Photos reveal Tadao Ando's completed He Art Museum in China
New photos have been released of Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando's cylindrical He Art Museum, which has reached completion in Guangdong, China. More
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Summary builds modular housing in Portugal from precast concrete
Architecture studio Summary built VDC, a modular housing scheme in Portugal's Vale de Cambria, out of prefabricated concrete elements. More
Concrete colonnade links educational facilities at Boys and Girls Club in Mexico
A sweeping colonnade and stepped plazas animate the concrete Boys and Girls Club that Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica has built for children living in south-central Mexico. More
Wohnregal is a prefabricated concrete live-work apartment block in Berlin
Architecture studio FAR has built a six-storey housing block in Berlin from precast concrete slabs. More
Contreras Earl Architecture designs "living ark" for coral conservation near Great Barrier Reef
Australian studio Contreras Earl Architecture has revealed its design for the Living Coral Biobank, which will have a sculptural concrete facade informed by coral. More
Giorgi Khmaladze Architects encloses Tbilisi coffee factory in folded concrete
A coffee factory and offices in Tbilisi, Georgia, has been built in a geometric concrete shell topped by a green roof by local studio Giorgi Khmaladze Architects. More
Sharjah's brutalist Flying Saucer turned into arts centre
UAE-based SpaceContinuum Design Studio has collaborated with the Sharjah Art Foundation to turn a 1970s brutalist restaurant into an arts centre in Sharjah. More
Old nylon factory converted into "cathedral-like" office space
HofmanDujardin and Schipper Bosch have inserted a steel frame into the expansive production hall of an old nylon factory in Arnhem to create the KB Building offices. More
Szczepaniak Astridge adds concrete and timber extension to London house
Untitled House is a residential extension and renovation in Camberwell, London, by architecture studio Szczepaniak Astridge that centres around a "concrete sculpture". More
The brutalist Salters' Hall is enclosed by white fluted concrete
The penultimate video tour published in collaboration with Open House London documents Salters' Hall, the white brutalist livery hall near the Barbican Estate. More
Double O Studio tops trefoil-shaped concrete house with rooftop pool
Double O Studio has designed Trefoil House in Aroeira, Portugal, as a series of overlapping concrete shapes topped by a long swimming pool. More
Ernö Goldfinger's Glenkerry House is a brutalist "vertical village"
This short film, published in collaboration with Open House London, focuses on Glenkerry House, a tower block that marries brutalism with architect Ernö Goldfinger's utopian housing ideals. More
Arched precast concrete panels form North Perth House by Nic Brunsdon
Precast concrete panels punctuated with swooping arches make up this family home in Perth, Australia, designed by architect Nic Brunsdon. More
Durbach Block Jaggers and John Wardle Architects create brick-clad cultural centre in Sydney
Phoenix Central Park is a gallery and a performance space in Sydney designed by Durbach Block Jaggers and John Wardle Architects. More
Concrete colonnade wraps 54-metre-long house in Bolivia
A slender, lush garden is hidden behind the walls of this long concrete house in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, designed by local firm Sommet. More
Lahofer Winery by Chybik + Kristof features undulating roof with amphitheatre
Architecture studio Chybik + Kristof has topped the Lahofer Winery in the Czech Republic with a walkable roof with an open-air theatre. More
Six sculptural concrete seats including liquid-like chairs and squashed benches
Often associated with toughness, concrete is an unusual material choice for furniture. But these six designs show how the material can be used for seating in a variety of forms including curved stools, puffy chairs and squashed benches. More
Curved stools by Jerome Byron are made from pastel concrete
American architect Jerome Byron has created a series of colourful stools by pigmenting glass-fibre reinforced concrete and setting it in curved shapes. More
Concrete balconies and planters front Lima apartments by Barclay & Crousse
Architecture firm Barclay & Crousse has used concrete plant plots overspilling with greenery to offer residents of an apartment building in Lima privacy. More
Black House by V2 Arquitectos contrasts charred wood with concrete
Argentinian architecture firm V2 Arquitectos has stacked a charred wood volume on top of a concrete structure to form a residence outside of Buenos Aires. More