Perforated concrete blocks create patterns of light and shadow inside this mortuary in the Portuguese village of Vila Caiz by architects Raul Sousa Cardoso and Graça Vaz (+ slideshow). More about "Peaceful and neutral" mortuary completed by Raul Sousa Cardoso and Graça Vaz
Two houses originally designed by Walter Gropius for professors at the Bauhaus art school in Dessau, Germany, have been rebuilt as a minimalist arrangement of geometric shapes by Berlin office Bruno Fioretti Marquez. More about Bauhaus Masters' Houses reinterpreted by Bruno Fioretti Marquez
Billowing curves sweep across the concrete facade and continue inside this house near Tehran, designed by Iranian studio Next Office (+ slideshow). More about Next Office covers house near Tehran in a curved concrete facade
These new images by photographers Hufton + Crow reveal the pairing of angular and curved concrete volumes at the art and music complex completed by French architect Christian de Portzamparc in Rio de Janeiro (+ slideshow). More about Christian de Portzamparc's Cidade das Artes adds curving concrete fins to the Rio skyline
This house in Mexico by Japanese architect Tadao Ando boasts a swimming pool that projects from a hillside and concrete walls that frame views of the Sierra Las Mitras mountains (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). More about Tadao Ando's Casa Monterrey nestles against a hillside in Mexico
Design graduate Bettina Madita Böhm has created a cylindrical concrete beehive for urban beekeepers to use on the roofs of city buildings. More about Bettina Madita Böhm creates Apiarium hive for urban beekeepers
Perforated metal balconies project through the bowed concrete facades of this office building in Seoul, which were designed by local studio Archium to maximise floor space on the middle levels (+ slideshow). More about Swollen concrete facades increase floor area inside Archium's Gilmosery office block
London designer Klemens Schillinger modelled these concrete tabletop accessories on the shapes of ancient Greek and Mayan architecture (+ slideshow). More about Klemens Schillinger casts concrete accessories to resemble "ancient architectural archetypes"
Loyn & Co Architects has completed a home in a protected area of Welsh countryside, with old vernacular buildings sitting alongside modern additions featuring bare concrete and rusted steel (+ slideshow). More about Loyn & Co's Stormy Castle house pairs concrete and glass with traditional stone
The raw concrete exterior of this winery building in Germany, by local firm Burkhard Architekten, is in such contrast to its neighbours that local residents think the structure is still under construction (+ slideshow). More about Burkhard Architekten adds concrete wine-making facility to German village
This bulky concrete house on the outskirts of Geneva was designed by Swiss office Localarchitecture with a jagged roofline that follows the slope of its hillside site. More about Localarchitecture's Confignon House features concrete walls and a zigzagging roof
The mountain landscape of coastal Mexico provides an idyllic setting for this red concrete house by Mexican architect David Pedroza Castañeda (+ slideshow). More about Casa Narigua by David Pedroza Castañeda thrusts out from the Mexican landscape
Architect duo Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen built this seven-storey concrete tower in the Chilean countryside to house their own living quarters as well as a studio for their firm (photos by Cristobal Palma + movie). More about Pezo von Ellrichshausen's Casa Cien is a home and studio with a bumpy concrete finish
Hundreds of circular apertures perforate the reinforced concrete walls of this office tower in Seoul by Korean studio Archium, designed to recreate the structural strength of honeycomb (+ slideshow). More about Archium's Urban Hive tower has a perforated facade modelled on honeycomb
Raw concrete surfaces dominate inside this stark apartment in Nagoya, Japan, that Japanese studio Airhouse Design Office has renovated for a fashion lover (+ slideshow). More about Concrete apartment by Airhouse Design Office features display space for "precious clothes"
Curving concrete walls frame secluded meeting rooms along the central thoroughfare of this architecture faculty building at Bond University in Queensland, Australia, by Peter Cook's architecture firm CRAB Studio (+ slideshow). More about CRAB Studio creates cave-like meeting rooms at Bond University architecture faculty
Seven concrete fins provide a green roof that collects rainwater at this new engineering facility for a wastewater treatment plant in Portland, Oregon, by local firm Skylab Architecture (+ slideshow). More about Water treatment facility by Skylab Architecture features a roof of grass-covered fins
This house in London by local studio De Matos Ryan sits within a sunken courtyard, surrounded by a secret flower garden (+ slideshow). More about Sunken house by De Matos Ryan nestles in a secret garden
A concrete tunnel slices through the base of this Tokyo house by Japanese architect Makiko Tsukada, creating a round hole in the facade that reveals the underside of a staircase (+ slideshow). More about Curving concrete creates a tunnel through Tokyo house by Makiko Tsukada
Milan 2014: British artist Sarah Lucas presents her debut furniture collection, made from concrete blocks and MDF, in Milan tonight (+ slideshow). More about Sarah Lucas uses concrete breeze blocks to create first furniture range