Walls of exposed concrete define this skinny house in Saitama, Japan, which local studio IGArchitects designed with a width of just 2.7 metres. More about IGArchitects slots skinny 2700 house into narrow plot in Japan
Irregularly placed square openings puncture the thick concrete exterior of SV House in Portugal, recently completed by architecture studio Spaceworkers. More about Spaceworkers frames views through deep concrete reveals at Portuguese house
A cantilevering concrete canopy shelters a new entrance at this extension to a modernist-style home in Ardèche, which has been completed by French practice Alors Studio. More about Alors Studio extends exposed-concrete home in rural France
Mexican architect Cesar Mancillas used high concrete walls while creating a linear house with spaces focused on relaxation in the often-changing urban landscape of Ensenada, Mexico. More about Cesar Mancillas distributes patios throughout linear Mexican house
Seoul studio AOA Architects has created Hoji Gangneung, a series of uniquely shaped concrete dwellings linked by a raised, circular path in the South Korean countryside. More about Concrete ring connects cluster of South Korean homes by AOA Architects
German studio Atelier ST has completed Duplex, a generous family house near Leipzig that was designed to look like two semi-detached properties. More about Atelier ST completes Leipzig house disguised to look like two
New York studio CAZA has completed a cast-concrete house in the Philippines, aiming to optimise passive cooling and natural ventilation. More about CAZA employs passive cooling for concrete FR House in the Philippines
Brazilian architect Marcelo Couto and landscape designer Rodrigo Oliveira have created a cantilevering house with multiple courtyards and an interior staircase with a slide attached in Fazenda da Grama, São Paulo. More about Cantilevered Serra Residence in Brazil includes stair-side slides
A series of red-concrete cylinders were used to update the layout, circulation and lighting of this house in Versaille, renovated by French studio Atelier Delalande Tabourin. More about Concrete "wells" illuminate French home renovated by Atelier Delalande Tabourin
Japanese studio IGArchitects conceived this home in Tokyo as an adaptable space for both living and working, with stepped living areas framed by boardmarked concrete walls. More about IGArchitects designs home in Japan as "one big room"
Mexican architecture studio Lucio Muniain has created Casa HMZ, a brutalist house with raw board-formed concrete walls in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. More about Lucio Muniain designs Mexican concrete house as "habitable sculpture"
Austrian studio PSLA Architekten has created a contemporary townhouse in Vienna's historic seventh district as a "hybrid genesis between house and garden". More about PSLA Architekten tops urban townhouse with cascading roof terraces
Four concrete volumes topped with pitched roofs run alongside each other to form Prism House, a multi-generational home designed by Indian studio Matra Architects. More about Matra Architects spreads multi-generational Indian home across four concrete blocks
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a concrete multi-generational home in India and debating news that construction has resumed on Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia. More about "Enlightened by subtle openings" says commenter
A network of cubic concrete volumes and staircases forms Up to the Sea, a blocky family home that Indian studio Matharoo Associates has added to the coastal town of Dumas, India. More about Matharoo Associates wraps concrete home around light-filled stairwell
Raked concrete covers this T-shaped house, which architecture studio Spridd has slotted into a sloped site surrounded by trees on the island of Nacka in Stockholm. More about Spridd slots T-shaped house into rocky hillside in Stockholm
Local architecture studio Taller David Dana has stacked a series of boxes to create a vertical terraced house on a hillside in Mexico City. More about Taller David Dana stacks concrete house on Mexico City hillside
A low-slung roof with deep eaves shelters Merricks Farmhouse, a concrete-block home in Australia designed by South African studio Michael Lumby Architecture with Brisbane practice Nielsen Jenkins. More about Low-slung roof shelters blockwork home on Mornington Peninsula
Local studio Práctica Arquitectura has elevated a concrete infill house with a red finish outside of Monterrey, Mexico. More about Práctica Arquitectura splits red infill home in Mexico with central courtyard
An undulating skin of concrete weaves around the exterior of Ribbon House, a home in India designed by architecture practice Studio Ardete. More about Studio Ardete wraps sculptural concrete ribbon around Indian home