Guillem Carrera's care home in northern Spain encourages residents to socialise
Architect Guillem Carrera has completed an environmentally friendly elderly care home and day centre on a wedge-shaped plot in the Spanish village of Blancafort. More
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Titan reinstates visitor centre at George Clemenceau's coastal home
French architecture firm Titan has built a sand-coloured concrete pavilion to welcome visitors to the former home of French prime minister Georges Clemenceau, in western France. More
3D-printing could enable people to build their own houses "at the touch of a button"
The latest installment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores a plan to build multi-storey housing with 3D-printers, a technique that the project's architects claim will enable people to design and build their own houses quickly and easily. More
Collection of benches woven in 3D-printed concrete
Berlin-based designers Studio 7.5 collaborated with Parisian 3D printing experts XtreeE to create a series of continuously printed concrete benches with a woven pattern. More
Alarciaferrer Arquitectos builds Casa MM within Argentinian nature preserve
Argentinian firm Alarciaferrer Arquitectos has designed a house with exposed concrete walls, a sloping roof and an outdoor swimming pool in a rural part of the country. More
Ibañez Shaw's Fort Worth Camera Studios feature details that allude to photography
A pierced concrete wall based on camera apertures fronts this photography studio in Forth Worth, Texas, by local firm Ibañez Shaw Architecture. More
Urben Seyboth brightens up interior of Swiss village house from the 1960s
Swiss studio Urben Seyboth has refurbished a mid-century house near Zurich, preserving original details such as the board-marked concrete facades but opening up the interior to create a sequence of brighter spaces. More
Al-Jawad Pike combines robust and affordable materials for extension to Peckham house
Architecture office Al-Jawad Pike used pigmented concrete blockwork for the exterior and interior of this two-storey extension to a Victorian house in south London. More
Viewing platform tops Felipe Assadi's Casa Cipolla on Chilean coast
The roof of this concrete house, by Felipe Assadi Arquitectos, doubles as a lookout point for residents to take in views of Chile's coastline. More
Carrots could be key to stronger concrete
Concrete mixtures could be strengthened by adding nanoparticles extracted from carrots and other root vegetables, research currently underway at England's Lancaster University suggests. More
Henley Halebrown creates concrete-and-brick student halls for garden-like site
London-based Henley Halebrown referenced both Georgian and modernist buildings when creating this Stirling Prize-shortlisted group of brick-clad student halls at the University of Roehampton's parkland campus. More
Arklab creates matching larch-clad houses with "the same DNA"
Swedish architecture studio Arklab has completed a pair of "sibling" houses in the German town of Heidelberg that feature unique angled forms to ensure they do not overlook one another. More
ETH Zurich makes lightweight concrete ceiling using 3D sand-printing
A lightweight concrete ceiling with formwork 3D-printed from sand is among the innovations to feature in an experimental robot-made house built by university ETH Zurich. More
Pastel furnishings contrast against concrete walls in Seville's Casaplata restaurant
Spanish studio Lucas y Hernández-Gil looked to the subdued paintings of artist Giorgio Morandi when creating the greyscale interiors of this restaurant in Seville. More
Rock-like Mater vases feature inside Copenhagen restaurant Noma
Designers Frederik Nystrup-Larsen and Oliver Sundquist have created a series of knobbly concrete vases that looks like lava rocks, for the new home of prolific Copenhagen restaurant Noma. More
Russell Jones creates pared-back concrete house in a Dutch forest
Living spaces at this house in Waalre, the Netherlands, are contained within a cluster of concrete structures that incorporate large openings framing views of the surrounding forest. More
Fuses Viader Arquitectes converts abandoned hilltop fortress into museum and hotel
Fuses Viader Arquitectes has transformed a 19th-century fortress near the Spanish city of Girona into a museum and hotel complex featuring concrete, glass and weathered-steel. More
Smiljan Radić uses lantern-like skin to disguise concrete frame of Teatro Regional del Bíobío
A translucent concertinaed shell conceals the gridded concrete interior of this theatre designed by architects Smiljan Radić, Eduardo Castillo and Gabriela Medrano for the city of Concepción, Chile. More
Smiljan Radić works on fire station and playground for Chilean civic hub
Architects Smiljan Radić, Eduardo Castillo and Danilo Lazcano teamed up on this community hub in San Pedro de La Paz, Chile, featuring a bright red fire station, raised black walkway and a playground. More
MoMA curators select highlights from Towards a Concrete Utopia
The curators of MoMA's recently opened exhibition about the architecture of former Yugoslavia have chosen their favourite pieces from the show, including Kenzo Tange's masterplan for Skopje and a giant war monument in Croatia. More