Construction workers may cry foul when they see all of these unconventional concrete creations. Concrete is used primarily as a building material, but designers have been re-purposing the tough stuff to create everything from electronics to wedding rings.
Using concrete to create everyday items may not make sense to a foreman, but it is a sensible strategy from a design standpoint. Concrete is tough, durable and eye-catching, all qualities found in good design. Making something like a memory stick or furniture out of concrete also extends its lifespan as concrete is virtually shatterproof and fireproof. If your only knowledge of concrete comes from buildings and city streets, then you definitely need to browse through at least a few of these unconventional concrete creations.
27 Unconventional Concrete Creations

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Cement Sunglasses
These Concrete Glasses for the Concrete Show Make for Heavy Seeing

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Sculpted Supercars
A BMW Z4 Model Created from Bricks Could Fetch $125,000

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Stone Age Espresso Machines
Shmuel Linski's 'Espresso Solo' is Rock Solid
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Faux Fabric Stools
Stitching Concrete is Designed to Be Deceptively Indestructible
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Concrete Chaise Longues
Ricardo Garza Marcos' Rama Bench is Simple Yet Sturdy
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Cement Jewelry
Beat Poet Concrete Rings Are Made of Reclaimed Components
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Classy Concrete Accessories
Lauren Cummings' Geometric Jewelry is Architecturally-Inclined
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Life-Sized LEGO Blocks
Tara Ketchum's Concrete LEGO Blocks are Solid
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Cement Fabric
Concrete Cloth by Concrete Canvas is Named Material of the Year
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Suggested Space Stem Holders
Weight Vases by Decha Archjananun Split Their Task in Two
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Concrete PC Cases
The Concretronic Computer Case is a Construction-Quality PC Mod
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Stone Age Speakers
The 'Exposed Concrete Speakers' Shows Shmuel Linski's Love of Raw Materials
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Curvy Cement Couches
'Dune' by Rainer Mutsch is a Rock Solid Couch Collection
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Depressed Footprint Door Mats
Stellvertreter Coat Racks Suggest Shoe Placement
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Concrete Jewelry
Smersh Design
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Indestructible Office Supplies
'Solid' from Magnus Pettersen is Built to Last
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Giant Concrete Bears
Steelman Creates a Sky High Stuffy Teddy
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Asphalt Accessories
The Molla Space Concrete Ring is Hardcore Fashion
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Concrete USBs
The Memory Weights USB is Worth Its Weight in Data
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Concrete Lamps
Joachim Manz Trabant Pendant Light is a Marvel of Interior Design
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Concrete Lighting
The Aplomb Lamp by Paolo Lucidi and Luca Pevere is for the Tough Crowd
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Rock Solid Rec Room Essentials
The HENGE Concrete Ping Pong Table is Designed for Outdoor Play
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Concrete Book Bolsters
The A-Z Bookends Are for the Scholar in Your Home
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Ultra Tough Tech
Kix Berlin Presents USB Sticks Made Out of Concrete
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Cement-Topped Scents
The Alexa Lixfeld Fragrance Bottle is Topped with Concrete
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Concrete Ping Pong Tops
James DeWulf Spices up Table Tennis with a Designer Flair
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Concrete Speakers
Finally A Sound System for ‘Hard Rock' Music
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Colorful Gelatin Dessert-Inspired Furniture
JELL-O Debuts The Jelly Collection of Inflatables
Bean-Shaped Coffee Makers
The Conceptual Bean Coffee Machine by Juliana Juleva is Charming
Nest-Inspired Urban Houses
This Vietnamese Dwelling Offers Respite From the Concrete Jungle
TV Packaging Seating Solutions
The 'Cuna' Furniture by Valeria Coello is Made Out of Cardboard
Bent Steel Coffee Tables
The 'Creu' Coffee Table by Luis Gimeno Has a Geometric Inspiration
Sculptural Mixed-Material Artful Furniture
Longchamp & Pierre Renart Launch a Capsule of Furniture
Floral-Inspired Concrete Fire Pits
SHIFT Designs the Sunflower Fire Pit for Outdoor Lounging
Precast Concrete Toronto Skyscrapers
Pei Architects Forms a Building for Tower Hill Development
Staggered Floor Modern Residences
Malý Chmel Designed the House of Seven Floors in Czech Republic
Futuristic Imaginative Design Concepts
Toyota Introduces the Unique E-Collection of Products
Salvaged Timber Furniture Capsule
Gini Moynier Introduces the Formwork Collection of Furniture
3D-Printed Wooden Furniture Series
A Team of Designers Created Projects with EconitWood
Corn Cob-Made Wall Cladding
StoneCycling and Studio Nina van Bart Design the CornWall
Functional Everyday Object Collections
Goux Studio Showcases the New Modular Plus Collection
Unconventional Awkwardly Seated Tables
The Uncomfortable Table by Capitalism Has 34 Legs
Functional Streamlined Ceramic Tiles
Unknown, Untitled Introduced the UU Tiles Collection
Unexpected Boundary-Pushing Chairs
Marco Segovia Presents the Atypical Chair Concept
Concrete Gridded Garden Homes
The Rua Polônia House in Brazil Boasts an Industrial Frontage
Topographic Wooden Coffee Tables
Prerna Panjwani Designs the Topographic Coffee Table
Organic Ancient Design Furniture
The Earth To People Furniture Collection is Naturally Crafted
70s London Home renovations
Archmongers Redesigns the Elemental House in Hackney, London
Sound-Absorbing Recycled Materials
Mathilde Wittock Creates the Soundbounce Material
Visibly Undulating Stool Designs
The Concave Stool by Deniz Aktay is Structured Yet Soft
Bio-Cement Oceanic Structures
The 'Reef Rocket' Combats Coastal Flooding and More
Everyday Material Colorful Pavilions
Foster + Partners and NEON Create Two Pavilions in London
Electronic Waste-Crafted Tables
Joe Doucet Designs the OLO Table Using Discarded Electronics
Microalgae Building Materials
SOM's Bio-Blocks Technology Uses Microalgae Instead of Concrete
Upcycled Circular Design Products
Cyrc Designs Expansive Products with Sustainable Themes
Glass Surfaced Furniture Series
Alain Gilles Designs the Illusion Collection for Glass Variations
Sculptural Modern Turntable Concepts
Amuni Studio Creates the Hybrid Turntable Concept
Imaginative Modern Outdoor Furniture
Thomas Heatherwick Designs the In-Side Collection for Magis
Carbon-Negative Artificial Sand
A Team at Northwestern University Developed an Alternative Sand
3D-Printed Ceramic Home Facades
The Ceramic House in Amsterdam Gets a Ceramic Feature
Eco-Friendly Pouf Chair Concepts
Design Studio701 Creates the Rio Pouffe Concept
Brutalist Monochromatic Retro Sneakers
The Latest Air Jordan 4 Sneaker Gets a Wet Cement Colorway
Spanish Concrete Replica Residences
Architecture Office Claudia Raurell Designs the Villain House
Vibrantly Designed Modern Collections
CIMENTO and Patricia Urquiola Create the Alberoni Collection
Pool Noodle-Inspired Furniture
Lieyah Dagan Designs the Loop Furniture for Indoor and Outdoor
Juxtaposing Material Furniture Series
Junya Igashami Designs a New Furniture Collection
Sophisticated Table Designs
Gabriel Tan Designs the Stunningly Interesting Monumental Table
3D-Printed Tall Concrete Towers
Nova Fundaziun Origen and Professors Design the Tor Alva
High Concrete Walled Homes
Cesar Mancillas Creates a Linear Home with Tranquil Elements
Versatile Travertine-Inspired Tables
Morten Georgsen’s Tivoli Collection is Sculptural
NYC-Inspired Steel Furniture
Micah Rosenblatt Designs the City Block Collection of Furniture
Green Concrete Community Centers
Studios WORKac and Ignacio Urquiza Architects Form a Building
Fungi-Based Building Materials
Mycocrete is an Eco Material Developed by Newcastle University
Urban Debris-Crafted Portable Lamps
We+ Designs the Beautiful Remli Lamp Using Rubble and Debris
Wooden Surrounded Concrete Homes
Omer Arbel Presents Designs for a Range of Washington State Homes
3D-Printed Sustainable Home Designs
HONOKA LAB Presents the TATAMI ReFAB PROJECT
Found Objects-Formed Art Collections
LMU Joins Benchmark to Create the Aldgate Gold Project
Terrazzo Side Table Concepts
Stuart Cole Designs the Simplistic Balance Side Table Concepts
Sustainable Upcycled Glass Cups
HMM Design Creates a Unique Eco-Friendly Glass Cup
Modern Minimal Concrete Homes
Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados Designs the Copas Home
Wooden Site Home OFfices
Swatt + Partners Create the Moss Rock Design Project
Bamboo-Based Dome Pavilions
Shigeru Ban Used Cardboard Tubes to Create the Blue Ocean Dome
Upcycled Plastic Construction Companies
'Kubik' Uses Plastic Waste as a Sustainable Material
Resilient Concrete Sea Walls
Turenscape Creates the Breathing Sea Wall in Haikou City
Anniversary Dessert Campaigns
Culver's Celebrates with the Berry Happy Birthday Concrete Mixer
Grow-at-Home Sponge Furniture
ÉCAL's Sponge Furniture Expands 10 Times in Size After Soaking
Upcycled Plastic Furniture Series
Kasper Kyster Presents the Crafting Plastic Series
Low-Carbon Biomaterial Bricks
Tavs Jorgensen Created Sustainable Extruding Cob Bricks
Environmentally Sustainable Glasses
Nathan Allan Glass Studios Cast Glass Features Recycled Cullet
Robust Monolithic Walled Homes
H Arquitectes Completes the Casa 1736 in Barcelona
3D-Printed Fire Pits
The Reform Collection by FlameCraft is Made with Concrete Printing Tech
Pixelated Illusion Housing
Ben Van Berkel Creates the Van B Housing with Rieder's Help
Reusable Framework Systems
Origami-Inspired System 'Unfold Form' Reduces Concrete and Steel Use
Pyramidal Concrete Japanese Homes
IGArchitects Completed the Pyramid Hut Concrete Home
Cork Coaster-Integrated Coffee Tables
Liam De La Bedoyere Designs the Polka Coffee Table Concept
Concrete Boxes-Overlapping Homes
FujiwaraMuro Architects Designs the House in Tsurumi-ku
Sustainable Repurposed Clay Bricks
Mutina and Konstantin Grcic Create Eco-Friendly Bricks
Hempcrete-Crafted Sustainable Workspaces
Commonbond Architects Designs the Gardenhide Studio
Restored Victorian Coastal Homes
High Strange Architects Designs House on a Hill
Cinematic-Inspired Terrazo Collections
Concrete Collaborative Unveils Night Palm x Stealing Beauty
Light Reflective Modern Villas
PPAA Completes the Concrete Villa with a 'Water Mirror'
Brutalist Concrete Tower Apartments
Archmongers Renovates the Trellick Tower in London
Refreshing Micro-Living Compact Homes
Mariano Ravenna Designs the SF-FR House with Concrete
Exposed Concrete Stealthy Homes
OFIS Aritekti Designs the Villa Eternal Way in Slovenia
Raw Concrete Industrial Homes
Studio Cochi Architects Designs the House in Nishizaki
Discreet Electrical Outlet Designs
Omer Arbel's 22 System Concrete is Minimalist and Effective
Wavy Concrete Roof-Topped Homes
VY Architecture Studio Designs the Vaazh House in Vedanthangal
Vibrant Multifunctional Nail Salons
Tigg Coll Designs the Bright Cona Coffee Bar and Nail Salon
Block Puzzle Modular Dollhouses
Gavin Portillo and Mario Ledo Create a Dollhouse Concept
Sustainable Vivid Installations
Durat Unveils the PORTA DEI COLORI Installation
Reimagined Monolithic Furniture Designs
Dmitry Kozinenko Creates Fossil Furniture for oito design
Modern Concrete Community Residences
AOA Architects Designs the Hoji Gangneung Dwellings
Burnt Orange Walled Residences
Raúl Sánchez Architects Designs the Earthy Casa Magarola
Angled Concrete Forest Homes
Nendo Designs the Block Wall House in a Japanese Forest
Ultra-Durable Bench Designs
Coated Outdoor Furniture Spotlights Its Garden Bench Collection
Monumental Concrete Hotel Suites
Malek Alqadi Designs the Folly Mojave Series in the Desert
Cardboard-Inspired Ceramic Household Art
Jacques Monneraud Designs the Cardboard Collection
Concrete-Supportive Bridged Homes
Stempel & Tesar Design the Villa Sidonius in Czech Republic
Month-Long Exclusive Celebrations
Culver's Celebrates Four Decades as a Restaurant Chain
Concealed Modern Barrel Stores
Studio Nine Architects Conceals a Store Under a Visitor Center
Water Basin-Based Modern Residences
Faulkner Architects Designs the Reflective Red Rock House
Cast-Concrete Cooling Homes
The FR House by CAZA Optimizes Natural Cooling Structures
Orange Tonal Concrete Homes
Álvaro Siza Designs the Colien House on a Sloped Site in Spain
Archetypal Conical Light Designs
The Fragile Lamp by Jaume Ramírez Has a Timeless Look
Concrete Cultural Visitor Centers
UAD Completes the Villagers' Home Center in Zhejiang Province
Welded Steel Cantilevered Footbridges
Ehl & KKoumar Architekti Designs a Sculptural Footbridge
Contemporary Adaptable Concrete House
Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos Designs the Binocular House
Red Concrete Exhibition Centers
Mix Architecture Designs the Red Box Exhibition Center
Transparent Bean Bag Furniture
Shayan Ramesht Designs a Sustainable Bean Bag Structure
Squishy Clay-Made Daybeds
Niveau Zéro Atelier Designs the Soft Soil Daybed From Waste Clay
Lighthouse-Functioning Concrete Structures
Lin Architecture Creates the Concrete Pavilion in China
Rice-Centric Outdoor Installations
Carlo Ratti Associati and Italo Rota Present Sunrice
Office-Catered Modern Pedestals
Llorenç Poy Ventura Designs the Sustainable Tribeca Pedestal
Tree Sap-Binding Timber Furniture
Earth to People Introduces Salvage and Sap Collection
Reused Skyscraper Furniture Capsules
Niceworkshop Creates the Aged Form Line and New Form Line
Open-Air Perforated Concrete Homes
MM++ Architects Designs the Anchor House in Vietnam
Modern Durable Trash Receptacles
Coated Outdoor Furniture Taunts Its 32-Gallon Trash Receptacle
Fiberglass Mid-Century Chairs
The Panton Chair Encourages Imaginative Experiences
Reinforced Concrete Housing Sets
Atelier Rampazzi Designs the Residenza Carèsg Row of Homes
Hand Carved Cork Furniture
( ae ) offices Designs the DOL Furniture Collection with Tactile Detail
Love Lock-Inspired Coffee Tables
Adrián M. Almonacid Designs the 4E Coffee Table
Building-Cooling Construction Materials
Nuvoco Vistas Launches an Eco-Friendly Product Material
Refurnished Concrete Shingle Homes
The DHaus Company Completes the Gingerbread House
City-Framing Concrete Residences
Cadence Architects Completes the Design of the K-Home
Discarded Material Cast Molds
The OUTLINE series by SAND PRODUCT Transforms Core Molds
Sand Terrazzo Floor Apartments
Modektura Adds New Flooring to an Apartment in Kyiv
Exposed Concrete Steelwork Homes
Objekt Architecten Designs the Lamat House in Wichelen
Clear Glazing Compact Residences
IGArchitects Designs the Check Patterned House in Japan
Childhood-Inspired Sculptural Tables
Morten Georgsen Designs the Tivoli Collection for BoConcept
Reflective Surface German Apartments
Demo Working Group Designs the Kier Apartment in Cologne
City Exploration Apps
Concrete is a Social Exploration App Inviting Users to Discover Their City
Illuminating Construction Materials
A New Luminescent Material Can Spot Concrete Damage
Pink Fluted Concrete Apartments
Nudes Clads the Rendezvous Apartment in Pink Tonal Concrete
Powder-Coated Steel Furniture
Objekte Unserer Tage Designs the IVY Outdoor Collection
Natural Material-Transformed Artworks
Borrowed Earth Collaborative Uses Natural Materials for Art
Cave-Like Exposed Concrete Homes
Suzuko Yamada Architects Designs the Nakano House in Tokyo
Expansive Roofs Concrete Homes
Studio MOB Creates a House in the Farm in Coimbatore
Concrete Block-Formed Residences
nendo Designed the block-wall house Located in Karuizawa
Whimsical Sculptural Furniture Series
Micah Rosenblatt Presents the City Block Series in Art Show
Handcrafted Red-Concrete Homes
Grafted Designs the Victorian Cast Corbel House in Norwich
Dynamic Concrete Modern Buildings
Atelier Matias Mosquera Designs the Shire Building
Monolithic Custom Residences
Laboratorio de Arquitectura Designs the Casa Catedral Project
Organically Shaped Furniture Capsules
Kelly Wearstler Deisgns the Echo Collection of Furniture
Sawdust Scrap Recyclable Stools
Renaud Defrancesco Designs the Briket Stool for Firewood
Communal Concrete Home Projects
Celoria Architects Finishes the House C Design in Mendrisio
Artisanal Interior Storage Systems
Alexandre Dubreuil Creates the Dice Design System
Revised Concrete Set Residences
Studio Becker Xu Creates the Dogtrot House in North Carolina