Architecture firm Estúdio 41 has designed this small, white house in Brazil to be highly sustainable, including photovoltaic panels, a green roof and a rainwater collection system. More about Estúdio 41 tops small white Brazilian house with roof garden
London-based Steyn Studio built Sierra House in Madrid from concrete and travertine with a striking sawtooth roof that looks like a mountain ridge. More about Steyn Studio's concrete and travertine Sierra House has a mountain-shaped roof
Pool Leber Architekten and Bleckmann Krys Architekten have combined 14th and 16th century structures, with modern concrete and brick volumes to create the Kult museum. More about Kult cultural hub occupies a terrace of brick buildings in Vreden
Sanden+Hodnekvam Arkitekter has used concrete and wood to build a minimal cabin on an outcrop beside the Beitstadfjorden in Norway. More about Cabin at Rones by Sanden+Hodnekvam Arkitekter overlooks Norwegian fjord
The concrete form of this factory for Camp's in Oudenaarde, Belgium, is driven by the mustard production processes and Dhooge & Meganck's desire to create a building with "soul". More about Dhooge & Meganck creates "contemporary abbey" for Belgian pickle and mustard manufacturer
This concrete coastal house in Brazil was designed by locally based Martins Lucena Architects to capture prevailing breezes and minimise solar heat gain. More about Martins Lucena uses slatted wood and tile screens to let the breeze into IF House in Brazil
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This community centre in Vietnam, designed by 1+1>2 Architects, features a bamboo framework and a thatched roof that wraps a concrete amphitheatre. More about Curved thatched roof covers Chieng Yen Community House in a Vietnamese forest
Monterrey-based studio P+0 Arquitectura has wrapped concrete terraces and staircases around this residence to make the most of its setting among wooded mountains in Mexico. More about Offset concrete boxes form Casa 2I4E retreat for a couple and their dog in Mexican landscape
Austere concrete interiors offset the verdant surroundings of this pair of holiday homes in southwest Sri Lanka, completed by Aim Architecture and Norm Architects. More about Concrete surfaces create "rough luxury" inside K House in Sri Lanka
Open Architecture is building a concert hall in a valley north of Beijing, designed to look "as if a strange and prehistoric boulder had fallen there long ago". More about Open Architecture designs Chapel of Sound concert hall to look like hollowed-out boulder
Architecture practice All(zone) used distinctive criss-crossing of concrete blocks to provide breeze and shade to Phra Pradeang House in Bangkok. More about Concrete lattice screens Phra Pradeang House in Bangkok
Large openings all along the front of the concrete facade of Frame House on the Spanish island of Menorca frame expansive views towards the sea.
More about Nomo Studio designs concrete house in Menorca to frame sea views
The ruins of Casa Sperimentale, an experimental concrete treehouse built by Giuseppe Perugini and Uga de Plaisant, have been digitally recorded for a new exhibition. More about Photos and scans reveal abandoned ruins of Casa Sperimentale
Terrassenhaus Berlin is a concrete mixed-use block in Berlin by Brandlhuber+ Emde, Burlon and Muck Petzet Architekten that has a series of external terraces. More about Terrassenhaus Berlin has a facade of stepped concrete and curtains
Matching red brick and coloured concrete walls enclose the balconies fronting this residential building in Mexico City, which was designed by local studio CPDA Arquitectos. More about Red brick and tinted concrete form CPDA's 139 Schultz apartment block in Mexico City
Concrete-lined living spaces extend out onto angular balconies at this low-cost housing block in Zurich, designed by locally based studio Gus Wüstemann. More about Gus Wüstemann creates affordable apartment block almost entirely from concrete
Young Belgian studio Atelier Janda Vanderghote has transformed the interior of one of Ghent's historic houses with a new concrete frame and brilliant blue furniture. More about Atelier Janda Vanderghote turns historic Ghent house into modern B&B
Architecture firm Studio 512 has designed a concrete chapel in Texas that rises up on one side to form a pointy volume evoking a steeple. More about Pointed window fronts Lincoln Chapel by Studio 512 in Texas Hill Country
Concrete, clay and dark blue wallpaper line the walls and ceilings of this darkly atmospheric apartment in Taipei, Taiwan, designed by locally based studio Wei Yi International Design Associates. More about Wei Yi International Design Associates creates grey-toned apartment in Taipei
Argentinian architect Luciano Kruk specialises in building with raw, unadorned concrete. Here are five residences, built among Argentina's woodlands and sandy dunes, that make the most of the material. More about Five concrete houses in Argentina by Luciano Kruk Arquitectos