Zozaya Arquitectos orients Mexican beach house around reflecting pool
Mexican studio Zozaya Arquitectos has designed a concrete seaside house defined by a calming water feature on the Pacific coast. More
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Exposed-concrete stair pulls light and views into Porto home by Tsou Arquitectos
A concrete staircase and curved lightwell draw light and views into Casa Vertical, a tall, narrow home in Porto, Portugal, which has been designed by local practice Tsou Arquitectos. More
Eight brutalist homes in Latin America
A holiday home punctuated by arches in Tulum and a "rugged" home in Argentina are among the projects in this roundup, which centres on brutalist houses in Latin American countries. More
Faceted panels wrap Line Hotel and Serif building in San Francisco
Cladding made of glass fibre-reinforced concrete wraps the exterior of a sculptural, mixed-used building that was designed by US firm Handel Architects for a crowded, triangular site. More
Atelier Gratia designs angular concrete courtyard house in Taiwan
An angular wall of exposed concrete informed by origami wraps this courtyard home in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, designed by local studio Atelier Gratia to be a "sanctuary" from the surrounding city. More
Ludwig Godefroy creates brutalist cube-shaped home in Mexico
Mexico City-based architect Ludwig Godefroy designed a brutalist concrete holiday home in a Mexican pine forest called Casa Alférez. More
"Timber alone cannot get us out of this mess"
Concrete as well as timber will be required to address the twin challenges of averting climate disaster and building the infrastructure the world needs, writes Philip Oldfield as part of our Timber Revolution series. More
La Seine Musicale is "a symbol with meaning and function" says Shigeru Ban
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban explains how his egg-shaped music auditorium acts as a western gateway to Paris in the last instalment of Dezeen's Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim. More
3D-printed bridge "combines ancient wisdoms and modern technology"
The Striatus bridge makes use of historic masonry construction techniques and modern technology explains Zaha Hadid Architects associate director Shajay Bhooshan in this instalment of Dezeen's Concrete Icons video series produced in collaboration with Holcim. More
The Square is a space for students to "open their minds" says Sou Fujimoto
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto explains how his stacked-cube learning centre in Switzerland is one of the most significant projects of his career in this instalment of Dezeen's Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim. More
Henn and TU Dresden complete world's first carbon concrete building
German architecture firm Henn and the Technical University of Dresden have completed the world's first building made of carbon concrete – a form of concrete reinforced with carbon fibre instead of steel. More
Scalloped concrete walls anchor California house by Laney LA
Undulated concrete walls form the lower portion of this Californian house by architecture studio Laney LA, while its top half is wrapped in glass and cedar. More
Eight practical and beautiful concrete bathrooms around the world
Our latest lookbook explores eight bathrooms with striking concrete interiors, ranging from a Mexico City bathroom that also features a rough-hewn stone bathtub to a UK bathroom built around a "concrete sculpture". More
Marazzi designs Cementum tile collection informed by cast concrete
Promotion: Italian tile brand Marazzi has launched a porcelain flooring collection called Cementum, which was designed to resemble cast concrete. More
Geometric perforations characterise coloured concrete housing block in Mexico
Mexican studio Miguel de la Torre Arquitectos has unveiled the coloured concrete Real de Los Reyes housing complex in Mexico City's Coyoacán neighbourhood. More
Undulating concrete landscape conceals Chinese cultural centre by Change Architects
A flowing landscape of grass-topped, terracotta-coloured concrete animates the Chaohu Natural and Cultural Centre designed by Chinese studio Change Architects to reference mountains in Anhui province. More
Studio Prineas adds concrete tower to fisherman’s cottage in Sydney
Architecture studio Studio Prineas has added a three-storey concrete extension to a 19th-century fisherman's cottage to create a home overlooking the harbour in Sydney, Australia. More
Urlo Studio completes stacked pigmented-concrete complex in Quito
Urlo Studio has designed a rotated, triangular mixed-use complex clad in red concrete panels and terracotta tiles that is meant to reference the architectural heritage of its site in Quito, Ecuador. More
Isern Serra creates pared-back office "with seemingly surreal details" for Andrés Reisinger
Spanish architecture and interior design studio Isern Serra kept to a material palette of concrete, quartz and stainless steel to create this pared-back office for Reisinger Studio More
FGR Architects hides Melbourne house behind high concrete walls
Austere concrete walls create labyrinthine paths and pockets of greenery around this home in Melbourne, Australia, which was designed by local practice FGR Architects. More