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
Cork Screw House, designed by Rundzwei Architekten in Berlin, has a facade and roof clad with waste cork from the wine industry. More about Rundzwei Architekten wraps Berlin house in cork
A double-height living room stands at the centre of this brutalist house, completed by architectural studio Patisandhika and designer Dan Mitchell in Bali, Indonesia. More about Patisandhika and Daniel Mitchell complete A Brutalist Tropical Home in Bali
A lantern-like light box and inverted pyramidal roof draws light into the interior of the Kloof 119A home, dramatically sited overlooking Table Mountain and Cape Town. More about SAOTA designs home around panoramic Cape Town views
American studio Klopf Architecture has overhauled a low-slung, plywood-clad home in northern California, which was built by visionary developer Joseph Eichler following the second world war. More about Klopf Architecture updates mid-century Eichler home in Silicon Valley
A modernist house built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon in Hertfordshire, England, has been given a new life with a renovation by architecture studio Coppin Dockray. More about Coppin Dockray mixes contemporary and mid-century in renovation of Jørn Utzon's Ahm House
Architecture studio Taller Paralelo has overhauled an abandoned building in Mexico City to create this residence, which is arranged around a courtyard with a reflective pool. More about Taller Paralelo turns abandoned Mexico City building into Cachai House
Stacked volumes made of steel, concrete, wood and glass form this family home in California, which architecture firm Shubin Donaldson created for an industrial designer. More about Shubin Donaldson wraps wooden screens around Skyline Residence in Santa Barbara
American artist Doug Aitken has installed a ranch-style house clad in mirrors in the snow-covered mountains of Gstaad, Switzerland. More about Doug Aitken's mirrored Mirage house installed in Swiss alps
Architect Guilherme Machado Vaz has completed the geometric House in Afife, in Portugal, which appears as a solid volume when its shutters are closed. More about Guilherme Machado Vaz designs geometric white house as "abstract sculpture"
Canadian firm ACDF Architecture has designed a lake house on a sloping site in Quebec, with a protruding terrace so residents can get even closer to the water's edge. More about La Barque lake house by ACDF overlooks Quebec countryside
Living spaces at this house in the Indian city of Chandigarh are distributed around a full-height courtyard that allows natural light and breezes to reach rooms arranged around its perimeter. More about Charged Voids builds stone-clad Chandigarh home Residence 145 around courtyard
Pennsylvania architecture studio ISA has designed a slender five-storey house in a developing Philadelphia neighbourhood, as a housing prototype for tiny vacant lots. More about ISA's Tiny Tower residence fills leftover plot in Philadelphia
Argentinian architect Luciano Kruk has created a family home that follows Mies van Der Rohe's "conception of architecture as the expression of structure". More about Concrete and glass form Luciano Kruk's Casa BLQ in Buenos Aires
American firms Keystone Architecture and Casework have created a tall, thin cabin in northern Oregon that features whimsical accents and a cosy atmosphere. More about Dutch culture influences design of Alpine Noir Chalet in Oregon mountain town
Tikari Works has built a half subterranean home behind a timber screen, on a site that previously contained a garage in south London. More about Tikari Works squeezes Pocket House on site of former garage in London
A skinny house by STPMJ dominates its surroundings by stacking five tall floors onto a 100-square-metre plot in Seoul to create a "provocative" take on a family home. More about STPMJ stacks rooms to create skinny brick house in Seoul
This house in Los Angeles by US architecture firm FreelandBuck comprises a series of volumes with steeply pitched tops, which draw on the roofscape of its neighbour. More about Faceted volumes surround courtyard at FreelandBuck's Second House
Tiny Holiday Home is a compact black house by i29 Interior Architects and Chris Collaris, which is designed to stand out like a minimalist sculpture within a nature reserve near Amsterdam, the Netherlands. More about Chris Collaris and i29 Interior Architects complete Tiny Holiday Home in the Netherlands
Craftworks has added a vaulted ceiling and lower ground floor to a derelict chapel to create this south London house, which is the winner of the 2019 Don't Move, Improve! award. More about Craftworks inserts home with faceted modern gothic roof into abandoned chapel