Gosize designs its own home studio in Japan around a minimalist pond
Japanese practice Gosize has combined an architects' studio with a house in a concrete frame with large openings around a small courtyard with a simple pond in Hyōgo, Japan. More
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J Mayer H carves house in Germany from a stack of concrete blocks
Architecture studio J Mayer H has stripped back a set of brutalist buildings to create a house in Germany that occupies a stack of concrete blocks with mirrored walls. More
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Treehouse is a sloping block of co-living apartments with a tree-filled atrium
Architecture studio Bo-Daa has designed Treehouse, a co-living complex in Seoul that is a stack of micro-apartments surrounding a planted atrium in a triangular concrete block. More
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AZL Architects wraps wheelchair ramp around multi-generational house
AZL Architects has completed Song House, a concrete five-bedroom house adapted to the needs of its elderly and infirm occupants in the rural village of Nansong, China. More
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MORQ's rammed-concrete Cloister House hides lush internal courtyard
Architecture studio MORQ has built an almost windowless house surrounding a plant-filled courtyard from rammed concrete in Perth, Australia. More
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J_spy uses concrete blocks to form Catskills House in the New York countryside
The husband-and-wife team behind American firm J_spy have created a retreat for their family in Upstate New York that features a compact interior and basic materials like concrete masonry and standing-seam metal. More
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Oliver du Puy Architects creates 4.2-metre-wide Skinny House in Melbourne
An exposed concrete frame supports this 4.2-metre-wide skinny house in Melbourne designed by Oliver du Puy Architects to feature meditation spaces. More
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Visit concrete houses around the world on our Pinterest board
Our new Pinterest board is dedicated to the best concrete houses, including a brutalist home set within Balinese rice fields and a temple-inspired house in northern Portugal. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Pedro Miguel Santos emulates classical temples with TS House in Portugal
Local architect Pedro Miguel Santos has completed a temple-inspired house in northern Portugal, featuring white brick walls and an exposed concrete frame. More
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Kouichi Kimura builds fortress-like Tranquil House in Japan
Japanese architect Kouichi Kimura has completed a concrete house in Shiga, Japan, as a self-contained space that promotes serenity and silence. More
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Mork-Ulnes designs Ridge House to endure wildfires in northern California's wine country
Mork-Ulnes Architects has joined three concrete volumes to form this Sonoma County guesthouse overlooking forested hills recently devastated by fire. More
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Glass-sided rooftop pool tops concrete Maltese house by Architrend Architecture
The rooftop swimming pool at Casa B, a concrete house in Malta, is visible from both the street and from inside the living space below. More
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Jacobs Yaniv Architects' concrete Bare House opens out to a neighbouring field
Jacobs Yaniv Architects has completed a concrete house in Tel Aviv, which features a living room with industrial furnishings and a window wall that opens. More
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Board-marked concrete box protrudes from Felipe Gonzalez Arzac's Casa Rex in Argentina
The cantilevered concrete volume that tops this minimal home in La Plata, Argentina, was designed by architect Felipe Gonzalez Arzac to look as if it is "suspended in the air". More
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Cabin at Rones by Sanden+Hodnekvam Arkitekter overlooks Norwegian fjord
Sanden+Hodnekvam Arkitekter has used concrete and wood to build a minimal cabin on an outcrop beside the Beitstadfjorden in Norway. More
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Offset concrete boxes form Casa 2I4E retreat for a couple and their dog in Mexican landscape
Monterrey-based studio P+0 Arquitectura has wrapped concrete terraces and staircases around this residence to make the most of its setting among wooded mountains in Mexico. More
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Concrete lattice screens Phra Pradeang House in Bangkok
Architecture practice All(zone) used distinctive criss-crossing of concrete blocks to provide breeze and shade to Phra Pradeang House in Bangkok. More
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Nomo Studio designs concrete house in Menorca to frame sea views
Large openings all along the front of the concrete facade of Frame House on the Spanish island of Menorca frame expansive views towards the sea.
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Five concrete houses in Argentina by Luciano Kruk Arquitectos
Argentinian architect Luciano Kruk specialises in building with raw, unadorned concrete. Here are five residences, built among Argentina's woodlands and sandy dunes, that make the most of the material. More
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Patisandhika and Daniel Mitchell complete A Brutalist Tropical Home in Bali
A double-height living room stands at the centre of this brutalist house, completed by architectural studio Patisandhika and designer Dan Mitchell in Bali, Indonesia. More
