In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a submerged concrete and glass house in California, designed by local studio Donaldson + Partners. More about "Gives off a cool Bond villain vibe" says commenter
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"
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the Student Pavilion at the University of Melbourne by US studio KoningEizenberg. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features a student centre hailed as "eccentrically energetic in and out"
Architecture studio Bureau des Mésarchitecture has completed an apartment block in Leiria, Portugal, wrapped in concrete and gold aluminium shutters. More about Gold aluminium shutters create "defensive" facade for Portuguese housing block
An external concrete stair with terraces connects the floors of the Student Pavilion at the University of Melbourne, designed by US studio KoningEizenberg. More about University of Melbourne Student Pavilion by KoningEizenberg is "like a big treehouse"
Local studio Max Núñez Arquitectos designed this concrete care home in Chile with open interiors to reduce maintenance, create a dialogue with a park and build a sense of community for the elderly inhabitants. More about Max Núñez Arquitectos creates concrete care home in Chile
The founders of Australian studio Zuzana & Nicholas have used a "robust palette" of stone, concrete and steel to transform a former workers' cottage in Brisbane into their own studio and house. More about Zuzana & Nicholas transforms Brisbane cottage into own home and studio
Local architecture studio Archipelago has transformed a former brutalist post office in Belgium into a learning centre, stripping it back to reveal its "spacious, generous and luminous" interiors. More about Archipelago converts brutalist post office in Belgium into learning centre
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
Architecture studio Rørbæk og Møller Arkitekter has completed the concrete Trekroner Church on the outskirts of Roskilde, Denmark. More about Rørbæk og Møller Arkitekter unveils curved concrete church in Roskilde
Sunshades and screens line the exterior of a concrete-framed university building in Santiago, Chile, by architects Alberto Moletto and Sebastián Paredes that was envisioned as an "articulator of the campus". More about Red curtains line facade of FADEU Building at Santiago architecture school
A curving concrete canopy and a public garden animate Carcavelos Health Complex near Lisbon, Portugal, completed by local practices Simão Botlelho, Studio-J and Duoma. More about "Garden for the city" forms heart of health centre in Carcavelos
Sculptural concrete columns support the Cesson-Viasilva Park and Ride and Bus Station in Rennes, which was designed by French studio Ateliers O-S Architectes to "update the image of a car park in the outer suburbs." More about Atelier O-S perches "Roman circus" car park in France on concrete columns
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
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features images of the Central Bank of Iraq skyscraper nearing completion. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Zaha Hadid Architects' Central Bank of Iraq
A wave-like concrete terrace tops the Aruma restaurant and bar in Jakarta, which has been completed by Indonesian studio RAD+ar. More about RAD+ar tops Indonesian restaurant with sweeping concrete roof terrace
French studio Atelier Projectiles has created a fully-glazed, concrete-framed building as the D-Day Museum in Normandy, France. More about Slim concrete colonnade fronts D-Day Museum in Normandy
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed photos of the Central Bank of Iraq skyscraper nearing completion on the banks of the Tigris in Baghdad. More about Photos reveal Zaha Hadid Architects' Central Bank of Iraq nearing completion in Baghdad
German architecture studio Demo Working Group has removed all non-structural walls from this 1970s high-rise apartment in Cologne, creating a utilitarian open-plan interior. More about Translucent and reflective surfaces ricochet light around Cologne apartment