Architect David Adjaye used a concrete composite material to create the sculptural form of this wireless speaker, which he designed for New York brand Master & Dynamic. More about David Adjaye creates concrete speaker with "directional form" for Master & Dynamic
Brazilian firm FGMF Arquitetos has built a São Paulo home around a steel frame embedded into a concrete wall, allowing the use of extensive glazing that offers views down a verdant hillside. More about Concrete volume appears to rest on glass in Brazilian house by FGMF Arquitetos
This house by Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao comprises a cluster of five-sided concrete blocks that emerge from a forested hillside to offer panoramic views towards the city of Monterrey. More about Tatiana Bilbao's Ventura House "grows organically" out from a forested Mexico hillside
This conceptual, exposed concrete home by the Office of Adrian Phiffer is meant to respond to the banal character of its proposed location in Midtown Toronto. More about Adrian Phiffer envisions concrete Toronto home with cutouts and angled walls
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has completed the latest in its House for Trees series – a property in Ho Chi Minh City featuring gardens set on top of multiple stacked levels that are visible through openings in the concrete walls. More about Planted terraces are interspersed among living spaces at Vo Trong Nghia's Binh House
A+Awards: next in our series of 2016 Architizer A+Award winners is a swimming pool in the Iranian capital, with a concrete pavilion by architects KRDS at one end to provide a changing room and spa facilities. More about Concrete pavilion overlooks Tehran swimming pool by KRDS
American studio TakaTina has created a stark family home on the outskirts of Tokyo, featuring bright white interiors inspired by the client's previous Brooklyn loft apartment and an inky black exterior. More about Black corrugated metal encases loft-inspired Tokyo house by TakaTina
Slender metal columns support the offset concrete roof of this cylindrical office block designed by Local Architecture for the International Motorcycling Federation on the outskirts of Geneva. More about Cylindrical headquarters for motorcycling federation features dramatic sweeping staircase
This simple board-marked concrete and timber house by Clauwers & Simon in rural Belgium is arranged around a glazed courtyard. More about Brutalist-inspired residence by Clauwers & Simon is arranged around a central courtyard
Polycarbonate panels run along the base of this gallery in São Paulo by local architects Metro, flooding the space with natural light during the day and transmitting light from within at night. More about Translucent panels create glowing facade for São Paulo gallery by Metro
New York architecture firm ODA has constructed a residential complex in Long Island City that features protruding boxes across its street-facing facades. More about ODA completes "pixelated" luxury condo building in Queens
These photographs capture the jagged roofline of the museum that Snøhetta has designed at the Lascaux Caves in France, to frame a huge replica of some of the world's most famous prehistoric cave paintings. More about New photographs reveal Snøhetta's Lascaux IV Caves Museum in southern France
Chinese architect Zhang Ke has slotted a hostel into one of Beijing's ancient hutong neighbourhoods, featuring tiny rooms that project at angles into a central courtyard. More about Micro hostel with tiny concrete rooms installed by Zhang Ke in old Beijing hutong
This loft apartment in a former tank station in the Austrian city of Salzburg features a sweeping concrete staircase and a glass shower cubicle that cantilevers over the living space. More about Smartvoll adds sculptural concrete staircase to loft apartment in old Salzburg tank station
This multi-tonal red concrete skatepark by architects B-ILD and Constructo doubles as a public square in the Belgian city of Blankenberge. More about B-ILD and Constructo use shades of red concrete for skatepark on Belgian coast
The concrete walls and roof of this headquarters for the Greek city of Lamia's Municipal Water Supply are interrupted by voids and fissures that carve out different routes through the building. More about Angled walls and fissures break up mass of concrete office building by Vtria Architects
This cluster of holiday apartments by IDMM Architects in South Korea's Gangwon region feature angular concrete and glass volumes that thrust outwards from a sloping site to ensure optimal views. More about Concrete volumes cantilever and twist to provide mountain views from South Korean holiday resort
Estúdio Casa G has completed a residence in the Brazilian rainforest, creating a home within the concrete shell of an existing structure and building a new pavilion for social spaces. More about Estúdio Casa G overhauls open-sided concrete villa in the Amazon
Architects Megumi Matsubara and Hiroi Ariyama arranged this house in the forest near Karuizawa around five courtyards to provide views of vegetation both inside and outside the building. More about House in a Japanese forest features secluded courtyards framing views of trees and sky
The stacked volumes that make up this multipurpose building in Seoul's Gangnam district are clad in various materials and diminish in size like the components of a nested Russian doll. More about Layered cladding emphasises stacked arrangement of L'eau Design's mixed-use block in Seoul