Casa Narigua by David Pedroza Castañeda thrusts out from the Mexican landscape
The mountain landscape of coastal Mexico provides an idyllic setting for this red concrete house by Mexican architect David Pedroza Castañeda (+ slideshow). More
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Pezo von Ellrichshausen's Casa Cien is a home and studio with a bumpy concrete finish
Architect duo Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen built this seven-storey concrete tower in the Chilean countryside to house their own living quarters as well as a studio for their firm (photos by Cristobal Palma + movie). More
Archium's Urban Hive tower has a perforated facade modelled on honeycomb
Hundreds of circular apertures perforate the reinforced concrete walls of this office tower in Seoul by Korean studio Archium, designed to recreate the structural strength of honeycomb (+ slideshow). More
Concrete apartment by Airhouse Design Office features display space for "precious clothes"
Raw concrete surfaces dominate inside this stark apartment in Nagoya, Japan, that Japanese studio Airhouse Design Office has renovated for a fashion lover (+ slideshow). More
CRAB Studio creates cave-like meeting rooms at Bond University architecture faculty
Curving concrete walls frame secluded meeting rooms along the central thoroughfare of this architecture faculty building at Bond University in Queensland, Australia, by Peter Cook's architecture firm CRAB Studio (+ slideshow). More
Water treatment facility by Skylab Architecture features a roof of grass-covered fins
Seven concrete fins provide a green roof that collects rainwater at this new engineering facility for a wastewater treatment plant in Portland, Oregon, by local firm Skylab Architecture (+ slideshow). More
Sunken house by De Matos Ryan nestles in a secret garden
This house in London by local studio De Matos Ryan sits within a sunken courtyard, surrounded by a secret flower garden (+ slideshow). More
Curving concrete creates a tunnel through Tokyo house by Makiko Tsukada
A concrete tunnel slices through the base of this Tokyo house by Japanese architect Makiko Tsukada, creating a round hole in the facade that reveals the underside of a staircase (+ slideshow). More
Sarah Lucas uses concrete breeze blocks to create first furniture range
Milan 2014: British artist Sarah Lucas presents her debut furniture collection, made from concrete blocks and MDF, in Milan tonight (+ slideshow). More
Movie: Tadao Ando's art and design school for University of Monterrey
This movie by Mexican film agency Nation tours the school of art, design and architecture that Japanese architect Tadao Ando completed last year at the University of Monterrey in Mexico. More
White shelves hang from crumbly concrete walls in Bulgarian shoe shop by Elia Nedkov
Architect Elia Nedkov paired exposed concrete with clean white displays for the interior of this shoe shop in the historical centre of Sofia in Bulgaria. More
Glebe House by Nobbs Radford Architects extends a Sydney residence
Chunky concrete slabs alternate with deeply recessed windows on the exterior of this Sydney house extension by Australian firm Nobbs Radford Architects (+ slideshow). More
Concrete auditorium by Valentiny HVP Architects built for Brazil's Música em Trancoso festival
This shell-like concrete structure with triangular slices is an auditorium designed by Luxembourg studio Valentiny HVP Architects for an annual music festival in the Brazilian town of Trancoso (+ slideshow). More
Nameless Architecture adds concrete church to growing Korean town
This raw concrete church by Nameless Architecture presents a cross-shaped elevation to a road junction in Byeollae, a new district under development outside Seoul, South Korea (+ movie). More
Concrete room cantilevers over a pool at Formwerkz Architects' Extended House
A concrete room cantilevers over a swimming pool as part of this extension to a postwar property in Singapore by local office Formwerkz Architects. More
Shirokane House by MDS concealed behind windowless concrete facade
A doorway is the only opening in the faceted concrete facade of this family residence in Tokyo by architecture studio MDS. More
Wall of bushy plants fronts São Paulo housing block by TACOA
A square wall covered in plants announces the presence of this concrete housing block in São Paulo by Brazilian architecture studio TACOA (photos by Leonardo Finotti + slideshow). More
Perforated concrete walls encase La Tallera gallery by Frida Escobedo
Mexican architect Frida Escobedo has transformed the former home and studio of painter David Alfaro Siqueiros into a public gallery and encased the entire complex behind a triangulated concrete lattice (+ slideshow). More
Abandoned concrete bunker converted into a green power plant by IBA Hamburg
This concrete Second World War bunker in Hamburg has been converted into a renewable energy plant and visitor centre by urban development company IBA Hamburg (+ slideshow). More
Concrete house by Langarita-Navarro photographed as a crime scene
A raw concrete house in Alicante by Spanish studio Langarita-Navarro Arquitectos becomes the scene for a string of mysterious murders in this series of images by photographer Luis Diaz Diaz (+ slideshow). More