Chris Luce designs Casa Nu as a "refuge" for surfers
Exposed concrete and open-air showers define this Mexican house by architect Chris Luce, which was designed as a functional sanctuary for surfers. More
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Studio Okami Architecten exposes brutalist skeleton of Antwerp apartment
Belgian studio Studio Okami Architecten has renovated a duplex apartment in the brutalist Riverside Tower in Antwerp, allowing its original concrete structure to take centre stage. More
Marià Castelló and José Antonio Molina design concrete house with glazed corridor overlooking the sea
Two concrete volumes linked by a glazed corridor form this family home that Spanish architects Marià Castelló and José Antonio Molina have embedded in a rocky site overlooking the sea in Costa Brava. More
Kaan Architecten designs geological centre in Germany to look like a "block of stone"
Dutch practice Kaan Architecten has completed the new Geo and Environmental Centre (GUZ) in Tübingen, Germany, informed by the appearance of a block of stone. More
New concrete vaulted floor suggests path to cutting carbon emissions
A type of flooring that uses 75 per cent less concrete than the current standard has been invented by researchers at the universities of Bath, Cambridge and Dundee, who say it could make a "major difference" to the construction industry's carbon footprint. More
Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten combines "sacred and ordinary" in concrete church tower
German practice Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten has completed a church and social welfare centre in New Taipei City, Taiwan, housed in a high-rise concrete block topped with an angular roof. More
Grassy courtyard forms heart of Brazilian house by Shieh Arquitetos
Shieh Arquitetos Associados has organised this residence in Brazil around a lush courtyard so that its residents can "step onto grass from the bedrooms". More
NWLND Rogiers Vandeputte contrasts red concrete pool house with green landscape
Architecture studio NWLND Rogiers Vandeputte has built a pool house from red concrete within the wooded garden of a home in Flanders, Belgium. More
Felipe Escudero arranges concrete house around central magnolia tree
Estudio Felipe Escudero has built an Ecuadorian house around a central courtyard, which features the firm's first furniture collection. More
Ten houses made from colourful concrete
Concrete is usually associated with an industrial-looking shade of grey, but it doesn't always have to be that way. Here, Dezeen rounds up 10 concrete houses that bring colour to the material. More
Palma reorganises San Ignacio beach home in Mexico around circular pool
Mexican design studio Palma has renovated and extended a home on the Pacific coast, reorganising the living spaces around a central circular swimming pool. More
Slope House by El Sindicato Arquitectura steps down a Quito hillside
This home on the side of a hill in Ecuador was designed by El Sindicato Arquitectura to provide maximum privacy to its owners and their two daughters. More
Light wells puncture roof of concrete house in Brasília by Debaixo do Bloco Arquitetura
Brazilian architecture studio Debaixo do Bloco Arquitetura has built a concrete home in Brasília made up of three volumes, each lit by a central light well carved out of its angular roof. More
Raw concrete penthouse and event space created inside former Athens warehouse
Raw concrete walls serve as a backdrop to vintage furnishings in this rentable venue and guest suite that Studio Andrew Trotter, Gavalas Ioannidou Architecture and Eva Papadaki have created within a converted 1970s industrial building in Athens, Greece. More
Mariano Fiorentini creates concrete Casa Golf in Argentina
Local architect Mariano Fiorentini has completed an Argentinian house next to a golf course that was designed to look like a "huge block of concrete". More
UK appoints cement trade body the Mineral Products Association to calculate concrete's potential as a carbon sink
The UK government has commissioned the trade body representing the concrete industry to determine the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide captured in concrete buildings and infrastructure in a move critics have described as "like the fox guarding the henhouse." More
Estudio Mola completes block of elevated row houses in Buenos Aires
Brick screens and patterned metal shutters wrap the outside of this block of row houses in Buenos Aires that was developed by local architects Estudio Mola. More
ETH Zurich develops formwork from 3D-printed foam to slash concrete use in buildings
Researchers at ETH Zurich have used 3D-printed formwork elements made from recyclable mineral foam to create a pre-cast concrete slab, which they say is lighter and better insulated while using 70 per cent less material. More
GH3 creates sculptural Stormwater Facility for new Toronto neighbourhood
An angular concrete building and an underground reservoir form a stormwater treatment plant in Toronto by Canadian firm GH3 that is meant to "signal a new and distinctive city precinct". More
Adjaye Associates completes rose-hued culture hub in Florida
British architecture firm Adjaye Associates has designed a collection of pigmented-concrete pavilions in Winter Park, Florida, to house a library and an events centre. More