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
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Low-slung roof shelters blockwork home on Mornington Peninsula
A low-slung roof with deep eaves shelters Merricks Farmhouse, a concrete-block home in Australia designed by South African studio Michael Lumby Architecture with Brisbane practice Nielsen Jenkins. 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
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
Bak Gordon inserts green-tiled concrete house on sloping street in Lisbon
Portuguese studio Bak Gordon Arquitectos has designed two concrete structures separated by a courtyard for a house on a narrow plot in Lisbon. More
John Friedman and Alice Kimm include dining room crane in Los Angeles house
Architects John Friedman and Alice Kimm have stacked a concrete mass with sinuous cutouts into a hillside as a home for their family in Los Angeles, complete with a crane in the kitchen and an accessory dwelling unit. More
HGR Arquitectos reinforces triangular concrete housing against seismic activity
Local studio HGR Arquitectos has completed a triangular concrete apartment block with a rounded corner meant to stand up against earthquakes in Mexico City. More
Ksa Studený completes trapezoidal concrete home overlooking Slovakian forest
Architecture studio Ksa Studený designed this trapezoidal concrete and glass house to frame views of a forest near the village of Pernek in Slovakia. More
Ludwig Godefroy creates "habitable gardens" using massive skylights in Mexico
Mexico City-based architect Ludwig Godefroy has cut circular openings into the slanted ceilings of a series of dwellings in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, to create semi-exposed pools and gardens. More
Anonymous Architects embeds concrete house into Los Angeles hillside
Local studio Anonymous Architects has completed a residence with a concrete plinth that cantilevers off a mountainside in Los Angeles. More
"Boxy and mysterious" villa nestles into forested valley in Indonesia
Dark-coloured concrete characterises Jae Haala, an angular holiday home that Java studio Wiyoga Nurdiansyah Architects has created in a forested valley in Indonesia. More
Studio Weave nestles pink Seosaeng House into South Korean hillside
London-based practice Studio Weave used pink concrete tiles to clad a clifftop house that overlooks the sea in South Korea. More
Norman Foster Foundation and Holcim reveal concrete emergency housing prototype
In this video produced for Holcim by Dezeen, Norman Foster introduces a housing prototype for displaced people that the Norman Foster Foundation developed with the building materials company and unveiled at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More
Workshop Architects renovates and expands purple Mérida home
Local architecture studio Workshop Architects has renovated a Spanish colonial house in Mérida, Mexico, and added two concrete buildings in its garden. More
Eight brutalist Mexican interiors that prove concrete doesn't have to feel cold
Raw concrete surfaces are softened by timber and plenty of daylight inside these Mexican houses, rounded up here as part of our latest lookbook. More
FMT Estudio connects two Mexican dwellings with swimming pool courtyard
Local architecture practice FMT Estudio has completed two concrete houses on either end of a narrow plot in Mérida, Mexico, connected by a central courtyard. More
Takeshi Hirobe Architects designs Japanese house to "dance around" complex site
Challenging site constraints informed the angular shape of this concrete house named Villa MKZ, designed by Japanese studio Takeshi Hirobe Architects. More
Espacio 18 Arquitectura cantilevers a sculptural concrete house in Oaxaca
Mexican studio Espacio 18 Arquitectura has balanced an expansive concrete house designed like a "rock carved to create a sculpture" on a hillside in Oaxaca. More
Design Ni Dukaan wraps "citadel-like" house in curved concrete wall
Multidisciplinary studio Design ni Dukaan has completed a house in Gujarat, India, with a board-formed concrete exterior walls that wrap the home and define courtyard spaces. More
Brutalist-style villa by Espacio 18 embodies "natural beauty" of Yucatán Peninsula caves
Mexican practice Espacio 18 Arquitectura has designed a concrete holiday home in Tulum with a circular window in one of the ceilings that reveals a swimming pool. More