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 about Brick and concrete walls enclose outdoor spaces at River House extension in Brisbane
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 about Apollo Architects & Associates arranges Tokyo house around hidden courtyards
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 about Marià Castelló and José Antonio Molina design concrete house with glazed corridor overlooking the sea
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 about Ten houses made from colourful concrete
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 about Light wells puncture roof of concrete house in Brasília by Debaixo do Bloco Arquitetura
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 about Tomoaki Uno Architects designs house in Japan with Aztec-informed pyramid
Roberto Benito Arquitecto has completed a low-slung house in central Argentina with concrete walls designed to look like geological strata. More about Roberto Benito incorporates unfinished "textural" materials into Vivienda Texturas
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 about Earth-toned concrete covers Casa Calafia in Mexico by RED Arquitectos
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 about Fig House by Stemmer Rodrigues appears supported by a natural rock formation
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 about Concrete home by HK Associates looks onto the Arizona desert
An offset stack of concrete volumes forms this small apartment building on Costa Rica's lush Pacific coast, by local architecture firm VOID. More about Tropical vegetation surrounds VOID's Guarumo concrete getaway in Costa Rica
Architects Mariela Marchisio, Cristián Nanzer and Germán Margherit have completed a concrete building in central Argentina that contains a trio of tall, skinny residences designed for both living and working. More about Tríptico Building in Córdoba is divided into three vertical houses
A stack of triangular, prow-like terraces define this concrete home in Mechelen, Belgium, designed by local practice Graux & Baeyens Architecten. More about Graux & Baeyens slices concrete Belgian home with triangular openings
Argentinian practice Patio Estudio has completed a concrete and stone home in the city of Córdoba that features living spaces arranged around a checkerboard of 11 planted patios. More about Patio Estudio fills "introverted" home in Argentina with internal patios
Mexican practice Espacio 18 Arquitectura has designed a concrete seafront home on Zapotengo beach in Oaxaca, with two wings oriented to follow the rising and setting of the sun. More about Espacio 18's La Casa del Sapo opens out onto a beach in Mexico
Architecture studio Andramatin has used a large, overhanging concrete roof to protect the glass-walled IH Residence in Bandung, Indonesia, from heavy rainfall and direct sunlight. More about Giant concrete roof shelters home in Indonesia by Andramatin
Black-pigmented concrete and black timber battens have been used to create this tactile home in the village of Federal, New South Wales by Australian studio Edition Office. More about Edition Office completes black concrete home in rural Australia
Architecture office Estudio Galera has formed the Casa Jacaranda holiday home on the coast of Argentina by stacking and rotating concrete boxes that step out on every floor. More about Estudio Galera builds "simple and imperfect" concrete holiday home in Argentina
OTP Arquitetura has completed a multigenerational house perched on a steep site in Brazil's Mantiqueira mountain range for a couple and their two sons. More about OTP Arquitetura completes mountain home on steep site outside São Paulo
Concrete and glass are used throughout the interior and exterior of this holiday home in northern Portugal, which local studio Carvalho Araújo designed to blend in with its woodland setting. More about Carvalho Araújo completes monolithic concrete house in a Portuguese forest