In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a concrete multi-generational home in India and debating news that construction has resumed on Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia. More about "Enlightened by subtle openings" says commenter
A network of cubic concrete volumes and staircases forms Up to the Sea, a blocky family home that Indian studio Matharoo Associates has added to the coastal town of Dumas, India. More about Matharoo Associates wraps concrete home around light-filled stairwell
The debris of a demolished 1970s building was repurposed into mud-concrete blocks to create this house in Bangalore, India, designed by local architecture studio CollectiveProject. More about CollectiveProject recycles demolition waste for Debris Block House in Bangalore
An undulating skin of concrete weaves around the exterior of Ribbon House, a home in India designed by architecture practice Studio Ardete. More about Studio Ardete wraps sculptural concrete ribbon around Indian home
The vernacular building techniques of north and south India combine in Hybrid House, a house with rammed-earth walls designed by Sketch Design Studio. More about Sketch Design Studio reinterprets south Indian traditions for Rajasthan house
Raw, tactile materials including clay tiles, earthenware pots and compressed earth bricks define this courtyard home near Chennai, India, designed by local practice Rain Studio. More about Rain Studio combines raw and reclaimed materials for "native yet contemporary" home
Rough textures and vernacular elements define this weekend home, which Indian studio Taliesyn has added to a streetside site in Bengaluru. More about Taliesyn draws on vernacular architecture for earth-toned Cabin House
Malabar Architecture Projects has completed a white home in the southern Indian state of Kerala, which is topped with terracotta roofs informed by traditional dwellings nearby. More about "Interconnected pavilions" make up House Wandoor in India
Multidisciplinary studio Design ni Dukaan has completed a house in Gujarat, India, with a board-formed concrete exterior walls that wrap the home and define courtyard spaces. More about Design Ni Dukaan wraps "citadel-like" house in curved concrete wall
Locally produced bricks and recycled materials feature in this vaulted residence in Kerala, India, named The Wendy House. More about Earthscape Studio nestles vaulted house in Kerala forest
Architecture studio Archiopteryx has created a home in Noida, India, which is arranged around water collection and topped with a rooftop splash pool. More about Archiopteryx designs People Tree House to conserve and store rainwater
Living spaces snake around trees and rocks at the Chuzhi house, which architecture studio Wallmakers has created on an overlooked site in the village of Shoolagiri, India. More about Sculptural house in India resembles "snake curling up under a rock"
A jagged metal roofscape shelters large open terraces at the Lateral Verandah House, a dwelling near Pune, India, designed by local studio Malik Architecture. More about Angular metal canopies shelter Indian house by Malik Architecture
Indian studio Matharoo Associates has created Cut Bend Fold Play, a concrete home in Chennai with internal courtyards and layered spaces that bring a feeling of spaciousness to its compact urban site. More about Matharoo Associates folds concrete home in India around courtyards
Indian studio Samira Rathod Design Atelier has completed a house in Bharuch with inward-facing windows and courtyards that draw breezes through the building to keep it cool during the hot summer months. More about Samira Rathod designs Cool House to protect occupants from hot Indian summers
Rakhee Shobhit Design Associates has used shipping containers to create two residential units at either end of a farmland site in the Aravalli hills near Udaipur, India. More about RSDA repurposes shipping containers to form home on Indian farm
A series of openings that let in natural light penetrate a residential building in Delhi named House of Voids, created by Indian architecture studio Malik Architecture. More about Malik Architecture punctures house in Delhi with multi-storey voids
Architecture studio 3dor Concepts used a giant sloping roof to cover all three levels of this house in Kerala, India, which features an internal courtyard garden that can be opened up to the outdoors. More about Sloping roof shelters House of Noufal in India by 3dor Concepts
A screen of wavy, perforated brick and stone wraps a compact arrangement of volumes and courtyards at this home in Maval, India, designed by local practice PMA Madhushala. More about PMA Madhushala wraps Indian home in perforated wall of brick and stone
Sketch Design Studio has designed and built a farmhouse in northern India that combines rammed earth walls and a thatch roof with a form inspired by stepwells. More about Mud House by Sketch Design Studio takes cues from Rajasthan stepwells