Cast-concrete Galway Picture Palace by dePaor Architects stands behind a Georgian terrace
This moulded concrete cinema by Irish studio dePaor Architects is built on the site of a Georgian merchant's house in Galway, west Ireland (+ slideshow). More
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Concrete holiday homes by Adamo-Faiden occupy Uruguay's coastal woodland
Argentinian studio Adamo-Faiden has designed a group of concrete summer houses called Sociedad de Mar for a patch of forest on the coast of Uruguay (+ slideshow). More
Tropical Box house in Kuala Lumpur is wrapped in a concrete "egg crate"
Malaysian studio WHBC Architects wrapped this house with a gridded concrete facade, designed to create privacy while providing a frame for tropical plants to grow around the building (+ slideshow). More
Folded concrete canopy shelters Spanish bus station by Ismo Arquitectura
A cluster of concrete animal-feed silos loom over this pavilion-like bus station in western Spain, which was designed by Ismo Arquitectura to improve transport links to a fortified town (+ slideshow). More
Slide House by Y+M Design Office comprises four layers of square concrete frames
Square concrete frames in different sizes create four layers of rooms for this house at the foot of Japan's Mount Rokkō by Y+M Design Office (+ slideshow). More
Pitsou Kedem brings together translucent, transparent and opaque materials for family house
Concrete slabs, translucent glass planks and frameless window walls offer varying degrees of privacy for this house in the Israeli city of Ramat Gan by Pitsou Kedem (+ slideshow). More
Concrete painter's studio by Felipe Assadi nestles into a rocky hillside on the Chilean seafront
This concrete painting studio by Santiago studio Felipe Assadi Architects is half-submerged in the cliffside gardens of a house on the Chilean coastline (+ slideshow). More
Vitrô Arquitetura exposes structural concrete pillars within 1960s São Paulo apartment
Brazilian firm Vitrô Arquitetura has renovated a 1960s apartment in São Paulo, revealing structural concrete pillars and brickwork walls (+ slideshow). More
White concrete chapel by Gerhard Sacher features glazed walls that allow views right through
This small family chapel in rural Austria has a white concrete shell and glass gable walls, allowing views right through the building to the rolling countryside beyond (+ slideshow). More
Jakarta office block by Wahana Architects features trailing planting and an underground passage
Wahana Architects used a combination of red brick, perforated metal and slatted timber to provide different levels of exposure for each floor in the PS-26 Office in Jakarta, Indonesia (+ slideshow). More
Sawmill House is a reclaimed-concrete home for a sculptor on an old Australian gold mine
Sculptor Benjamin Gilbert worked with architecture studio Archier to build his own family house on a former gold mine and sawmill, using reclaimed concrete blocks and rough-sawn macrocarpa wood (+ slideshow). More
Victor Gubbins pays tribute to Le Corbusier with concrete beach house on the Chilean coast
Influenced by Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye, this sculptural concrete residence by Santiago studio Gubbins Arquitectos perches on the craggy cliffs of the Chilean coastline (+ slideshow). More
Qujing History Museum in China features a roof shaped like an upside-down staircase
Chinese firms Atelier Alter and Hordor Design Group have completed a major new museum of natural history in China, featuring a roof described by the architects as a "vertical landscape of concrete" (+ slideshow). More
Atelier Central Arquitectos adds concrete entrance and golden walkways to Lisbon school
Atelier Central Arquitectos has upgraded the campus of a Lisbon high school, adding a pale concrete entrance block and a network of corridors enclosed behind slender golden fins (+ movie). More
Yoshiyasu Mizuno creates raw concrete office block for fish-processing plant
Mizuno Architecture Design has created a concrete office and conference facility for the employees of a tuna processing factory in the Japanese seaside town of Yaizu (+ slideshow). More
Concrete cultural centre completed by King Kong architects in picturesque French town
The concrete roof of this cultural centre in the French town of Chasseneuil-du-Poitou slopes down to create a cantilevered canopy across the courtyard at its entrance (+ slideshow). More
Apollo Architects creates spaces for artwork and cars in raw concrete Grigio house
This raw concrete house in Tokyo was designed by Japanese firm Apollo Architects & Associates as a family home for a couple whose interests include contemporary art and cars (+ slideshow). More
Cantilevered concrete box houses poolside bar at weekend retreat in Belo Horizonte
Brazilian studios BCMF and MACh have added a cantilevered bar and sunken gallery to a private residential complex on the outskirts of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, which perches on a hillside overlooking the surrounding valleys (+ slideshow). More
Concrete concert hall by Rojkind Arquitectos will overlook the Gulf of Mexico
Construction work has started on a new concert hall by Mexican firm Rojkind Arquitectos in Boca del Rio, Mexico, featuring a bold geometric form that references the jagged outline of an adjacent jetty. More
ARX Portugal completes whitewashed concrete market that connects streets above and below
Spiralling staircases connect stalls on different levels inside this concrete market building as well as creating a route between two districts in the Portuguese town of Abrantes (+ slideshow). More