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"
Mexican studio Elías Rizo Arquitectos has balanced a concrete house with a steep gabled roof on a hillside in Tapalpa, Mexico near Guadalajara. More about Elías Rizo reinterprets vernacular Mexican cabin in concrete
The founder of British practice Invisible Studio, architect Piers Taylor, has created the concrete House in an Olive Grove for his family in Corfu, Greece. More about Piers Taylor completes "low-key" rural retreat in Greek countryside
Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza has completed Colien House, a three-storey concrete home embedded into a hill that overlooks a beach in Barcelona. More about Álvaro Siza steps orange-hued concrete home into sloped site in Barcelona
California-based studio Donaldson + Partners has designed a circular house partially embedded in the landscape with large concrete parabolic arches in Montecito, California. More about Donaldson + Partners creates arched house "for the twenty-first century"
Japanese architect Keiji Ashizawa referenced louvres on townhouses in Kyoto when designing the concrete House in Aoyama, which is intended to foster a sense of privacy. More about Wooden louvres create "subtle seclusion" at Tokyo house by Keiji Ashizawa Design
Local studio Architecture Office Claudia Raurell has replaced a dilapidated townhouse in Barcelona with a concrete home that mimics its original footprint. More about Villain House is a concrete replica of an old Barcelona townhouse
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a house in Barcelona with "robust and monolithic" walls formed of tactile poured concrete completed by Spanish studio H Arquitectes. More about "There is a tipping point of too much exposed concrete" says commenter
Spanish studio H Arquitectes has completed Casa 1736, a house in Barcelona with "robust and monolithic" walls formed of tactile poured concrete. More about Textured layers of poured concrete enclose Barcelona home by H Arquitectes
Architecture studio Kallos Turin paired the cubic facade of this poured concrete Athens house with a sloping internal staircase to avoid creating a "rigid" home. More about Kallos Turin nestles monolithic Athens residence in oasis-like garden
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a house in Japan with thick walls of exposed concrete, completed by Studio Cochi Architects. More about "Like a concrete shipping container" says commenter
Thick walls of exposed concrete create a buffer from the surrounding city at House in Nishizaki, Japan, which has been completed by architecture practice Studio Cochi Architects. More about Studio Cochi Architects creates raw concrete house in Japan
A blocky concrete form and cutout courtyards define House in Tsurumi-ku, a family home that Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects has added to a sloping street corner in Osaka. More about FujiwaraMuro Architects overlaps concrete boxes to form Osaka house
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a home surrounded by concrete blocks by design studio Nendo. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features forest house with "brutal privacy screens"
Screens of concrete panels surround Block Wall House, a triangular home that design studio Nendo has nestled into a forest in Japan. More about Angled concrete blocks screen home in Japanese forest by Nendo
A projecting portico formed of exposed concrete creates an "imposing" entrance to Villa Eternal Way, a home in Ljubljana by local studio OFIS Arhitekti. More about OFIS Arhitekti marries exposed concrete with black brick for Slovenian home
Architecture practice Studio Vio has blended contemporary materials with traditional crafts and lush gardens at De Hue Space, a holiday home in Hue, Vietnam. More about Studio Vio surrounds concrete holiday home in Vietnam with lush gardens
Architecture studio Celoria Architects has completed House C, a concrete home in Mendrisio, Switzerland, informed by the region's grotti– cellar-like communal spaces where local cuisine is served. More about Celoria Architects designs concrete home as "massive primitive object"
A series of "monumental" concrete columns frame views across a large garden at this house in Dulwich, London, extended by local studio Proctor & Shaw. More about Proctor & Shaw expands Dulwich House with concrete extension overlooking garden