Olson Kundig Rio House is elevated on chunky concrete columns in Brazilian rainforest
A board-marked concrete chimney raises this house designed by US architecture firm Olson Kundig to "hover" above its surrounding in the Brazilian rainforest. More
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Tectoniques sets ochre-coloured concrete house into French hillside
Architecture studio Tectoniques has built a house from concrete dyed with ochre that emerges from the ground in Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or, France. More
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David Adjaye curves pink concrete around Los Angeles store The Webster
David Adjaye has used pink-tinted concrete to form a "tough and gentle" store in Los Angeles for fashion retailer The Webster, which marks the British-Ghanaian architect's first project in California. More
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Pale pink shutters shade classrooms of a concrete school in Switzerland
Beige tiles and pale pink window shutters cover the exterior of this concrete secondary school in Romanshorn, Switzerland. More
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Pink concrete staircase connects colourful floors of Belgian school
A pink concrete staircase, gabled roofs and brightly coloured walls define a school with in Zarren, Belgium, designed by architecture studio Felt. More
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BBGK explores potential of prefabrication with red concrete housing block in Poland
The Sprzeczna 4 apartment building in Warsaw, designed by local practice BBGK, is one of the first major prefabricated residential blocks built in Poland since the communist era. More
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Gresford Architects adds pink concrete extension to Hackney house
Gresford Architects has added an extension with a sunken seating area to a Victorian house in London's Hackney, featuring pink walls inside and out. More
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Valerio Olgiati creates huge red concrete canopy at entrance to Bahrain's Pearling Path
A coloured concrete canopy supported by large columns forms this gateway designed by Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati for the Pearling Path, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bahrain. More
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Concrete walls tinted to match "warm tones of sunset" form Casa Moulat in Mexico
Earthen concrete walls, planted patios and pools feature in this house in Mexican state Hidalgo, which was designed by Mexico City firm Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica. More
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Red brick and tinted concrete form CPDA's 139 Schultz apartment block in Mexico City
Matching red brick and coloured concrete walls enclose the balconies fronting this residential building in Mexico City, which was designed by local studio CPDA Arquitectos. More
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Pigmented concrete emulates sculptural stone in Gestalt furniture by Sment
Dark pigments create the illusion of precious stones in this series of geometric concrete furniture by Belgian design studio Sment. More
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Dyed concrete walls surround Swiss embassy in Nairobi by Roeoesli Maeder Architekten
Swiss studio Roeoesli Maeder Architekten has built anembassy for Switzerland in Nairobi, Kenya, as an extension of the dyed concrete boundary wall that surrounds the compound. More
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Urban Agency completes pigmented-concrete extension alongside Irish cottage
This concrete extension to a traditional cottage in Ireland's County Kerry was treated with iron oxide to give it a russet hue that complements colours found in the surrounding landscape. More
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Productora builds Mexican centre for archeology and textiles using tinted concrete
Mexican architecture firm Productora has used pigmented concrete walls, brickwork steps and timber-framed windows to construct this museum and library in Oaxaca. More
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Rural Italian residence combines traditional stone exterior with contemporary details
Italian studio GGA Architects has transformed the site of an old hilltop settlement in the country's Marche region into a contemporary house comprising stone structures perched on a pigmented concrete plinth. More
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Extrastudio transforms Portuguese winery into house covered with rough red mortar
Lisbon-based practice Extrastudio has converted a winery in southern Portugal into a family home by covering its walls with red-pigmented mortar, introducing light wells and adding a black-bottomed swimming pool. More
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Tilted red tower marks entrance to Polish war museum by Kwadrat
An angled tower wrapped in red concrete panels and glazing contains the entrance to this second world war museum, which is mostly housed beneath the surface of a public plaza in the Polish city of Gdansk. More
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Vertically sliding walls open Bergmeisterwolf's Italian villa extension to the garden
Architecture studio Bergmeisterwolf has completed an extension to a house on the shores of Italy's Lake Garda, featuring glazed walls that disappear into the ground to open the living area up to the garden. More
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Construction starts on David Adjaye's crimson concrete art museum in Texas
The red concrete art museum that British architect David Adjaye designed for the Linda Pace Foundation is now under construction in San Antonio, Texas. More
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BBGK Architekci uses stained concrete walls to create Katyn Museum inside Warsaw barbican
Red concrete walls frame a chasm leading to a memorial inside Warsaw's barbican, which commemorates the thousands of Polish citizens murdered by the Soviet secret police during the second world war. More
