A spiral staircase breaks the linear geometry in a Japanese house designed by Kazunori Fujimoto Architects & Associates, which is made nearly entirely of concrete. More about Concrete spiral staircase disrupts linear interiors of House in Ashiya
SoHo Architektur has designed a concrete house in Bavaria, Germany, with an unfinished facade and a cantilevered upper storey. More about Raw concrete house in Bavaria cantilevers over outdoor terrace
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 about Gosize designs its own home studio in Japan around a minimalist pond
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 about J Mayer H carves house in Germany from a stack of concrete blocks
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 about Treehouse is a sloping block of co-living apartments with a tree-filled atrium
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 about AZL Architects wraps wheelchair ramp around multi-generational house
Architecture studio MORQ has built an almost windowless house surrounding a plant-filled courtyard from rammed concrete in Perth, Australia. More about MORQ's rammed-concrete Cloister House hides lush internal courtyard
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 about J_spy uses concrete blocks to form Catskills House in the New York countryside
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 about Oliver du Puy Architects creates 4.2-metre-wide Skinny House in Melbourne
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Local architect Pedro Miguel Santos has completed a temple-inspired house in northern Portugal, featuring white brick walls and an exposed concrete frame. More about Pedro Miguel Santos emulates classical temples with TS House in Portugal
Japanese architect Kouichi Kimura has completed a concrete house in Shiga, Japan, as a self-contained space that promotes serenity and silence. More about Kouichi Kimura builds fortress-like Tranquil House in Japan
Mork-Ulnes Architects has joined three concrete volumes to form this Sonoma County guesthouse overlooking forested hills recently devastated by wildfire. More about Mork-Ulnes designs Ridge House to endure wildfires in northern California's wine country
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 about Glass-sided rooftop pool tops concrete Maltese house by Architrend Architecture
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 about Jacobs Yaniv Architects' concrete Bare House opens out to a neighbouring field
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 about Board-marked concrete box protrudes from Felipe Gonzalez Arzac's Casa Rex in Argentina
Sanden+Hodnekvam Arkitekter has used concrete and wood to build a minimal cabin on an outcrop beside the Beitstadfjorden in Norway. More about Cabin at Rones by Sanden+Hodnekvam Arkitekter overlooks Norwegian fjord
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 about Offset concrete boxes form Casa 2I4E retreat for a couple and their dog in Mexican landscape
Architecture practice All(zone) used distinctive criss-crossing of concrete blocks to provide breeze and shade to Phra Pradeang House in Bangkok. More about Concrete lattice screens Phra Pradeang House in Bangkok
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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