Blocks of red sandstone cover the volumes of a new design museum designed by Álvaro Siza and Carlos Castanheira on the Chinese Academy of Art campus in Hangzhou, eastern China. More
Sandstone blocks face into a central courtyard to create this huge clubhouse complex by More Architecture and Aim Architecture, which is set on an island in Jiaxing, China. More
Brightly coloured louvres screen the living spaces of this Sydney residence, which are contained in a pair of concrete boxes and set atop a sandstone plinth. More
Shanghai studio Neri&Hu has used wood-covered sticks and sandstone slabs to create a cavernous interior for a new cultural centre in the city's emerging Hongqiao district (+ slideshow). More
OOIIO Architecture has applied varying tones of stonework to the irregularly stacked blocks that make up this house in central Spain (+ slideshow). More
Arched openings in the sandstone facade of this Dubai mosque by Ibda Design lead worshippers into a bright marble courtyard with a textured minaret (+ slideshow). More
The titles of important works of literature are engraved into the walls of this extension to a sandstone library in Glasgow, which has been refurbished to create a centre for women's history (+ slideshow). More
Daniel Valle Architects created a triangular notch in the roof of this sandstone-clad residence in Madrid, helping to visually separate the part used by the clients and the part occupied by their children (+ slideshow). More
Knox Bhavan Architects designed this pair of sandstone residences to complete an Edwardian terrace in Dulwich, south London (+ slideshow). More
Hall + Bednarczyk Architects paired rugged sandstone with contemporary details to create this rural house in Wales, which pays homage to vernacular barns (+ slideshow). More
Castle specialist Max Dudler has completed his latest German fortress project – a new entrance building for the historic Hambach Castle on the edge of the Palatine Forest (+ slideshow). More
We love projects that involve castles. Windows are set within two-metre-deep recesses in the stone walls of this castle visitor centre in southwest Germany by Swiss architect Max Dudler. More
Spanish studio Virai Arquitectos have completed a sandstone winery that is partially submerged in the ground. More
