World Architecture Festival 2015: architecture firm Spark has unveiled its concept for "the next generation of retirement housing" – a community of homes and health facilities combined with a vertical urban farm (+ slideshow). More about Spark designs model for Asian retirement communities that double as city farms
This stripy brick home stands among coconut trees on the shoreline of Ko Pha Ngan, an island in the Gulf of Thailand (+ slideshow). More about Coconut groves surround brick retirement home on a Thai beach by NPDA Studio
Fifty-two white-topped cubes make up the residences of this retirement home near Lisbon by Guedes Cruz Architects, but a roof turns bright red if someone inside sounds the alarm (+ slideshow). More about White rooftops turn red during emergencies at retirement home by Guedes Cruz Architects
Hinged shutters fold up and down over the windows of this monochromatic care home near Paris by French studio Naud & Poux (+ slideshow). More about Concertina shutters shade the windows of Naud & Poux's Paris retirement home
This retirement home near Antwerp was designed by Belgian studio Areal Architecten around a pair of courtyards to avoid creating identical rooms along endless rows of corridors. More about Areal Architecten's Mayerhof retirement home wraps around two courtyards
Doors, windows and recesses are picked out in yellow ochre on the timber facade of this retirement home near Paris by French studio Vous Êtes Ici Architectes (+ slideshow). More about Morangis Retirement Home by Vous Êtes Ici Architectes
Architectural photographer Fernando Guerra has sent us his images of a nursing home in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal, by Portuguese studio Aires Mateus Arquitectos. More about House for elderly people by Aires Mateus Arquitectos
This garden in Madrid was designed by new Spanish firm Estudio Caballero Colón for a nursing home. More about La Paz Nursing Home Garden by Estudio Caballero Colón
The Mornington nursing home in Victoria, Australia, designed by Lyons Architects, is clad with bricks embossed to resemble timber. More about Mornington nursing home by Lyons Architects