Local design practice Studio Blur has created a concrete building with a sawtooth roof for the visual arts department of a school in Quito, Ecuador. More about Studio Blur models Quito arts school after Le Corbusier house
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati has revealed plans for a cultural centre dedicated to cement company Buzzi, which will feature a digitally fabricated reinforced concrete truss. More about Carlo Ratti designs digitally fabricated structure "to bring new intelligence to reinforced concrete"
Our latest lookbook collects homes with warm, bright and tactile living spaces that are set against a backdrop of concrete blockwork walls. More about Seven tactile living spaces with blockwork walls
Local studio Schemata Architects has renovated a store in Tokyo for perfumery brand Le Labo, featuring shelves and furniture made from the same wood used to cast the textured concrete walls. More about Schemata Architects designs Le Labo store to reflect Tokyo's urban character
Local studio Skupaj Arhitekti has completed House on the Edge of the Plain in Slovenia, a minimalist concrete home that frames the landscape through expanses of full-height glazing. More about Skupaj Arhitekti "refuses contextual mimicry" for concrete home in Slovenia
In this roundup, we explore sculptural concrete buildings that evoke the geometries and monumental aspects of brutalism, but were designed by contemporary architects. More about Eight monumental buildings that offer modern takes on brutalism
The New York office of OMA has created an incubator for mushroom production on the campus of arts organisation Fundación Casa Wabi in Oaxaca, Mexico. More about OMA unveils "incubator of both food and community" in Casa Wabi Mushroom Pavilion
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have unveiled the Heirloom House project, a series of nine structural-concrete components that can be manually rearranged and that are intended to last for 1,000 years. More about MIT researchers design Heirloom House concrete components to last "1,000 years"
Gridded volumes of exposed concrete surround a series of courtyards at the University of Málaga's Faculty of Tourism, designed by local studio Vaillo + Irigaray Architects. More about Gridded concrete cloisters define Málaga university building by Vaillo + Irigaray Architects
Local architecture practice Urlo Studio has based the design of a concrete-and-wood pavilion for cyclists on ancient Andean lookouts, embedding it in a sloped site outside of Quito, Ecuador. More about Urlo Studio embeds bike shelter into Ecuadorian hillside
Local studio Design Alliance Architects included stained-glass windows in a sculptural concrete chapel with eight massive curving walls in St. Louis, Missouri. More about Design Alliance Architects raises curved concrete chapel in Missouri
Curved screens envelope Cielo, a 12-storey residential building in Maharashtra, India, designed by Mumbai-based architecture studio Sanjay Puri Architects. More about Cielo tower by Sanjay Puri Architects references 17th-century screens
Architecture studio Metrooffice Architetti has renovated an abandoned Italian factory for fashion brand Balenciaga, creating a sculptural reinforced-concrete building where "nothing is concealed or decorative". More about Metrooffice Architetti evokes "raw architecture" concept for Balenciaga factory
An irregular concrete volume connects a cluster of historic half-timbered buildings to form the Mother-of-Pearl Experience Museum in Germany, designed by local studio Schulz und Schulz. More about Schulz und Schulz inserts concrete museum between traditional German buildings
Architecture studio KPF has completed a waste incineration plant in Taiwan, wrapping its tiered structure with a spiralling, landscaped terrace. More about KPF wraps waste incineration plant with spiralling terrace
Chilean studio Pezo von Ellrichshausen has installed a restaurant at Les Jardins de Médongaule, in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province, featuring 16 huge green concrete columns. More about "Obelisk-like" columns rise through Pezo von Ellrichshausen's restaurant for botanical garden
The concrete shell structure of the Norwich Sports Village designed by Swiss engineer Heinz Isler in Norfolk, UK, has been Grade II-listed. More about Heinz Isler-designed concrete-shell sports centre Grade II-listed
French-Brazilian architecture studio Triptyque has completed the Inspira SP building in São Paulo, which is wrapped in a structural concrete cage lined with planters. More about Triptyque wraps São Paulo skyscraper with continuous grid of planters
Black-metal panels cloak the sloping form of The Mountain Chamber, the entrance to an artificial cavern in Gothenburg designed by local studio Erdegard Arkitekter. More about Erdegard Arkitekter creates entrance for cavern in Gothenburg
Dutch studio B2A Architects has completed Cascade, a home in the Netherlands that is elevated above a dyke on a stepped concrete platform. More about B2A Architects uses concrete columns to elevate Dutch home above dyke