Skylit home offers a "seamless transition between indoor and outdoor living"
Funnel-shaped concrete skylights illuminate a plant-filled courtyard at the centre of this home in Bangalore, India, which has been designed by local studio A Threshold to "blur boundaries between the inside and outside". More
Translucent glazing and concrete encase compact Japanese home by IGArchitects
Large translucent windows bring a lantern-like quality to Check Patterned House, a concrete home in Saitama, Japan, completed by local studio IGArchitects. More
Estudio Albar completes cork-clad Casa Eñe overlooking Spanish national park
Spanish practice Estudio Albar has used cork cladding to help this home near Madrid blend in with the scrub-like landscape of a neighbouring national park. More
Fletcher Crane Architects creates red-brick home overlooking River Thames
UK studio Fletcher Crane Architects has completed Lowater, a house in Buckinghamshire comprising a group of red-brick forms that draw on the area's traditional architecture. More
Atelier Koma creates concrete chapel to offer "separation from the secular world"
An elevated box formed of exposed concrete forms the Meditation Chapel in Incheon, South Korea, designed by local studio Atelier Koma and architect Lee Eunsok. More
Kaan Architecten adds "monumental" visitor centre to second world war cemetery
Dutch studio Kaan Architecten has added a visitor centre to the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, with a concrete form that references American memorial architecture. More
Moroccan riads inform London extension by Merrett Houmøller Architects and All & Nxthing
Clay-plaster walls, exposed brickwork and tile floors aim to evoke a feeling of a traditional Moroccan home at this London house, overhauled by local studios Merrett Houmøller Architects and All & Nxthing. More
Vallet de Martinis Architectes designs assisted housing complex as "extension" of forest
French studio Vallet de Martinis Architectes has created an assisted living complex for the Joffre-Dupuytren Hospital beside a forest in the suburbs of Paris. More
"Robust and utilitarian" materials define infill home in Dublin by Gró Works
Red brickwork and perforated metal panels bring an industrial feel to this compact infill home in Dublin, which has been completed by Irish architecture studio Gró Works. More
Exposed concrete frame creates "resilient" spaces for maritime academy in Denmark
Danish studios EFFEKT and CF Møller Architects have completed the Svendborg International Maritime Academy in Denmark, using an exposed concrete frame to echo its industrial surrounds. More
DROO adds charred-timber clubhouse to polo field in Surrey
Architecture studio DROO has extended and refurbished Arc Polo Farm in Surrey, UK, adding a clubhouse clad in charred timber to an existing ensemble of barns and stables. More
Traditional Czech dwellings inform mountain home by Mar.s Architects
Czech studio Mar.s Architects drew on traditional mountain architecture when designing this house in the village of Malá Úpa, creating steep gables to help deal with heavy snowfall. More
Ignacio Prego Architectures designs "standardised and welcoming" student housing
Prefabricated units of concrete and wood were given varied facades to "mitigate the feeling of repetition" at this student housing project in Agen, France, by Parisian studio Ignacio Prego Architectures. More
Villa in rural Vietnam uses local materials to "harmonise with the environment"
Reddish-brown bricks made from local stone were used for the construction of SuoiHai Villa, a low-slung home in rural Vietnam designed by local studio APDI Architecture. More
Åsa Hjort Architects completes blocky home on Sweden's southern coast
Grey brick chimneys contrast the interlocking white-rendered blocks of Hallen, a home in southern Sweden completed by local studio Åsa Hjort Architects. More
Civic Architects and VDNDP "embrace imperfections" for retrofit at Dutch university
The "ruin-like" concrete frame of a former chemistry laboratory has been transformed into a series of workspaces for the University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands, in this project by Civic Architects and VDNDP. More
Intersecting blocks form House in Fujiidera by FujiwaraMuro Architects
A zigzagging plan was used to bring "spatial depth" to the small site of House in Fujiidera, a family home in Osaka, Japan, designed by local studio FujiwaraMuro Architects. More
X11 Design Studio "connects nature with daily activities" at De Chill House in Vietnam
Balconies shaded by trailing plants front this slender concrete home in Vietnam, which has been designed by local architecture practice X11 Design Studio to "promote a connection between nature and people". More
Mono Architekten tops perforated concrete car park with public plaza
Berlin studio Mono Architekten has combined a perforated concrete viewing tower with a car park topped by a public park to create a new entrance to the town of Neuenburg am Rhein, Germany. More
Bright yellow balconies enliven Melbourne apartment block by Austin Maynard Architects
A "mountainous" zigzag roofline and bright yellow balconies define the ParkLife apartment block in the Brunswick neighbourhood of Melbourne, designed by local studio Austin Maynard Architects. More