Concrete

The 1140 ft² Little House cabin is located in Seabeck, Washington, a coastal community and old mill town. It is located on a cliff overlooking Hood Canal, a natural canal that is part of Puget Sound.

Located on the hills of São Paulo, Brazil, it became evident that a design that avoids negative affects while expanding good qualities was required. It is critical in this terrain to prevent both sound and sight pollution.

A strip of glass separates the patterned concrete and timber blocks that make up this house built by Carvalho Araújo that overlooks a valley in northern Portugal.

The property is built into the mountainside and has a wavy zinc-covered roof with walls of windows, private balconies, and a big party patio with a swimming pool. The interiors provide unrivalled views of the Mediterranean Sea.

Fass School and the Teachers' Residence are a new primary school and residence created by Toshiko Mori's New York-based architectural company in the town of Fass on Senegal's isolated west coast.

The property is largely hidden beneath the hillside, enabling the meadow to encompass the foundation from the roadside, and is designed to resemble a typical Lincolnshire barn shape built on a huge concrete plinth.

Casa Organica, which is deeply enhanced by the conceptual synthesis of nature, architecture, and ecology, is discreetly nestled away in its own microclimate just northwest of Mexico City in Naucalpan.

The home is located in Bogor, Indonesia's suburbs and was designed as a serene, quiet, monolithic expression against the beautiful surroundings.

The glass-walled IH Residence in Bandung, Indonesia, has been protected from severe rains and strong sunshine by the architecture firm Andra Matin, which employed a huge, overhanging concrete roof.

A bizarre, larger-than-life staircase adds next-level utility to a Minato, Tokyo residence. The three-story house is intended to house three generations of the same family. It takes the place of a smaller, timber-framed structure that had gotten overshadowed by nearby residential complexes.

Modern, minimalist, and neutral. This home in the outskirts of Pamplona was designed by the architects Pereda-Pérez and was awarded the 'COAVN Arquitectura' prize.

The cantilevered top stories of Japanese architect Shogo Iwata's house in Osaka float above a driveway.

The exposed concrete on the bottom level connects the areas, opening up to the home and providing continuity to the grounds that surround it.

 

Attempts to bring flora into residential structures have included a house with a vast tiered garden, the planting on the street level provides shade and seclusion for the living rooms, while huge trees on the roof aid to keep direct sunshine from warming the structure.

By separating the living area from the wilderness and improving its quality as a shelter, the home will be sheltered from nature while still providing a comfortable atmosphere.