Artist Benjamin Langholz created a circular staircase of stepping stones to allow revellers to tune out the immersive atmosphere at this year's Burning Man and focus on themselves. More about Benjamin Langholz's circular staircase at Burning Man creates "an alternate reality"
Recessed arches, free-standing stone plinths and hanging rooftop plants are designed to recall the ancient ruins of Babylon inside a restaurant and bar in Sydney. More about Hogg & Lamb recreates features of ancient Babylon in Sydney restaurant
Architects Luigi Valente and Mauro Di Bona have renovated the former church of Saint Rocco in southern Italy into a theatre with a black and white interior. More about Stark monochromatic interior of Saint Rocco church brings stone ruins into focus
Stacked boxes clad in stone perch on a rocky outcrop overlooking Durgam Cheruvu Lake in Hyderabad in this house designed by architecture studio CollectiveProject. More about Granite boxes form clifftop house overlooking a lake in India
Tuñón Arquitectos has completed Casa de Piedra, a house in the town of Cáceres, Spain, which is built from solid stone and laid out in a grid of nine cube-shaped rooms. More about Tuñón Arquitectos' Casa de Piedra is formed of nine cube-shaped rooms
A long, low bar and a tall stone volume make up this holiday home, which Mexican firm Saavedra Arquitectos has nestled into a woody hillside. More about Saavedra Arquitectos creates "brutal" stone tower for Luzia House in Mexico
A patchwork of roughly hewn local stone and smooth plaster forms the facades of this house, designed by architects Nomo Studio to overlook the sea in Menorca. More about Nomo Studio clads Stone House in Menorca with limestone dug from its site
Dezeen promotion: an exhibition at Design Miami/Basel will see seven designers and studios, including Jasper Morrison, Michael Anastassiades and the Bouroullec brothers, present household objects realised in Portuguese stone. More about Everyday objects made from Portuguese stone to feature in Common Sense exhibition
A cluster of stone and plaster-lined volumes form Think Architecture's minimalist House in a Park, which sits on a hilltop in Zurich, Switzerland. More about Think Architecture creates minimal hilltop house in Zurich
Architecture office AP Valletta has restored an old coach house in the town of Balzan, Malta, adding a contemporary extension featuring a weave-patterned stone facade. More about AP Valletta adds extension with "woven" stone facade to The Coach House in Malta
The Alpin Sport ski resort headquarters in the village of Schruns, Austria, by Bernardo Bader Architekten, has mismatched windows and is clad in irregularly quarried stone. More about Bernardo Bader Architekten designs stone-clad ski centre with irregular forms
Stone sourced from a nearby quarry was used to build this house in Mexico, which architecture studio PPAA designed for two brothers who wanted to get away to "the middle of nowhere". More about PPAA Arquitectos completes "isolated" Aculco retreat for two brothers in Mexico
Atelier Stéphane Fernandez has completed Ecole Communale Jacqueline de Rommily, a school in Cannes comprising low, travertine-clad buildings arranged around courtyards. More about Travertine clads walls of school in Cannes by Atelier Stéphane Fernandez
Doric columns, arches and vaulted ceilings are among the architectural details that Matthew Simmonds has carved from stone in these intricate sculptures. More about Matthew Simmonds explores historic architecture in stone sculptures
Tidal Arc House by Woods Bagot has an arcing limestone facade with full-height openings looking out towards the sea on the coast of Victoria, Australia. More about Woods Bagot builds sweeping stone house overlooking the ocean
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
Oppenheim Architecture has coated a water-treatment plant in Muttenz, Switzerland, in a mixture of stone and clay, to create a building reminiscent of a natural rock form eroded by flowing water. More about Oppenheim Architecture designs Swiss water-treatment plant to resemble a natural rock
Carl Fredrik Svenstedt Architect has completed a winery in Provence with facades made of one-tonne stone blocks, which are staggered in places to let the light in. More about Massive stone blocks form walls of Provence winery
Marble artworks, ornaments and furniture appear throughout this Milanese apartment, designed by Elissa Ossino Studio for the head of Italian stone brand Salvatori. More about Casa Salvatori in Milan brings together marble furnishings and flecked terrazzo floors
Architect Amin Taha explains his aim to capture the "innate beauty" of natural stone with his 15 Clerkenwell Close housing project, in this movie produced by his studio. More about Amin Taha explains thinking behind controversial 15 Clerkenwell Close in new movie