This movie shows how a redundant Second World War bunker in the Netherlands was turned into a sculptural visitor attraction by slicing it down the middle to reveal its insides. More
This house in western England by London studio Paul Archer Design features a mirrored facade that slides across to cover the windows (+ slideshow). More
A home and studio for a photographer are contained inside this Corten steel bunker that Undercurrent Architects has squeezed beside and beneath the arch of a railway viaduct in south London. More
Wooden shutters fold, tilt and slide open to let in the sun and keep out the burglars at this weekend cabin in New Zealand by architects Crosson Clarke Carnachan (+ slideshow). More
Climbers in the Alps can now spend their nights sleeping in a tube that cantilevers over the edge of a mountain. More
Continuing our series of stories about security-conscious and bunker-like residences, here's an Australian holiday home that can be secured with huge sliding steel shutters. More
Dezeen archive: following the riots in the UK this week and our popular recent story about a steel-plated house (bottom left), which one reader though might come in handy in a zombie apocalypse, we've compiled a selection of stories about bunkers and other fortified buildings. See all the stories »
A drawbridge-like flap lowers from the steel-plated facade of this Melbourne bunker to reveal a bedroom window. More
Following our story about Shigeru Ban's apartments secured by rolling metal shutters, here's a concrete house near Stuttgart that can be sealed with sliding screens. More
After hours, rolling metal shutters fasten across these New York apartments designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. More
This dreamy holiday bunker designed by Portuguese studio Phyd Arquitectura is sunk into the landscape, overlooking the hills near Torres Novas. More
Japanese firm Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates have completed a concrete house in Fukuoka that resembles a half-submerged submarine. More
This house outside Warsaw by Polish architect Robert Konieczny transforms from a villa by day to a fortress by night. More
Concrete wedges project out from the facade of this single-storey residence near Madrid by Spanish architecture studio A-Cero. More
Architecture students Felix de Montesquiou and Hugo Kaici have designed the headquarters for a conceptual company that would help customers migrate illegally from Europe to the UK. More
Portuguese studio dIONISO LAB have completed a house in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, with a façade comprising aluminium shutters perforated with symbols. More
This concrete house in Hiedaira, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, by Kyoto firm Thomas Daniell Studio, is located next door to the house and studio we published on Dezeen last week (see our earlier story here). More
Manhattan firm Andre Kikosi Architect installed a folding Corten steel façade to transform this disused New York warehouse into a market and music venue. More
Dutch studio Atelier Van Lieshout have created a mobile, indestructible dwelling with an armoured shell. More
This villa by Athens firm decaArchitecture is one of a collection of 24 to be introduced to the Greek island of Antiparos by Athens developers Oliaros. More