Czech architecture studio Chybik + Kristof has designed a mixed-use tower with cascading floors clad in red concrete for the New Boulevard in Tirana, Albania. More about Chybik + Kristof designs cascading red-concrete tower for Tirana
Architecture studio Pezo von Ellrichshausen has installed a pair of concrete pavilions, named Lama and Rosa, in the Chilean countryside. More about Pezo von Ellrichshausen creates lookout tower and sunken shelter in Chilean landscape
Local architecture firm La Base Studio has renovated a glass and concrete home, wrapping it in a delicate privacy and shading screen on a lush site in Buenos Aires, Argentina. More about La Base Studio wraps glass Buenos Aires house with shading screen
Exterior louvres and faceted canopies are among the elements that US studio Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects has added to a 1920s academic facility, helping it achieve net-zero energy consumption, according to the studio. More about Leddy Maytum Stacy revamps century-old university building in California
Architecture practice M9 Design Studio has designed a circular memorial complex in India to commemorate actor Vishnuvardhan. More about M9 Design Studio's circular Vishnuvardhan memorial symbolises "unity and continuity"
Bright white plaster clads the exterior of a 1960s concrete building that has been turned into the self-designed studio of Baldridge Architects, which acted as the designer and contractor. More about Baldridge Architects converts Austin commercial units into its own studio
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"
An exposed concrete frame, red brickwork and a large silver curtain define House K in Thailand, which has been designed by local studio Bangkok Tokyo Architecture. More about Bangkok Tokyo Architecture creates concrete house with giant silver curtain
Following its unveiling in Australia last week, photographer Rory Gardiner has captured this year's MPavilion, which was designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando. More about Tadao Ando's MPavilion captured by Rory Gardiner in Melbourne
Brooklyn-based studio Modu has employed a series of techniques that lower ambient air temperature in order to help cool the interior and exterior of this Houston building. More about Modu clads Houston building with "self-cooling" exterior
French architecture studio Atelier 9.81 has designed a tower of staggered concrete blocks for a harbour master's office and lookout building on the Calais coastline. More about Atelier 9.81 models Calais port tower on stack of pebbles
An exposed raw concrete facade fronts the Trunk Hotel Yoyogi Park, which Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design and Danish firm Norm Architects conceived as a minimalist retreat in the heart of the city. More about Keiji Ashizawa Design and Norm Architects create "honest" Trunk Hotel in Tokyo
Chilean architecture studio Stanaćev Granados has created a seaside house with a concrete and wood-clad exterior and a cargo net in the floor in Chorrillos, Chile. More about Stanaćev Granados divides levels of Chilean beach house with cargo-net floor
Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica has created a concrete community centre defined by a series of arches in Jálpa de Mendez, Mexico. More about CCA runs arched colonnade through community centre in Mexico
Living rooms with tactile brick, concrete and wood surfaces feature in this lookbook, which shows that opting for industrial materials doesn't have to sacrifice cosiness. More about Seven cosy living rooms with industrial material palettes
This sprawling white concrete house in California is laid out like a "village" of open and enclosed spaces, with architecture by Masastudio and interiors by Kelly Wearstler. More about Kelly Wearstler and Masastudio design California home as a "modern ruin"
Beijing studio Trace Architecture Office has placed a concrete cafe and guesthouse "like giant rocks" on the edge of a cliff on Jiming Island in Weihai, China. More about Trace Architecture Office perches cafe on Jiming Island cliff edge
Canadian designer and lighting brand Bocci founder Omer Arbel has created a home in British Columbia with expressive pillars made from concrete poured into fabric. More about Omer Arbel uses fabric formwork for concrete pillars in Canadian house
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
A Star Wars-like cemetery extension and a cheese-shaped temple feature in this roundup, where photographers Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego spotlight the best brutalist buildings from their book Brutalist Italy. More about Brutalist Italy book showcases "sometimes surprising" concrete architecture