Seven cosy living rooms with industrial material palettes
Living rooms with tactile brick, concrete and wood surfaces feature in this lookbook, which shows that opting for industrial materials doesn't have to sacrifice cosiness. More
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Kelly Wearstler and Masastudio design California home as a "modern ruin"
This sprawling white concrete house in California is laid out like a "village" of open and enclosed spaces, with architecture by Masastudio and interiors by Kelly Wearstler. More
Trace Architecture Office perches cafe on Jiming Island cliff edge
Beijing studio Trace Architecture Office has placed a concrete cafe and guesthouse "like giant rocks" on the edge of a cliff on Jiming Island in Weihai, China. More
Omer Arbel uses fabric formwork for concrete pillars in Canadian house
Canadian designer and lighting brand Bocci founder Omer Arbel has created a home in British Columbia with expressive pillars made from concrete poured into fabric. More
Matra Architects spreads multi-generational Indian home across four concrete blocks
Four concrete volumes topped with pitched roofs run alongside each other to form Prism House, a multi-generational home designed by Indian studio Matra Architects. More
Brutalist Italy book showcases "sometimes surprising" concrete architecture
A Star Wars-like cemetery extension and a cheese-shaped temple feature in this roundup, where photographers Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego spotlight the best brutalist buildings from their book Brutalist Italy. More
Stanton Williams unveils UCL East building where "structure is the architecture"
British architecture studio Stanton Williams has designed a 35,000-square-metre academic building for the University College London, located in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. More
SMStudio includes pool with underwater windows in "bold" Vancouver house
Gridded fibre-cement cladding and a swimming pool with underwater windows feature at the East Van Residence in Vancouver by Canadian firm SMStudio. More
Ochre-tinted precast concrete forms Nightingale housing by Kennedy Nolan
Australian studio Kennedy Nolan has completed Leftfield, an affordable housing block with a "playful" form of pigmented precast concrete panels in the Brunswick neighbourhood of Melbourne. More
Tatiana Bilbao Estudio completes ruin-like aquarium in Mexico
Architecture studio Tatiana Bilbao Estudio has completed an aquarium in Mazatlán, Mexico, with a labyrinthine structure that "merges marine and terrestrial elements in its architectural design". More
Matharoo Associates wraps concrete home around light-filled stairwell
A network of cubic concrete volumes and staircases forms Up to the Sea, a blocky family home that Indian studio Matharoo Associates has added to the coastal town of Dumas, India. More
Spridd slots T-shaped house into rocky hillside in Stockholm
Raked concrete covers this T-shaped house, which architecture studio Spridd has slotted into a sloped site surrounded by trees on the island of Nacka in Stockholm. More
Taller David Dana stacks concrete house on Mexico City hillside
Local architecture studio Taller David Dana has stacked a series of boxes to create a vertical terraced house on a hillside in Mexico City. More
Living Breakwaters coastal defence system wins Obel Award 2023
Landscape studio Scape has won the Obel Award for 2023 for its "visionary" coastal defence system in New York City that will grow in efficiency as oysters inhabit it. More
Gregory Katz merges clashing geometries for South African home
A collision of geometric forms in contrasting brick and concrete defines Great Primary Shapes House, a dwelling in South Africa designed by local architect Gregory Katz. More
AAU Anastas designs The Wonder Cabinet in Bethlehem as hub for makers and creatives
Palestinian architects AAU Anastas have built a production facility and cultural hub in Bethlehem, which brings together the many strands of their cross-disciplinary practice and includes a radio station and restaurant. More
Štvanice Footbridge in Prague designed as a "sculpture in the city"
Architects Petr Tej and Marek Blank collaborated with engineer Jan Mourek to create this minimalist bridge across the River Vltava in Prague, which is intended to resemble marble. More
Práctica Arquitectura splits red infill home in Mexico with central courtyard
Local studio Práctica Arquitectura has elevated a concrete infill house with a red finish outside of Monterrey, Mexico. More
Pink concrete forms "geometric and disciplined" wing of Polish Army Museum
Architecture studio WXCA has extended the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw, adding a low-lying wing with coloured-concrete walls that are imprinted with chevrons. More
Studio Ardete wraps sculptural concrete ribbon around Indian home
An undulating skin of concrete weaves around the exterior of Ribbon House, a home in India designed by architecture practice Studio Ardete. More