New York-based studio Solk Architecture has designed a rectangular, gabled house with fibre cement siding as a way to find beauty in functionality in the Hudson Valley. More about Solk Architecture places white house on Hudson Valley hilltop
Staggered volumes organised around a rounded courtyard form the net-zero Westmark Lower School, which was designed by architecture studio NBBJ to "reduce anxiety and stress" for students with learning differences. More about NBBJ completes nature-infused California school for neurodiverse students
A gridded facade of fibre cement, glass and large blinds defines this house in western Slovakia, designed by local studio Beef Architekti. More about Beef Architekti creates "outdoor rooms" at House of Grid in Slovakia
Architecture studio Edition Office has created a three-bedroom house with a cutout roof and fibre-cement cladding in Mossy Point, Australia. More about Edition Office tops New South Wales home with "bird’s mouth" cutout roof
An irregular roofline and pale pink walls feature on the exterior of a multi-generational co-living complex in New England that architecture studio French 2D hopes can "serve as a replicable model" in the country. More about Massachusetts co-living building by French 2D is model for "alternative American housing"
Gridded fibre-cement cladding and a swimming pool with underwater windows feature at the East Van Residence in Vancouver by Canadian firm SMStudio. More about SMStudio includes pool with underwater windows in "bold" Vancouver house
Gabled forms clad in Texas limestone and fibre cement form a family home by US studio Clayton Korte, which is meant to blend in with the character of its Austin neighbourhood. More about Clayton Korte clads Hartford Residence in Austin with limestone and fibre cement
California studio Assembledge+ has created a two-storey accessory dwelling unit that features blue fibre-cement cladding and an asymmetrical gabled roof. More about Assembledge+ places blue ADU in backyard of Los Angeles bungalow
Painted fibre-cement panels enclose the warm, wooden interiors of the SP House that (E)StudioRO has completed overlooking Tunquén beach in Chile. More about Teal-hued panels enclose timber beach retreat in Chile
Architect Arne Algeröd and his artist wife Soile clad their house on a rocky site in Sweden with corrugated fibre cement panels to protect it from the sea's salty spray and harsh winds. More about Architect and artist build their house by the sea in Sweden
The renovation of this Brooklyn row house by local firm Bostudio Architecture involved recladding the property in grey fibre-cement board and reworking its internal layout. More about Bostudio updates Sunset Park Row House with fibre-cement cladding and open layout
Chilean firm Studio Cáceres Lazo (SCL) has balanced a glass and concrete residence on a hillside outside Santiago, facing out towards the rolling countryside. More about Studio Cáceres Lazo nestles home into Chilean valley to offer sweeping views
This long-drop composting toilet by Invisible Studio provides facilities for the practice's self-built woodland workshop, and was built using offcuts from that project. More about Invisible Studio designs composting toilet for its own woodland workshop
Cement-fibre panels that appear to have the same texture as an elephant's skin clad the exterior of this home that architect Sean Guess built for himself in Austin, Texas. More about Self-built Austin home by Sean Guess is clad in hide-like cement panels
Recessed windows set into the facades of this youth centre in the English town of Tadley feature faceted timber-lined frames that contrast the building's dark fibre-cement cladding. More about Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt completes angular youth centre in Hampshire
Irregularly shaped perforations in the pale green facades of this new university research institute in Portugal are inspired by the tubular molecules that form solar panels. More about Perforated green cladding wraps university science institute by Cláudio Vilarinho
This Slovenian home by Skupaj Arhitekti mimics the gabled form of its Alpine village neighbours, but it also features contemporary details and finishes (+ slideshow). More about Skupaj Arhitekti couples traditional form with contemporary materials for Alpine home
Fibre-cement shingles cover this gabled barn in northeast France, which GENS: Association Libérale d'Architecture has converted into five apartments (+ slideshow). More about Cement shingles create scaly facade for French barn conversion by GENS
Vienna Design Week 2010: Austrian designer Rainer Mutsch has created a range of outdoor seating moulded from sheets of fiber cement. More about Dune by Rainer Mutsch