Gabled guesthouse by Sutherland & Co extends countryside cottage in Scotland
This modest extension to a cottage in the Scottish countryside was designed by architecture studio Sutherland & Co so the owners could invite their family to stay. More
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Diamond, scalloped and brick-shaped shingles cover Melbourne house by Austin Maynard Architects
Slate shingles are arranged in various patterns across the outer walls of the house-shaped blocks that make up this multigenerational residence in the Melbourne suburb of Kew. More
Bernardo Bader completes tiny wooden chapel with pointy wooden roof in western Austria
The steeply pitched roof of this shingled chapel by Bernardo Bader Architects provides a dramatic worship space, which narrows towards a small window facing a grassy hillside in western Austria. More
Assemble sets up clay-extruding factory at Brooklyn's A/D/O
UK collective Assemble has built a temporary factory at the A/D/O creative space in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and clad its front with tiles made inside. More
Platform 5 Architects completes shingle-clad home overlooking a private lagoon
This house in the Norfolk Broads by Platform 5 Architects features steeply pitched gables and shingle cladding intended to reference traditional boat sheds found alongside the surrounding waterways. More
Bourgeois/Lechasseur designs geometric Quebec home to withstand blustery weather
The windswept sand dunes of Quebec's Magdalen Islands informed the outline of this second home for a retired couple, designed by Canadian firm Bourgeois/Lechasseur Architects. More
ETH Zurich students create shingle-clad pavilion using robotic fabrication
One-minute movie: this shingled timber pavilion was created by ETH Zurich students using robotic fabrication techniques they developed to minimise waste during construction. More
ETH Zurich students create robot-built pavilion with a skin of wooden shingles
This shingled timber pavilion was created by masters students on ETH Zurich's Digital Fabrication course, after developing robotic fabrication techniques to minimise the waste involved in its construction. More
MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple elevates cedar-clad cabin in Nova Scotia on concrete plinths
Canadian studio MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple has completed a coastal dwelling that features wooden shingles, gabled roofs, and concrete fins that elevate the home off the ground to protect it from tidal surges. More
Shingle-clad school by (Se)arch Architekten is set around a cobbled courtyard
Stuttgart studio (Se)arch Architekten has completed a school and daycare centre in the German town of Tübingen, featuring cedar-shingled facades and a cobbled entrance courtyard. More
Concrete apartments slot into cliff overlooking Porto's Dom Luís I Bridge
Architects Nuno Melo Sousa and Hugo Ferreira have created a apartment block for holidaymakers in Porto, backing onto a steep granite cliff beside one of the city's most prominent bridges. More
Brown ceramic shingles cover Nomade Architectes' village-inspired nursery near Paris
Earth-coloured ceramic tiles cover the roofs and walls of this nursery located on the outskirts of Paris, which is designed by French studio Nomade Architectes to look like a cluster of buildings. More
Norwegian climbing centre by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter resembles a snow-capped mountain
The jagged form of this climbing centre by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter is covered in grey, brown and white shingles that reference a snow-covered mountain behind the building (+ slideshow). More
Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge provides luxury getaway in remote African beauty spot
A+Awards: the African armadillo influenced the curved, scale-covered form of this boutique safari lodge in Botswana – one of the winners at this year's Architizer A+Awards. More
Architecture Building Culture adds housing units to recovery centre in Portland
Portland studio Architecture Building Culture has created a gabled structure to accommodate more residents at a local communal home for single mothers (+ slideshow). More
Green shingles cover "peculiar" Schuppen house by Brandt + Simon Architekten
This house in Berlin designed by Brandt + Simon Architekten is covered in rows of green shingles with curved edges and features windows laid out to resemble a face (+ slideshow). More
Sparano + Mooney clads Utah residence in hundreds of scale-like steel shingles
American firm Sparano + Mooney Architecture has covered a family home in Utah with hundreds of weathering steel plates to give the exterior a textured appearance (+ slideshow). More
Sayama Forest Chapel by Hiroshi Nakamura is covered with hand-bent aluminium shingles
A+Awards: next up in our series on winning projects from Architizer's 2016 A+Awards is a small chapel by Japanese architect Hiroshi Nakamura, which features extreme gables and a roof covered in 21,000 aluminium shingles (+ slideshow). More
Nick Waldman creates a "studio in the trees" on a holiday island in Massachusetts
Designer Nick Waldman has completed a cedar-clad residence and studio for a graphic novelist in Martha's Vineyard – an island just south of Cape Cod that is a popular destination for affluent summer vacationers (+ slideshow). More
Duvall Decker clads a Mississippi dwelling in grey-green slate shingles
US studio Duvall Decker Architects has created a residence in central Mississippi that is "shaped to draw the outdoors in and lure the family out" (+ slideshow). More