Dark pigments create the illusion of precious stones in this series of geometric concrete furniture by Belgian design studio Sment. More about Pigmented concrete emulates sculptural stone in Gestalt furniture by Sment
Chinese studio Bentu Design aims to highlight the amount of waste produced by the ceramics industry with its Wreck furniture range. More about Bentu Design creates Wreck furniture from ceramic waste
A double-curved concrete shelled pavilion, constructed using a 3D-knitted formwork developed by Zaha Hadid Architects and ETH Zurich, has gone on display in Mexico City. More about Zaha Hadid Architects and ETH Zurich debut concrete pavilion with 3D-knitted formwork
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has completed his Secular Retreat – a Living Architecture holiday home designed to celebrate the landscape like the villas of his hero, Andrea Palladio. More about Peter Zumthor completes Devon countryside villa "in the tradition of Andrea Palladio"
Argentinian architect Luciano Kruk has built a linear concrete house on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, with a slatted wood entrance and a large swimming pool in its expansive garden. More about Concrete shell wraps Luciano Kruk's Rodríguez House in Argentina
Portuguese studio Promontorio has transformed a 1980s office building in Lisbon into a high-tech headquarters featuring a spiralling concrete staircase. More about Promontorio adds concrete spiral staircase to 1980s office building in Lisbon
Concrete sound mirrors, used in the UK to intercept coastal attacks in the aftermath of the first world war, are captured in this photography series by Piercarlo Quecchia. More about Piercarlo Quecchia reveals England's acoustic defences of the 1920s in Sound Mirrors photos
Swiss studio Roeoesli Maeder Architekten has built anembassy for Switzerland in Nairobi, Kenya, as an extension of the dyed concrete boundary wall that surrounds the compound. More about Dyed concrete walls surround Swiss embassy in Nairobi by Roeoesli Maeder Architekten
A 250-metre-long concrete basin, built in the Netherlands in 1977 to test defences against rising sea levels, is ripped apart and flooded to form this colossal artwork. More about RAAAF and Atelier de Lyon slice open huge wave machine to create Deltawerk monument
The former Philips power plant in Eindhoven has been transformed into an innovation hub by young architect Janne van Berlo, in a renovation that celebrates the building's industrial features. More about Innovation Powerhouse is a creative hub in a former Eindhoven power station
The latest Dezeen competition offers five readers the chance to win one of these concrete vases and plant pots, which design studio Tiipoi has modelled on urban infrastructure in India. More about Competition: win a Siment vase modelled on India's brutalist architecture
Architect Guillem Carrera has completed an environmentally friendly elderly care home and day centre on a wedge-shaped plot in the Spanish village of Blancafort. More about Guillem Carrera's care home in northern Spain encourages residents to socialise
French architecture firm Titan has built a sand-coloured concrete pavilion to welcome visitors to the former home of French prime minister Georges Clemenceau, in western France. More about Titan reinstates visitor centre at George Clemenceau's coastal home
The latest installment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores a plan to build multi-storey housing with 3D-printers, a technique that the project's architects claim will enable people to design and build their own houses quickly and easily. More about 3D-printing could enable people to build their own houses "at the touch of a button"
Berlin-based designers Studio 7.5 collaborated with Parisian 3D printing experts XtreeE to create a series of continuously printed concrete benches with a woven pattern. More about Collection of benches woven in 3D-printed concrete
Argentinian firm Alarciaferrer Arquitectos has designed a house with exposed concrete walls, a sloping roof and an outdoor swimming pool in a rural part of the country. More about Alarciaferrer Arquitectos builds Casa MM within Argentinian nature preserve
A pierced concrete wall based on camera apertures fronts this photography studio in Forth Worth, Texas, by local firm Ibañez Shaw Architecture. More about Ibañez Shaw's Fort Worth Camera Studios feature details that allude to photography
Swiss studio Urben Seyboth has refurbished a mid-century house near Zurich, preserving original details such as the board-marked concrete facades but opening up the interior to create a sequence of brighter spaces. More about Urben Seyboth brightens up interior of Swiss village house from the 1960s
Architecture office Al-Jawad Pike used pigmented concrete blockwork for the exterior and interior of this two-storey extension to a Victorian house in south London. More about Al-Jawad Pike combines robust and affordable materials for extension to Peckham house
The roof of this concrete house, by Felipe Assadi Arquitectos, doubles as a lookout point for residents to take in views of Chile's coastline. More about Viewing platform tops Felipe Assadi's Casa Cipolla on Chilean coast