Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has nestled a curved holiday home under a planted garden on Ishigaki Island, Japan, for hotelier Not A Hotel. More about Sou Fujimoto tops coastal holiday home in Japan with sloping green roof
A white concrete dome punctured by porthole-like windows shelters this holiday home in California, designed by Ukrainian designer and builder Anastasiya Dudik. More about Domed home in California is designed to feel both "ancient and otherworldly"
Exposed concrete and stone gabion walls reference the surrounding rock garden at this home in Slovakia, designed by local studio Paulíny Hovorka Architects. More about Rocky garden hugs Banánka house by Paulíny Hovorka Architects in Slovakia
An exposed concrete shell incorporates walls, stairs and furniture at Nakano House, a "cave-like" residence in the heart of Tokyo designed by Japanese studio Suzuko Yamada Architects. More about Suzuko Yamada Architects casts furniture within walls of concrete Japanese house
A concrete grid frames views of a leafy garden at this home in São Paulo, completed by local architects Gabriel Kogan and Guilherme Pianca in collaboration with Clara Werneck. More about Concrete grid creates "sequence of framed views" at Rua Polônia House in Brazil
A wave-like roof formed of earth-toned concrete ribbons shelters a patio at the heart of this house in India, which has been completed by local practice VY Architecture Studio. More about VY Architecture Studio tops Indian house with wave-like concrete roof
Swedish architecture studio Campus has completed a clifftop home in Värmdö overlooking the Stockholm archipelago, designed using a palette of exposed concrete, timber, steel and stone. More about Campus uses "raw and utilitarian" finishes for coastal home in Sweden
A concrete structure that cantilevers over a sloping hill defines Vipp Tunnel, a guesthouse on the coast of a rugged Tasmanian island by local architecture studio Room11. More about Room11 perches tunnel-like guesthouse deep in Tasmanian bush
A sunken concrete form designed to "embrace the irregular topography" of its sloping site defines Oeiras House, completed by Portuguese architecture studio OODA near Lisbon. More about OODA nestles concrete home into sloping site in Portugal
Local practice Pedro Domingos Arquitectos used exposed, board-marked concrete to create this brutalist home in Portugal, which features large openings that frame the surrounding landscape. More about Brutalist hilltop home evokes an "ancient ruin"
Architecture studio Cimbre has designed a single-storey house in rural Portugal to provide "a sense of both seclusion and openness". More about Cimbre adds concrete home to secluded site in Portuguese national park
Basel studio Patrick Reuter Architecture has completed a family home in Switzerland that combines exposed concrete walls with expanses of full-height glazing for a "balance between heaviness and lightness". More about Patrick Reuter Architecture frames Detached House with exposed concrete walls
Japanese studio IGArchitects has completed the Pyramid Hut, an angular, concrete home nestled into a sloping site in Okinawa. More about IGArchitects adds pyramidal concrete home to sloping site in Okinawa
Staggered concrete floors create a "vertical cave" through the centre of this compact family home in the Czech Republic, designed by local studio Malý Chmel. More about Malý Chmel divides Czech home across seven concrete floors
Local studio Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos has designed a concrete house with a large overhang and spaces designed to adapt to the varying needs of its residents near Quito, Ecuador. More about Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos creates adaptable concrete house in Ecuador
Architecture studio Cadence Architects has completed the concrete K-Home, which was designed to frame views of the city and hills surrounding its site in Krishnagiri in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. More about Cadence Architects "carves out" openings in facade of Indian home
An oversized thatched roof shelters the geometric concrete forms of this house in Vietnam, which has been completed by local architecture studio Kientruc O. More about Kientruc O tops sculptural Thu House with large thatched roof in Vietnam
A sloping concrete roof and perforated walls shelter the open-air interiors of Anchor House, a dwelling in the jungle in Vietnam by local studio MM++ Architects. More about "Monastic minimalism" informs Vietnamese jungle home by MM++ Architects
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a rural retreat in Greece designed by Invisible Studio. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "simple, strong and poetic" retreat in Greek countryside
Canada-based designer Omer Arbel has unveiled designs for a series of homes in Washington State made from concrete and covered in wooden balls intended to cultivate ecosystems over time. More about Omer Arbel proposes surrounding Washington houses with "cedar orb clouds"