Carmody Groarke inserts concrete house inside old brick warehouse in London
House and Studio Lambeth is a new building that architecture office Carmody Groarke has slotted into the brick shell of a Victorian warehouse in south London. More
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Open Architecture builds cave-like art gallery inside a sand dune
A network of subterranean concrete galleries forms the UCCA Dune Art Museum, which Beijing-based Open Architecture has completed in Qinhuangdao, China. More
White Arkitekter designs water tower with wave shape for Sweden
Undulating concrete panels will form the facade of VÅGA, a large water tower planned for a hilltop in Varberg, Sweden, to create the impression of a wave rolling across the landscape. More
Warped concrete roof tops Miami architecture school by Arquitectonica
A massive curving slab of concrete covers the new school of architecture building at the University of Miami, by local firm Arquitectonica. More
Textured concrete gives rocky appearance to office in a nature reserve by Rink Tilanus
Rough concrete forms the walls of Levensstrijdweg, an office designed by Rink Tilanus to blend into its nature-reserve setting in Zierikzee, the Netherlands. More
Mark Cavagnero creates concrete Chapel for Saint Mary's in California
A sculptural volume that recalls a church steeple rises high above a concrete chapel in the San Francisco Bay Area, designed by American studio Mark Cavagnero Associates. More
Photovoltaic concrete facade uses sunlight to generate energy
Concrete facades could soon capture solar energy to power buildings, using a prototype photovoltaic cladding developed by materials company LafargeHolcim and electronics manufacturer Heliatek. More
Arup and CLS Architetti's 3D-printed house was built in a week
Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video investigates a 3D-printed house, which was built in a week, onsite in a Milan square, using recycled concrete. More
Bram Vanderbeke uses concrete waste blocks to create neolithic-looking furniture
Ghent-based designer Bram Vanderbeke has sculpted a series of abstract furniture pieces from blocks made of concrete waste that are treated with pigments and waxes to give an unexpected texture. More
AGi Architects' Rock House in Kuwait wrapped with "origami-like" stone facades
This private home in Kuwait, deigned by AGi Architects, features a faceted concrete shell clad in stone that folds up and around a central courtyard. More
OMA's prefabricated concrete tower has "echoes of brutalist architecture"
Innovationen Tower, a 125-metre high tower formed of stacked precast concrete modules, has completed as part of an OMA-designed housing development in Stockholm. More
Johnson Naylor converts world war two pumping station into holiday home on Dungeness beach
A concrete structure that was built as a bomb-proof fuel pumping station during world war two in Dungeness, England, has been transformed into a holiday home by UK-based interior architecture studio Johnson Naylor. More
Pigmented concrete emulates sculptural stone in Gestalt furniture by Sment
Dark pigments create the illusion of precious stones in this series of geometric concrete furniture by Belgian design studio Sment. More
Bentu Design creates Wreck furniture from ceramic waste
Chinese studio Bentu Design aims to highlight the amount of waste produced by the ceramics industry with its Wreck furniture range. More
Zaha Hadid Architects and ETH Zurich debut concrete pavilion with 3D-knitted formwork
A double-curved concrete shelled pavilion, constructed using a 3D-knitted formwork developed by Zaha Hadid Architects and ETH Zurich, has gone on display in Mexico City. More
Peter Zumthor completes Devon countryside villa "in the tradition of Andrea Palladio"
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has completed his Secular Retreat – a Living Architecture holiday home designed to celebrate the landscape like the villas of his hero, Andrea Palladio. More
Concrete shell wraps Luciano Kruk's Rodríguez House in Argentina
Argentinian architect Luciano Kruk has built a linear concrete house on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, with a slatted wood entrance and a large swimming pool in its expansive garden. More
Promontorio adds concrete spiral staircase to 1980s office building in Lisbon
Portuguese studio Promontorio has transformed a 1980s office building in Lisbon into a high-tech headquarters featuring a spiralling concrete staircase. More
Piercarlo Quecchia reveals England's acoustic defences of the 1920s in Sound Mirrors photos
Concrete sound mirrors, used in the UK to intercept coastal attacks in the aftermath of the first world war, are captured in this photography series by Piercarlo Quecchia. More
Dyed concrete walls surround Swiss embassy in Nairobi by Roeoesli Maeder Architekten
Swiss studio Roeoesli Maeder Architekten has built anembassy for Switzerland in Nairobi, Kenya, as an extension of the dyed concrete boundary wall that surrounds the compound. More