In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Yano Aoyama Architecture Design's public toilet for the Tobe Zoological Park in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. More about "Japan takes this seriously" says commenter
Local studio Lenka Milerová Architektka has converted a former pigsty in the Czech Republic into Panoší Újezd Summer House, complementing its rough stone walls with additions in exposed concrete. More about Lenka Milerová Architektka transforms stone pigsty in Czech Republic into holiday home
Japanese practice Yano Aoyama Architecture Design has completed a public toilet for the Tobe Zoological Park in Ehime Prefecture, creating two chiselled concrete blocks that are topped by a thin roof of naturally curved cedar. More about Yano Aoyama Architecture Design tops public toilet in Japan with sweeping timber canopy
Italian photographer Andrea Ferro has documented the remaining 1950s bubble houses in Dakar, Senegal, as they face increasing threats of demolition. More about Andrea Ferro photographs Dakar's under-threat bubble houses
Local practice Studio Font has completed Casa Diez Pies, a home in Mexico that steps down a lush coastal cliff supported in 10 concrete columns. More about Studio Font perches cliffside home in Mexico on inhabitable concrete columns
Local architecture studio MACH has completed Calasparra Town Hall in Spain, using red textured render and pink-toned concrete to give the building a welcoming feel. More about MACH designs red town hall in Spain to have "warm and welcoming presence"
Local studio Felipe Caboclo Arquitectura has completed a small, oblong chapel out of wood and glass, flanking it with sinuous concrete walls on a residential property in São Paulo, Brazil. More about Felipe Caboclo Arquitectura creates "sublime path" at undulating private chapel in São Paulo
An austere exterior of stacked concrete volumes conceals a double-height courtyard and plant-filled terrace at the heart of this home in Tokyo, designed by local studio Apollo Architects & Associates. More about Apollo Architects & Associates prioritises "security and privacy" for Tokyo home
Argentina studio Además Arquitectura has completed a blocky concrete house protected by a rounded privacy wall in a suburban area of Buenos Aires. More about Además Arquitectura encloses Buenos Aires house with wall for "introspective approach"
As part of our ongoing parametricism series, we look at the Nordpark Railway Stations, a collection of four funicular railway stations in Innsbruck, Austria, designed by Zaha Hadid. More about Zaha Hadid's Nordpark stations topped with parametric "ice formations"
The Miller Hull Partnership has completed a renovation of a library at a university in San Luis Obispo, California, working to restore the original design intent of the brutalist building. More about Miller Hull renovates brutalist university library in California
Exposed concrete, steel-framed windows and handmade bricks reference the formerly industrial site of Agramonte House, a home in Portugal designed by local studio António Bessa Cruz Architects. More about António Bessa Cruz Architects replaces Porto car workshop with industrial-themed home
Montreal-based studio Atelier Carle has completed a mountainside house with wood and board-formed concrete finishes in Quebec. More about Atelier Carle creates "unconventional layout" for hemlock-clad Quebec house
From concrete council housing to monumental theatres, Brutalist London documents the myriad examples of brutalism in the UK capital. Here, author Owen Hopkins selects seven of his favourites featured in the book. More about Brutalist London book illustrates "lots of ways to be brutalist"
A staircase of raw board-formed concrete curves up the centre of this workspace for denim fashion label Purple Brand in Vancouver, Canada, designed by local studio Scott & Scott Architects. More about Concrete staircase anchors Purple Brand studios by Scott & Scott Architects
This week on Dezeen, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma unveiled the new entrance to the Angevin gothic-style Angers Cathedral. More about This week Kengo Kuma added an arched entrance to Angers Cathedral
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the arched entrance added by Japanese studio Kengo Kuma to Angers Cathedral in France. More about "A beautiful face wearing a VR headset" says commenter
Arched openings punctuate the contemporary entrance of Angers Cathedral in France, recently completed by the studio of Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. More about Kengo Kuma adds arched entrance to Angers Cathedral in France
Architecture studio Spaceworkers has completed the Vila do Bispo Museum in Portugal, adding a red-concrete volume to a pair of repurposed granaries. More about Spaceworkers transforms Portuguese granaries into museum with red-concrete extension
Monolithic brick volumes intended to evoke "the ruins of an undiscovered ancient civilisation" conceal this cafe in South Korea, designed by local architecture studio Sosokki Anac. More about Sosokki Anac designs angular Abogoga cafe in Gimpo to resemble ancient ruins