A flight of stairs wraps around the exterior of this mixed-use concrete tower in Seoul's busy Gangnam district, freeing up prime rental space on the ground floor (+ slideshow). More about Sae Min Oh designs irregularly shaped block in Seoul as a "three-dimensional street"
One end of this concrete funeral building in Spain by Salas Architecture + Design angles up towards the sky, funnelling light into a waiting room for mourners (+ movie). More about Stark concrete funeral home by Salas Architecture + Design tilts up towards the sun
A concrete wine cellar props up one end of this tall white house by Portuguese architect João Mendes Ribeiro, located on an estate that also features an olive grove and a vineyard (+ slideshow). More about João Mendes Ribeiro slots concrete wine cellar below gabled house in rural Portugal
A chunky concrete frame surrounds the glass shopfront of this boutique in Beijing's Chaoyang district, designed by local studio Speys (+ slideshow). More about Speys pairs raw concrete with wood and brass at Beijing boutique Anchoret
A white-rendered concrete screen extends from the upper floor of this house near Guadalajara, Mexico, blocking views to the street but framing a perspective of the garden and sky (+ slideshow). More about Abraham Cota Paredes completes introspective white house in Mexico
This concrete residence by Santiago studio Felipe Assadi Architects extends across the craggy cliffs of the Los Vilos coastline in Chile's Coquimbo region (+ slideshow). More about Concrete house by Felipe Assadi stretches along the rugged Chilean coastline
This concrete house in Mexico by New York- and Tijuana-based T38 Studio is organised as a nine-square grid with a courtyard at its centre (+ slideshow). More about Courtyard house in Tijuana by T38 Studio is based on a nine-square grid
Six slabs of wafer-thin concrete form the floors and walls of this house by Kubota Architect Atelier, which cuts into the side of a mountain in Japan's Hyogo Prefecture (+ slideshow). More about Thin concrete planes define mountain home in Japan by Kubota Architect Atelier
US firm Aranda\Lasch has completed a store for fashion designer Tom Ford in the Miami Design District, featuring an angular facade that references bold Art Deco motifs (+ slideshow). More about Aranda\Lasch creates pleated concrete facade for Tom Ford flagship Miami store
Polish architect and sculptor Mirosław Nizio has unveiled the first photographs of a mausoleum he is building to commemorate the victims of Polish village massacres during the second world war (+ slideshow). More about Second world war memorial mausoleum nears completion at Polish massacre site
Plants and ponds are incorporated into the roof, walls and terraces of this concrete house in Singapore to make it feel like it is "enveloped by a garden" (+ movie). More about Chiltern House by WOW Architects features a rooftop lily pond to attract birds
A brown cashmere coat, a pair of sand-coloured shoes and a piazza in Rome influenced Note Design Studio's renovation of this 1930s loft apartment in Sweden. More about Note Design Studio rejects white in renovated Stockholm apartment
This "floating" art and literary museum by American studio OLI Architecture is housed in a grouping of textured concrete blocks, which are elevated over a lake in China's Zhejiang Province (+ slideshow). More about Mu Xin Art Museum by OLI Architecture sits over a lake in eastern China
This house in Mexico is made up from a series of concrete boxes, which are staggered across a steep site to take in views of Lake Avándaro (+ slideshow). More about Concrete house in Mexico by Taller Hector Barroso cascades towards a lake
Architecture studio Berger & Berger has added three new structures to a pair of 18th-century French mansions, creating a larger exhibition space for the collection of gallerist Yvon Lambert (+ slideshow). More about Berger & Berger uses white concrete and marble to create muted interiors for Collection Lambert
Swiss architect Omar Trinca has added a concrete extension to a 19th-century villa in Geneva, creating more space for the kindergarten that now occupies it (+ slideshow). More about Raw concrete contrasts with 19th-century details at Le Gazouillis kindergarten
A glass study projects from the roof of this concrete house near Brussels, but it presents an austere windowless facade to the street (+ slideshow). More about Stark concrete house by ISM Architecten is topped with a glass study
Behind a simple concrete exterior, this house by Japanese architect Tsubasa Iwahashi contains a complex arrangement of rooms connected by three different kinds of staircase (+ slideshow). More about Tsubasa Iwahashi completes Hyōgo house containing three types of staircase
Overlapping cylinders make up this crematorium in northern France, designed by a collective of Parisian architects with walls of ribbed concrete and golden-framed glass (+ slideshow). More about Curvaceous concrete crematorium by Plan 01 offers "dignified and serene setting" for mourners
Volcanic ash is mixed into the concrete shell of this angular house in central Tokyo, which was designed by Atelier Tekuto for a pair of chemists (+ slideshow). More about Atelier Tekuto completes crystalline concrete home for two chemists