Black timber and metal cloak low-lying Weald House in Kent
Architecture studios Mailen Design and Peter Bradford Architects have completed Weald House, a barn-like home designed to be "deeply connected" to its rural site in Kent, UK. More
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Temp nestles charred-wood pavilion in rocky Shanghai garden
Chinese studio Temp has used charred wood to create 3-to-1 Pavilion, a triangular shelter nestled in a rocky garden in Shanghai. More
Byró Architekti creates wooden garden pavilion with folding facade
Czech studio Byró Architekti used the foundations of a dilapidated cottage to determine the scale of Garden Pavilion, an outbuilding in Prague with an openable wall and blackened-wood cladding. More
Shovk completes Japanese-infused renovation of Dzen House near Kyiv
Elements of Ukrainian and Japanese architecture combine at this pared-back residence on the outskirts of Kyiv, which local architecture studio Shovk created for a client with a passion for Japanese culture. More
OFIS Arhitekti clads geometric home in Slovenia with red-brick tiles
Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti has completed Frame House, a family home in Ljubljana clad in red-brick tiles that play on the area's pitched-roof buildings. More
Halo-shaped skylights illuminate Indonesian home by Tamara Wibowo Architects
A series of circular voids and "halo" skylights create spaces for trees to grow through this home in Semarang, Indonesia, which has been completed by local studio Tamara Wibowo Architects. More
Studio Locomotive completes garden-topped community centre in Thailand
Architecture practice Studio Locomotive has completed Tree O'Clock, a "communal hub" topped by rooftop gardens for an upcoming housing development in Thailand. More
Unknown Works creates "otherworldly" music studio in London garden
Architecture studio Unknown Works has completed Shou Sugi Bangers, a sunken music studio clad in charred timber, which sits in the garden of a London home. More
Slow uses charred wood to clad "hut-like" home in Japan
Local practice Slow has created a family home in Nagoya, Japan, which has a raw exterior of blackened wood and corten steel topped with an overhanging pitched roof. More
Wood Marsh creates rammed-earth Peninsula House on Australian coast
Architecture studio Wood Marsh has used curving walls of charred timber and rammed earth to create this home south of Melbourne, which is designed to echo Australia's "windswept" coastline. More
Atelier Hajný references rural Czech cabins for triangular housing block
Local studio Atelier Hajný has created a charred timber-clad housing block near Prague that references a holiday cabin visited by the client since his childhood. More
Black-stained timber canopy encloses garden pavilion by Tikari Works in London
British studio Tikari Works has completed an outbuilding for a south London residence that is framed by a latticed timber roof structure and configured to weave around a Lebanese cedar tree. 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
Hamptons artist studio by Worrell Yeung is tucked among the trees
Architectural studio Worrell Yeung has completed a two-storey, black-coloured home extension called Springs Artist Studio that is meant to offer the "experience of being perched in the trees". More
Baobab tree grows through curving cafe in Thailand by IDIN Architects
Gabled forms clad in blackened wood are curved and pulled apart to create "dynamic and memorable" spaces at Harudot, a cafe in Thailand by local studio IDIN Architects. More
Neil Dusheiko Architects revamps London terrace to bring owner "closer to nature"
A green wall and a charred-timber extension define House of the Elements, a Victorian home in London renovated by local studio Neil Dusheiko Architects. More
BABELstudio creates "archetypal" woodland cabin in the Basque Country
Architecture practice BABELstudio has completed Aralar Cottage, a black wooden cabin in the Basque Country with a hinged side that opens the interior to the surrounding forest. More
Timothy Godbold turns his Hamptons home into a "villain's hideout"
Interior designer Timothy Godbold has overhauled his own home in the Hamptons, painting the exterior black and renovating the inside to resemble a lair from a James Bond movie. More
Kennedy Nolan covers L-shaped coastal home in charred timber
Rich hues and curving geometries feature throughout Somers House, an L-shaped coastal home that Australian studio Kennedy Nolan has added to a coastal site in Victoria. More
Mork-Ulnes creates black San Francisco house to be "laboratory" for creative work
Mork-Ulnes Architects has completed the Silver Lining House, a crisp, gabled home clad in black-stained cedar that was designed for an architectural photographer and interior designer. More