Snøhetta wraps timber office in plant-covered suspended metal frame
A "green curtain" and charred-wood cladding wrap around the timber-framed ASI Reisen Headquarters that Snøhetta has completed in Natters, Austria. More
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Charred teak wood clads Costa Rica house with views of the Pacific Ocean
Architecture firm Studio Saxe has completed this house in Costa Rica and covered it with dark charred wood to blend it with its natural surroundings. More
Island Rest is a black-timber holiday home on the English coast
British practice Ström Architects has completed Island Rest, a low-lying holiday home in the Isle of Wight that is clad in beams of blackened larch wood. More
Black House by V2 Arquitectos contrasts charred wood with concrete
Argentinian architecture firm V2 Arquitectos has stacked a charred wood volume on top of a concrete structure to form a residence outside of Buenos Aires. More
Atelier Schwimmer designs two-toned Chalet Lakeside in Canada
Canadian architecture firm Atelier Schwimmer has contrasted planks of charred wood with pale wood to form a cabin for brothers overlooking a lake in Canada. More
"We need more of this in our lives" say commenters
In this week's comments update, readers are envious of the chickens who get to call a Kengo Kuma-designed chicken coop in Mexico home. More
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Kengo Kuma builds blackened-wood chicken coop at Casa Wabi artist retreat
Kengo Kuma's firm has designed a coop for chickens living at the Casa Wabi arts foundation in Mexico to be like a collective housing project. More
Charred wood and stone create dark house Casa Di-Dox by Magaldi Studio
Miami's Magaldi Studio used charred wood and dark stone to blend this boxy house "as a shadow in the green surroundings" of Valle de Bravo, Mexico. More
Two-toned wood wraps Washington home by Open Studio Collective
Hand-charred wooden planks contrast whitewashed cedar in the facade of this house in Washington state, designed by Portland practice Open Studio Collective. More
Black pavilion filled with glass yams examines colonisation in Australia
Hundreds of black glass yams line the interior of this cylindrical pavilion at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), designed by architecture studio Edition Office – Dezeen's Emerging architect of the year – and artist Yhonnie Scarce. More
BVH creates visitor centre for bluff overlooking Nebraska river valley
Architecture studio BVH used materials such as charred wood and weathering steel to help a visitor centre in a wilderness preserve hold up against harsh weather conditions. More
Black timber and zinc house with sauna sits next to a Finnish lake
A house by Studio Puisto in Finland, sits between a lake and a dense spruce forest and is clad in black-oiled wood and topped by sloping zinc roofs. More
House clad in burnt larch perches on a rocky site in the Scottish Highlands
Mary Arnold-Forster Architects used planks of burnt larch to clad a cross-laminated timber house in the Scottish Highlands. More
Tractor shed converted into house clad in scorched wood
HeathWalker has turned a tractor shed in Hertfordshire into a house clad in timber cut from trees on the client's own land and scorched using a blowtorch. More
Two gabled black cabins form summer retreat on an Estonian beach
Two gabled cabins with pitch-black exteriors form a holiday house on Matsi Beach in Estonia, built on the remains of a Soviet-era fishing village by architect Hanna Karits. More
Bureau de Change covers barn-style Cotswolds house with ombré effect charred larch
Architecture studio Bureau de Change has covered a Cotswolds house formed of a pair of interlocking barn-style buildings in stone and larch, which has been charred for a graduated effect. More
Wood stripes detail black house in rural Uruguay by FRAM Arquitectos and Delfina Riverti
A glass walkway and terrace connect both halves of this black house near La Juanita beach, Uruguay, which FRAM Arquitectos and Delfina Riverti built almost exclusively out of wood. More
Blackened wood appears throughout R Apartment by Francesc Rifé Studio
Black-stained wood partitions meet time-worn tile floors inside this Valencia apartment, which has been overhauled by Francesc Rifé Studio. More
Buero Wagner uses charred timber to clad lake house extension in Germany
The Black House by German architect studio Buero Wagner is a stack of differently sized rooms clad in blackened wood extending a house close to Lake Ammersee in Munich. More
ZJJZ Atelier scatters 10 cabins across mountain in rural China
The Woodhouse Hotel, located in the remote village of Tuanjie in China's Guizhou Provence, is formed of 10 wooden cabins dotted amongst a forest on a mountain. More