a 19th-century stone building into Drakoni House, a holiday home in Crete with purposefully rough and imperfect details. More about Doriza Design transforms stone building into "imperfect" holiday home in Crete
Architecture studio Artefact has created an installation at Clerkenwell Design Week using bricks made of stone, which the manufacturer claims emit 75 per cent fewer greenhouse gases than fired bricks in production. More about Artefact uses bricks made from "unloved" stone to craft temporary shelter in Clerkenwell
British architecture studios Nex and Donald Insall Associates have renovated Exeter College's neo-gothic library at the University of Oxford, originally constructed by George Gilbert Scott in 1857. More about Grade II-listed Oxford college library updated with oak-lined interiors
A minimalist exterior of white render and local stone paving reference the traditional architecture of Italy's Salento region at Casa Ulìa, a villa by local architecture studio Margine. More about Margine draws on Salento's vernacular architecture for minimalist Italian villa
Spanish architecture practice Kauh has completed the renovation of La Hoya Park in the historical centre of Almería, restoring a series of stepped, dry stone terraces on the site of a 13th-century town. More about Kauh restores historic Spanish park to be a "palimpsest of its evolution"
Thick walls of local stone shelter Caochan na Creige, a home in Scotland's Outer Hebrides by local practice Izat Arundell designed to "sit respectfully in the landscape". More about Izat Arundell clads remote Outer Hebrides home with local stone
Architecture practice Studio Locomotive has completed Tree O'Clock, a "communal hub" topped by rooftop gardens for an upcoming housing development in Thailand. More about Studio Locomotive completes garden-topped community centre in Thailand
Sketch Design Studio has completed a rural residence in north India that combines a highly ordered facade with a rustic stone interior. More about Recycled stone forms walls of Rajasthan farmhouse by Sketch Design Studio
Architecture practice Studio Guma has overhauled an old farmhouse in Normandy, retaining its stone and timber structure to "evoke the rural history" of the site. More about Studio Guma converts stone farmhouse into "family sanctuary" in Normandy
Dutch studio Powerhouse Company has created the Marga Klompé Building at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, which is "the first college building in Europe to be entirely constructed from solid wood". More about Powerhouse Company completes Europe's first mass-timber academic building
Large rocks from the surrounding area are suspended in a gabion wall around The Infinite Rise, a holiday home in southern India by local architecture practice Earthscape Studio. More about Gabion walls filled with stone "camouflage" Indian home by Earthscape Studio
Dezeen Showroom: Italian stone brand Antolini has developed an original surface texture for its stone that it calls Bamboo, named for its pattern of dense rods. More about New Marquina Bamboo Finish by Antolini