The walls and roofs of this golf clubhouse in Mallorca are clad in local stone to give the building a homogenous appearance that emphasises its angular monolithic form (+ slideshow). More about Golf clubhouse designed by GRAS to resemble "a rock in the middle of the course"
The white walls of this modern family home by FCC Arquitectura nestle behind the deteriorated stone facade of a former farmhouse and granary in northern Portugal (+ slideshow). More about FCC Arquitectura slots family home within stone walls of dilapidated farmhouse
This take on a traditional Slovenian cottage by Dekleva Gregorič Arhitekti features cast concrete walls inlaid with chunks of stone to create a rugged texture (+ slideshow). More about Rural Slovenian cottage by Dekleva Gregorič has walls of stone set into concrete
News: construction is now underway on a memorial to extinct species of the present and future, designed by David Adjaye for the Isle of Portland, England. More about Construction starts on David Adjaye's spiralling stone extinction memorial
The three pieces in the Samt Rau collection by Hamburg-based designer Natalie Weinmann are made from natural stone and solid oak with their potential uses left open to interpretation by the individual (+ slideshow). More about Natalie Weinmann's slate furniture "not designed to fit one purpose"
Vertical strips of travertine stone cover the facades of these apartment buildings in the Swiss village of Crans-près-Céligny by Group8asia, altering the appearance of the structures when viewed from different angles. More about Apartment buildings by Group8asia clad in strips of travertine stone
A new internal framework of wooden columns, beams and staircases provides a warm contrast to the rough stone walls of this old farmhouse in rural Spain, renovated by Barcelona studio 2260mm (+ slideshow). More about Renovated Spanish farmhouse by 2260mm conceals a new structure behind its walls
Northern Ireland studio McGarry-Moon Architects has inserted a contemporary living space into this stone barn, which has been long-listed for the Royal Institute of British Architects' 2014 Manser Medal for best British house (+ slideshow). More about McGarry-Moon updates a traditional stone barn with a steel-framed living space
Mexican studio Atelier ARS has enclosed this white house with latticed shutters behind a stone wall, reinterpreting the traditional local architecture of Mexico's Lake Chapala (+ slideshow). More about Atelier ARS screens Mexican house behind stone wall and latticework
The cave-like stone interior of this former stable on Tinos Island, Greece, has been renovated by architect Ioannis Exarchou to create a small holiday house (+ slideshow). More about Ioannis Exarchou converts 100-year-old Greek stable into holiday house
This tilting sports centre by Archi5 and Tecnova Architecture has a multi-hued basalt facade and a faceted roof garden (+ slideshow). More about Parisian suburb gets monolithic, tilting sports centre with basalt facade
This house in the Oxfordshire countryside was designed by London studio The Manser Practice with a Cotswold stone facade and a cantilevered terrace overlooking the woods (+ slideshow). More about Dry-stone walls surround English countryside house by The Manser Practice
Thick walls made from locally sourced stone frame courtyards and corridors at this radio broadcasting station in the Nepalese town of Jomsom, designed by Korean studio Archium (+ slideshow). More about Archium gives rugged stone walls to a radio broadcasting station in Nepal
Milan 2014: a three-metre-long sofa created by Peugeot Design Lab splices together a piece of volcanic stone and carbon fibre to create a mix of the old and new (+ slideshow). More about Ancient volcanic rock and carbon fibre spliced together in Onyx sofa by Peugeot Design Lab
A wall clad in slabs of red volcanic stone conceals the entrance to this otherwise minimal white house in a suburb of Reykjavík, Iceland, by local office PK Arkitektar (+ slideshow). More about Volcanic stone wall hides doorway into B25 house by PK Arkitektar
French studio Perraudin Architecture has completed a social housing complex with solid stone walls near Toulouse as part of a bid to prove that "anything that is built today could be built in stone" (+ slideshow). More about Social housing with solid stone walls by Perraudin Architecture
French studio Perraudin Architecture has constructed a family house out of solid stone, claiming the material is "cheaper and faster" to build with than concrete. More about House made of solid stone in Lyon by Perraudin Architecture
Beijing studio Atelier TeamMinus has completed a visitor centre for an ancient Buddhist memorial in Tibet, which features stone walls, a central courtyard and 11 rooftop observation decks (+ slideshow). More about Jianamani Visitor Centre by Atelier TeamMinus
New Orleans firm Trahan Architects used over a thousand cast stone panels to create the undulating interior of this museum in Natchitoches, Louisiana (+ slideshow). More about Louisiana State Museum and Sports Hall of Fame by Trahan Architects
Walls of weathered stone and timber surround this gabled family retreat by British studio McLean Quinlan Architects on the Devon coastline in south-west England (+ slideshow). More about Mortehoe House by McLean Quinlan Architects