Slovenian practice Arhitektura d.o.o has designed a low concrete house in the suburbs of Ljubljana around a central courtyard that connects a series of living spaces with the owner's ceramics studio. More about Concrete home in Slovenia combines living spaces with a ceramics studio
The TreeHugger tourist information office in Bressanone, northern Italy, features smooth concrete walls that curve around the trunk of a tree. More about MoDus Architects wraps Bressanone tourist office around a tree
Stockholm-based designer Julia Olanders has used construction materials that are usually hidden in buildings to create a series of decorative vases for her Betweenness project. More about Julia Olanders makes "toxic" vases from insulation foam and concrete
Concrete surfaces and just a smattering of furnishings provide a "silent stage" for members using this Berlin office, designed by Annabell Kutucu. More about Berlin's Brutalist Silence office has barely anything inside
A concrete house in Switzerland by architecture practice DF_DC has an outdoor terrace on a plinth banded by an asymmetrical colonnade of rectangular columns. More about Colonnade extends from concrete house on an old vineyard in Switzerland
David Adjaye has used pink-tinted concrete to form a "tough and gentle" store in Los Angeles for fashion retailer The Webster, which marks the British-Ghanaian architect's first project in California. More about David Adjaye curves pink concrete around Los Angeles store The Webster
Heavy concrete walls anchor this family home in Queensland, Australia, to its beachside setting, while hiding it from a busy road nearby. More about B.E. Architecture builds Mermaid Beach Residence with a sense of "permanence"
Concrete balconies filled with tropical plants cover the Chicland hotel in Danang, Vietnam, designed by Vo Trong Nghia – the Dezeen Awards 2019 architect of the year. More about Tropical plants cover the balconies of Chicland hotel in Vietnam
Beige tiles and pale pink window shutters cover the exterior of this concrete secondary school in Romanshorn, Switzerland. More about Pale pink shutters shade classrooms of a concrete school in Switzerland
Atelier Villemard et Associés used a structural grid of exposed concrete to define the exterior and interior of this student housing block on the outskirts of Paris. More about Concrete grid forms student housing block in Paris by Atelier Villemard et Associé
Long windows are embedded into the board-formed concrete walls of this residential building in Mexico City's upscale Polanco area, designed by American architecture firm Studio Rick Joy. More about Studio Rick Joy designs concrete apartment complex in Mexico City's Polanco neighbourhood
Construction experts discuss the ways that the building industry can move towards having zero carbon emissions in this panel discussion filmed by Dezeen for Kingspan at the Building Centre in London. More about "Demolition is sometimes the best option" says Bartlett professor at Net Zero Carbon talk
The brick-clad Nithurst Farm contains grand concrete rooms that are modelled on the Russian science-fiction film, Stalker. More about Adam Richards models his home on Roman architecture and Soviet-era science fiction
Brazilian firm Reinach Mendonça Architects Associados has added a geometric concrete pavilion to a family home in São Paulo, offering a place for reading and entertaining. More about Angular roof tops concrete garden annex for São Paulo home
A German construction project has saved an estimated 136 tonnes of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere by incorporating air pockets made of recycled plastic within its concrete slabs. More about Plastic bubbles incorporated into high-rise to reduce concrete usage by 35 per cent
Kazunori Fujimoto Architects & Associates used corner windows for a concrete house with views of the sea and Itsukushima Shrine in Japan's Hiroshima prefecture. More about Hilltop concrete house frames views of the sea and a shrine in Japan
Pazdigrad Primary School in Split, Croatia has been designed by architects X3M to include public squares, one of which is painted bright yellow More about Colourful public spaces are part of Pazdigrad Primary School in Croatia
A spiral cafe with a rooftop garden in Chelsea, London, by architecture studio NEX has curved windows that can retract fully when the weather is good. More about London cafe in spiral concrete shell has retractable windows
ArkDes has mounted an exhibition celebrating the role of concrete panels in contemporary architecture, with an exhibition design by Note Design Studio that evokes the dynamism of a construction site. More about Flying Panels exhibition charts the evolution of prefabricated concrete-panel construction
Plywood panels and fabric curtains have been used by by Kooo Architects to transform an existing concrete structure into a guesthouse in Guangzhou, China. More about Kooo Architects inserts plywood-lined hotel rooms into an existing concrete frame