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
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
Thatch covers both the walls and roof of this wildlife museum and research centre in Beautour, France (+ slideshow). More
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
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: 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 »
Thatching covers the walls as well as the roof at this house in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands, by Dutch architect Arjen Reas (+ slideshow). More
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
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
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
Vietnamese architects Vo Trong Nghia have constructed a thatched bamboo dome at the centre of a lake in Binh Duong Province (+ slideshow). More
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
Dutch studio Bureau B+B have completed a house on a country estate in the Netherlands with a thatched roof but no eaves. More
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
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