Mexican studio Miguel de la Torre Arquitectos has unveiled the coloured concrete Real de Los Reyes housing complex in Mexico City's Coyoacán neighbourhood. More about Geometric perforations characterise coloured concrete housing block in Mexico
A flowing landscape of grass-topped, terracotta-coloured concrete animates the Chaohu Natural and Cultural Centre designed by Chinese studio Change Architects to reference mountains in Anhui province. More about Undulating concrete landscape conceals Chinese cultural centre by Change Architects
Black-stained concrete forms the exterior of this home in the mountains of Córdoba by Argentinian studio AR Arquitectos. More about AR Arquitectos completes black-concrete house in mountains of Argentina
Architecture practice Studio Weave has added a wood-lined community centre to Lea Bridge Library in east London, with a red-concrete colonnade that references the original grade II-listed redbrick building. More about Studio Weave adds wood-lined community space to east London library
Courtyards, walkways, and staircases delineate the volumes of this home in Mexico City designed by local studio PPAA. More about PPAA completes residence in Mexico City clad with board-formed concrete
London studio Henley Halebrown has used a palette of reddish-brown concrete and bricks to visually tie together a school and housing in this mixed-use scheme in Hackney, which is one of six projects shortlisted for this year's RIBA Stirling Prize. More about Henley Halebrown completes "hybrid building" in Hackney with red concrete loggia
Dezeen Showroom: Hungarian tiling brand Cavaril has released its range of textured concrete tiles with sculptural surfaces in a new earthy colour palette. More about Earth Tone tile collection by Cavaril
Architecture studio Ramos Alderete has created a concrete grotto of remembrance in a private garden in Las Rozas, Spain, featuring a concave opening that shelters a stone sculpture. More about Ramos Alderete creates La Ermita de Lola shrine in Spanish garden
Local studio Crosson Architects used dark-coloured concrete to help the circular Te Pae lifeguard tower blend in with its setting on a remote black-sand beach near Auckland, New Zealand. More about Crosson Architects creates stealthy lifeguard tower on remote New Zealand beach
Chilean studio Pezo von Ellrichshausen has completed a house in the mountains outside Santiago that combines coloured concrete with a grid of partial circles. More about Pezo von Ellrichshausen opts for yellow concrete at Raem House
A pink-concrete canopy shelters a seating area around a small garden at the Courtyard Pavilion in Hargeisa, the capital of the autonomous region of Somaliland, designed by local studio Rashid Ali Architects. More about Rashid Ali creates pink-concrete pavilion with "miniature botanical garden" in Somaliland
Architect Rafael Pardo has completed a towering apartment block in Veracruz, Mexico, using concrete pigmented with minerals from the site. More about Rafael Pardo creates towering Zoncuantla Apartments from pigmented concrete
Mexican architect Ian Pablo Amores has completed a boutique hotel in San Miguel de Allende with a pink facade and a landscaped garden lounge. More about Ian Pablo Amores creates pink hotel with courtyard garden in San Miguel de Allende
Mexican studio 1540 Arquitectura has created a series of triangular structures incorporating a stable called Services Agavero Ranch in the Tequila district of Jalisco, Mexico. More about 1540 Arquitectura references agave plant with triangular-shaped ranch
Architecture studio NWLND Rogiers Vandeputte has built a pool house from red concrete within the wooded garden of a home in Flanders, Belgium. More about NWLND Rogiers Vandeputte contrasts red concrete pool house with green landscape
Concrete is usually associated with an industrial-looking shade of grey, but it doesn't always have to be that way. Here, Dezeen rounds up 10 concrete houses that bring colour to the material. More about Ten houses made from colourful concrete
The earthen tone of this off-grid holiday home in Northern Mexico was selected to match the rock formations of the nearby Cumbres de Majalca National Park, which is known for its dramatic landscapes. More about Concrete walls frame desert views in remote Chihuahua home by OAX Arquitectos
British studio RX Architects referenced Mediterranean beach houses when designing Seabreeze, a coastal holiday home in East Sussex that is covered in smooth pink concrete. More about Pink concrete covers "fun house" on English coast by RX Architects
Layers of coloured concrete that resemble rock stratifications enclose the Narbo Via museum designed by British architecture studio Foster + Partners in southern France. More about Foster + Partners layers coloured concrete to create Narbo Via museum in France
Catalonian studio RCR Arquitectes has completed the first of eight luxury red concrete villas it has designed for the Palmares Ocean Living & Golf resort in the Algarve. More about RCR Arquitectes unveils luxury villa at Portugal's Palmares resort