Refugee shelters could be built from concrete fabric in 24 hours
Cortex Shelter by Cutwork is a concept for a shelter for refugee camps than could be built by adding water to a concrete textile in just 24 hours. More
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BPN Architects designs Ghost House to have "ethereal presence"
BPN Architects has built a partially sunken house "purely from concrete" in the village of Moreton Paddox, Warwickshire, UK. More
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Concrete arches cocoon egg-shaped kiln in Chinese porcelain factory
AZL Architects has completed the BingDing Wood Kiln Factory in Qiancheng village, China, building a series of concrete arches over a traditional brick kiln. More
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Studio Gang clads Chicago high-rise in energy-saving concrete panels
Dezeen promotion: materials developer Rieder has clad the facades of Solstice on the Park, a residential tower in Chicago designed by Studio Gang, in modular concrete panels. More
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Visitor centre occupies thin concrete bridge over wetland park in China
A visitor centre designed by Trace Architecture Office for a park in Rongcheng, China, is a long and thin concrete bridge complete with a lighthouse-like viewing tower clad in wooden shingles. More
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Pink marble core cuts through concrete interiors of Portuguese house
Architect Daniel Zamarbide and Leopold Banchini Architects have designed a concrete house in Lisbon with a central core of local pink marble. More
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Petra bathroom collection is made from stain-resistant concrete
Designers Marco Merendi and Diego Vencato have collaborated with Italian firm Gypsum to develop a dirt-resistant concrete, which they used to create a collection of bathroom furniture suitable for outdoor use. More
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SO&CO squeezes 2.7-metre-wide office block into alley in Tokyo
SO&CO has slotted a skinny office building into an alley between two buildings in Tokyo, Japan, which contains five tiny concrete workspaces. More
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House in New Zealand sits on a concrete plinth surrounded by trees
Herbst Architects has raised a house in Piha, New Zealand, on a concrete plinth and steel stilts to give views through the dense woodland to the beach. More
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Bennetts Associates completes HQ for the Royal College of Pathologists
Angled windows in deep reveals zig-zag across the elevation of Bennetts Associates' brick and concrete home for the Royal College of Pathologists in Aldgate, London. More
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Arced concrete walls invite visitors into House in Konohana
FujiwaraMuro Architects has built a house in Osaka, Japan, which is separated from the street by two curved concrete walls. More
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Copenhagen's Yaffa restaurant takes cues from bustling French cafes
Multi-disciplinary design studio Frama used mismatched wooden chairs and concrete surfaces to create a Middle Eastern version of the humble French bistro inside this Copenhagen restaurant. More
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J Mayer H carves house in Germany from a stack of concrete blocks
Architecture studio J Mayer H has stripped back a set of brutalist buildings to create a house in Germany that occupies a stack of concrete blocks with mirrored walls. More
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Kruchin Arquitetura adds concrete library to Capobianco House in São Paulo
Brazilian firm Kruchin Arquitetura has added a concrete and glass extension to a family dwelling it completed in São Paulo over three decades ago. More
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Treehouse is a sloping block of co-living apartments with a tree-filled atrium
Architecture studio Bo-Daa has designed Treehouse, a co-living complex in Seoul that is a stack of micro-apartments surrounding a planted atrium in a triangular concrete block. More
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Vanke Design Community is cluster of workspaces topped by parks
A campus-like park of concrete offices topped with green roofs forms the new Vanke Design Community in Shenzhen, featuring two sunken plots completed by architecture practice FCHA. More
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Indoor courtyards interrupt Restaurant y Sea in northeast China
Greenery-filled courtyards and waffle ceilings bring light to the interiors of this concrete restaurant, which Vector Architects has erected near the shore of Beidaihe, China. More
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Brandon Clifford creates heavy concrete sculptures that sway and roll
American designer Brandon Clifford has drawn inspiration from megalithic architecture to create concrete sculptures that join together like a jigsaw puzzle. More
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SO-IL designs affordable housing for urban centre in growing Mexican city
New York firm SO-IL has envisioned a six-storey, concrete apartment building for León, Mexico, which is meant to offer an alternative solution for the country's low-cost housing shortage. More
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White concrete shutters front Brazilian university building
A covered street cuts through this new university campus building in northern Brazil designed by Rede Arquitetos, Croquis Projetos and Neudson Braga, providing a shaded and breezy area for students to socialise between classes. More
