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Noriaki Hanaoka Architecture perches Torus House on sloping site in Japan
A void punctures the centre of this compact concrete home, which Japanese studio Noriaki Hanaoka Architecture has elevated over a sloping site in Chiba Prefecture. More
A void punctures the centre of this compact concrete home, which Japanese studio Noriaki Hanaoka Architecture has elevated over a sloping site in Chiba Prefecture. More
Brazilian architecture firm Studio MK27 has completed Caza Azul, a concrete home in the state of São Paulo that was elevated from the ground to better integrate with the surrounding landscape. More
Project Dove by Toronto studio Agathom Co. was designed to replicate the feeling of a "cottage in the city", offering a variety of spaces for family life that include a greenhouse. More
Umberto Bonomo and Felipe Alarcón have created a house with an exterior of cinder blocks, overlooking sweeping views of Chile's rugged Pacific coastline. More
Architecture firm Estudio MMX has spread CAB House in Mexico City over four levels by using a series of towering volumes to integrate the building into a steep site. More
Australian studio Powell and Glenn has completed a sculptural concrete dwelling in Melbourne's suburbs, which is designed to create the feeling of "floating amongst the tree canopies". More
Sculptural concrete walls cast with debris and a range of finishes define this home in the coastal town of Alibag, India, designed by local studio Samira Rathod Design Atelier. More
Luciano Basso has completed a concrete home in the forests of southern Brazil that is built around a mature Paraná pine tree. More
Baldio Arquitectura has completed a small apartment with light wells and a central tree as part of a residential complex in Córdoba. More
Architect Christopher Furminger has completed an extension to a home in Brisbane, Australia, featuring robust walls that frame gardens, courtyards and paths linking the living spaces. More
A pair of internal courtyards filled with plants bring daylight and greenery into the living spaces of this home designed by Apollo Architects & Associates for a site in central Tokyo. More
Two concrete volumes linked by a glazed corridor form this family home that Spanish architects Marià Castelló and José Antonio Molina have embedded in a rocky site overlooking the sea in Costa Brava. More
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
Brazilian architecture studio Debaixo do Bloco Arquitetura has built a concrete home in Brasília made up of three volumes, each lit by a central light well carved out of its angular roof. More
A truncated stone pyramid containing a study stands in one corner of the introverted Takamine-cho House, designed by Tomoaki Uno Architects in Japan's Aichi Prefecture. More
Roberto Benito Arquitecto has completed a low-slung house in central Argentina with concrete walls designed to look like geological strata. More
Named after a mythical warrior queen, this house by RED Arquitectos features arched doorways and windows that overlook the Pacific Ocean from Mexico's Baja peninsula. More
Large stones conceal a single column supporting the upper level of this concrete house near Porto Alegre, Brazil, configured to protect the roots of a centennial fig tree. More
American practice HK Associates has completed a geometric concrete home on a desert site at the base of the Catalina Mountains in Tucson, Arizona. More
An offset stack of concrete volumes forms this small apartment building on Costa Rica's lush Pacific coast, by local architecture firm VOID. More