A perforated facade provides light, air and privacy to Veil House, a home in Taiwan that architecture studio Paperfarm designed to reference the area's history of brick manufacturing. More about Paperfarm conceals home in Taiwan behind perforated "brick veil"
A shell of perforated brickwork and climbing plants encases this concrete office building in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, designed by local studio Tropical Space. More about Perforated brickwork wraps Premier Office in Vietnam by Tropical Space
Decorative brick-clad buildings fold around courtyards at the Aga Khan Academy Dhaka, a boarding school in Bangladesh designed by British practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios with architecture studio Shatotto Architecture for Green Living. More about Aga Khan Academy Dhaka wraps around "friendly outdoor learning areas"
Mexican studio Miguel de la Torre Arquitectos has unveiled the coloured concrete Real de Los Reyes housing complex in Mexico City's Coyoacán neighbourhood. More about Geometric perforations characterise coloured concrete housing block in Mexico
Off-white stucco walls and a round staircase characterise the Chiripa housing complex in Mexico, which architecture studio Palma designed as a "hybrid" experiment merging residential and hotel-style living. More about Palma positions stucco-clad housing complex on Mexican coastline
Brothers Felipe and Federico Mesa of Plan:b Arquitectos have designed a brick and perforated concrete holiday home for their families in the rural town of La Siria, Colombia. More about Plan:b Arquitectos creates brick vacation home in Colombian tropical forest
French practice Antonio Virga Architecte has used perforated brickwork and gold metal to wrap a cinema building in Cahors, France, which filters light onto the surrounding public square at night. More about Golden cinema in France by Antonio Virga evokes the age of "monumental" movie theatres
Austin studio Matt Fajkus Architecture has designed a boathouse in the Texas city with perforated metal facades calibrated to balance light and shade throughout the year. More about Matt Fajkus adds perforated steel screens to Austin boathouse
A house in Vietnam by Khuôn Studio is built around a triple-height atrium filled with plants and shaded by a perforated facade of grey brick. More about Perforated brick facade shades a house in Vietnam with a triple-height atrium
An ash-wood staircase perforated with circular holes connects the two storeys of an Edwardian house in Lewisham, London, which has been extended by architects R2 Studio. More about R2 Studio adds hole-punched staircase made of ash wood to London house
A prefabricated timber facade envelops the concrete split-level interiors of this cabin, which Atelier Oslo has slotted onto an outcrop in Skåtøy, Norway. More about Atelier Oslo wraps House on an Island in gridded timber facade
Wooden surfaces perforated with a pattern of intersecting circles decorate this cookery school and showroom at a spa in South Tyrol. More about Pedevilla Architects lines cookery school with perforated timber panels
A screen of decorative terracotta blockwork fronts this apartment block in Ho Chi Minh City by Sanuki Daisuke Architects, which features planted courtyards in its centre. More about Ho Chi Minh apartment block features patterned terracotta facade and garden pockets
A colonnade, a group of light wells and perforated brickwork allow light and air to reach the prayer hall of this mosque in Dhaka, which is one of winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016. More about Daylight filters in through the roof and walls of Bangladeshi mosque by Marina Tabassum
Light filters gently through the perforated terracotta facade of this showroom for electronics company Panasonic, designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects for the Vietnamese capital Hanoi. More about Vo Trong Nghia uses perforated blocks to create decorative facade for Panasonic showroom
Irregularly shaped perforations in the pale green facades of this new university research institute in Portugal are inspired by the tubular molecules that form solar panels. More about Perforated green cladding wraps university science institute by Cláudio Vilarinho
A bridge forms the entrance of this house near Tel Aviv by architect Pitsou Kedem, which also features a perforated facade referencing the traditional regional latticework (+ slideshow). More about J House by Pitsou Kedem features a raised roof, latticed walls and a bridge entrance
SCOB Architecture and Landscape has built a restaurant and an office block in Barcelona's Port Vell Marina, and covered both buildings with perforated white screens (+ slideshow). More about Perforated screens cover Barcelona marina buildings by SCOB Architecture and Landscape
Perforated steel panels create private enclosures around the balconies that front this compact housing development in Tokyo by local architect Hiroyuki Moriyama (+ slideshow). More about Hiroyuki Moriyama completes Tokyo apartment building with a perforated skin
Angled screens of perforated brick provide ventilation and shade for this housing block in Tehran by CAAT Studio, providing its residents with relief from the city's hot and dry climate (+ slideshow). More about Perforated brick screens act as curtains for Tehran housing by CAAT Studio