Art has been added to The David Geffen Galleries at LACMA in Los Angeles, USA, with colourful works enlivening the massive concrete structure designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. More about Art installations bring colour to Peter Zumthor's austere LACMA addition
Local studio Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados has designed Barrancas, an off-grid minimalist concrete home that sits on a metal base with reflective window shutters in Mexico City. More about PPAA designs Mexico City concrete house to rest on metal base
Architect Eduardo Souto de Moura describes how a letter from artist Paula Rego shaped the design of the Casa das Histórias museum in Cascais, Portugal, in the final instalment of a video series produced by Dezeen. More about "Even donkeys like" the Casa das Histórias museum says Eduardo Souto de Moura
Angular black-concrete volumes are punctured by small tree-filled patios at this home in Mexico, completed by architecture studio Taller Alberto Calleja. More about Black concrete defines "strong and monolithic" Casa Mavra in Mexico
Local studio Benjamin Hall Design has attached an accessory dwelling unit made of concrete block to an existing house to accommodate a multi-generational family in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. More about Benjamin Hall Design uses masonry walls for Arizona accessory dwelling unit
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