Concrete House
Houses built primarily from concrete, covering structure, form, climate response and the material's role in residential design.
Cloud Vally House: A Safe House That Lifts Itself Up So the Neighbourhood Can Move In Underneath
A raised residential block frees its ground plane for public life, treating community activity as a resource for the children who live above.
atelier iso Designs and Builds a Timber House on a Long-Vacant Corner Plot in the Village of La Claye
In La Bretonnière-la-Claye, a 79 m² timber house fills a long-empty village corner, borrowing local gables and stone walls without imitating them.
Patchwork Architecture Lifts a Steel Roof over a Courtyard House for Camping in Abel Tasman's Native Bush
On the edge of Abel Tasman National Park in Awaroa, a 110 m² off-grid holiday house sets timber rooms around a courtyard under one barged-in steel roof.
Chaoffice Shelters a Terracotta Family House Beneath Old Beijing Trees and a Faceted Timber Roof
In Beijing, Chaoffice's 438 m² terracotta house folds kitchen, dining and a double-height living room around mature trees and a garden courtyard.
Genovesi Arquitectos Wraps a San Rafael House Around Stone-Walled Courtyards and Board-Formed Concrete
In San Rafael, Mendoza, a 450 m² infill house uses fieldstone walls, planted light wells and timber to stage a slow walk from street to living room.
23 SUL Digs Down and Opens Up a São Paulo House Instead of Stacking a Second Story on Top
In São Paulo, 23 SUL exposes timber trusses, strips old brick and excavates a meter into the ground to grow a one-story house without adding a floor.
Architects Collaborative Stacks a Seven-Level House onto an Irregular 270 m² Plot in New Delhi
In New Delhi, The House of Thirds turns a skewed five-sided plot into a seven-level home of sunken courts, timber shutters and carved daylight.
CM Design Docks a Corrugated Steel Box beside a Vernacular Brick House in a Dongguan Village
In Dafeng Village, Dongguan, a 109 m² renovation pairs rammed earth rooms and family memory with a metal annex, spiral stair and shared courtyard.
Ricardo Azevedo Arquitecto Gives a Braga House a Board-Formed Concrete Body and a Hand-Carved Timber Face
In Braga, Portugal, Linha House pairs cantilevered board-formed concrete with carved timber, veined stone and a long, low plan fronting a pool.
Plus Idea Studio Turns a Phan Rang Corner House Inward Around a Planted Central Courtyard
A 250 m² two-generation home in Phan Rang, Vietnam, wraps a stone-clad shell around a chain of voids that pull light, trees and breeze deep inside.
Aida Atelier Gathers a Café, Library and Workspaces Around a Brick Stove in a Rural Nagano Clearing
In Miyota, Nagano, a 185 m² cedar-clad building stacks a café, kitchen, library and workspaces around a log column and a heat-storing brick stove.
Elisa Porto Arquitetura Shades a Low House in Foz do Iguaçu with Block, Stone and Timber Screens
In Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, Refuge House pairs a thin flat roof with perforated block and timber slat screens to temper sun around a curved pool.
Trópico Arquitectura Finds Its Language in a Timber-and-Plaster House on a Sloping Site in La Ceja, Colombia
In La Ceja, Colombia, the studio's first project pairs rough-hewn timber, white plaster and brick floors with doors that open the house to the garden.
Gonçalo Grácio Refurbishes a 104 m² House Inside the Medieval Walls of Castelo de Vide
In Castelo de Vide, Portugal, a compact whitewashed house is reworked with rough lime and clay plaster, deep window niches and a small rooftop terrace.
Ábaton Shapes a Plastered Family Retreat for Six Around Brick Terraces, Pine Groves and Reclaimed Oak
In Spain, Ábaton's Villa Arena fits a family of six into 174 m² of stepped plaster volumes, brick-paved outdoor rooms and weathered timber.
Seiro Arquitectos Stacks Shadows House Down a Steep Zihuatanejo Hillside Toward the Bay
In Zihuatanejo, Mexico, a 506 m² house descends a steep slope in stone, concrete and walnut, trading street privacy for a pool terrace above the bay.
Instinto Estudio Frames the Nosara Jungle with Two Pink-Walled Sister Houses Drawn as a Series of Lines
In Costa Rica's Guiones jungle, two sister houses use deep eaves, timber screens and pink walls to frame the landscape and pull breezes through rooms.
Earthscape Studio Turns a Brick Mock-Up into a 380-Square-Foot Home for an Elderly Resident in Sivakasi
In Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, a material test built from one-inch sithukkal bricks laid in the Indian bond grows into a compact, permanent home.
CAAM Arquitectos Wraps Puerto Escondido Apartments Around an Open Stair Beneath a Pyramidal Green Roof
In Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, a 720 m² extension of Hotel Suuel turns its circulation core into a light-filled heart for slow coastal living.
Felipe Hess Arquitetos Gives a São José dos Campos House a Closed White Street Face and an Open Pool Court
In a gated São José dos Campos community, a 520 m² house shows the street a quiet white block and saves its light and openness for the pool court.
