Thatched office for Amsterdam's canal cleaners is "the biggest ark in the Netherlands"
This office with thatched walls by Attika Architekten floats in Amsterdam's harbour, creating a base for the city's water-cleaning service (+ slideshow). More
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Guinée*Potin Architectes creates "footcheball" playground inside a thatched shed
This wooden shed with one thatched wall and one metal-mesh wall is designed by Guinée*Potin Architectes to host a newly invented sport that borrows from football, table football and squash (+ slideshow). More
Jeffry's House by Emily Mannion and Thomas O’Brien is a thatched folly by the sea
Artist Emily Mannion and architect Thomas O'Brien have created a thatch-roofed pavilion overlooking the sea and sand dunes on the edge of a forest park in Ireland (+ slideshow). More
Beautour thatched museum and biodiversity research centre by Guinée*Potin Architectes
Thatch covers both the walls and roof of this wildlife museum and research centre in Beautour, France (+ slideshow). More
9 Spa at I-Resort by a21studio
Nine stone cabins are sheltered beneath a single thatched roof in this addition to a hotel resort in Nha Trang, Vietnam, by architecture practice a21studio (+ slideshow). More
Preservation of the Mbaru Niang by Rumah Asuh
This project by architecture collective Rumah Asuh involved the repair and reconstruction of the last remaining traditional thatched residences on Flores Island, Indonesia. More
Dezeen archive: thatch
Dezeen archive: we've published a few buildings covered in thatch recently, so here's a roundup of more examples from the Dezeen archives. See all our stories about thatched architecture »
Living on the Edge by Arjen Reas
Thatching covers the walls as well as the roof at this house in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands, by Dutch architect Arjen Reas (+ slideshow). More
Town Hall Midden-Delfland by Inbo
This glazed town hall in the Netherlands by Dutch architecture studio Inbo has thatched roofing folding over all five of its huge curved profiles (+ slideshow). More
House N by Maxwan
Dutch studio Maxwan has renovated a thatched house in the seaside town of Noordwijk in the Netherlands and added concrete and glass protrusions to the front and back (+ slideshow). More
Tåkern Visitor Centre by Wingårdhs
This thatched visitor centre by architects Wingårdhs sits beside the shallow waters of Sweden's Lake Tåkern, the annual nesting habitat for over a hundred species of bird (+ slideshow). More
Wind and Water Bar by Vo Trong Nghia
Vietnamese architects Vo Trong Nghia have constructed a thatched bamboo dome at the centre of a lake in Binh Duong Province (+ slideshow). More
London Thatch by James Kirk
The stark concrete exterior of many of London's postwar housing blocks could be made more attractive with thatching, proposes architecture student James Kirk (+ movie). More
Het Entreehuis by Bureau B+B
Dutch studio Bureau B+B have completed a house on a country estate in the Netherlands with a thatched roof but no eaves. More
Afterparty by MOS at P.S.1
A pavilion consisting of thatched, conical towers designed by MOS architects has opened outside the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York. More
Afterparty by MOS
Architects MOS have been announced as the winners of MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program 2009, with their design for a temporary installation outside P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York. More