Dezeen archive: the mobile sauna in Finland we published earlier this week has inspired this archive of projects that feature wood that’s been charred, stained or painted black. See all the stories »

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In the freezing winter months this wooden sauna on a Finnish island can be towed like a sledge over a frozen lake to find the right spot for a plunge pool. More »

Oriented strand board lines every wall, floor and ceiling inside this residential barn extension in Norfolk, England, by London studio Carl Turner Architects. More »

London architects Gundry & Ducker have added a blackened larch extension onto the rear of a Victorian terrace in south London. More »

London studio (and near-neighbours of Dezeen) Raw Architecture Workshop have designed a partly submerged wooden house for the Scottish Highlands. More »

Portuguese studio SAMI arquitectos have completed a blackened timber house on the hillside of a Portuguese island. More »

Funhouse mirrors are mounted on the gabled ends of this playground pavilion in Copenhagen, as well as behind the doors. More »

Charred timber lines this Thai bistro in Kuwait City by architect Rashed Alfoudari. More »

The third completed house in Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture series has a faceted black upper storey that sits on top of the glass-walled ground floor like a big hat. More »

Charred larch clads the curved walls of a seafood restaurant that projects towards the harbour in Folkestone, England. More »

These twin residences in Riga, Latvia, mirror one another exactly, except that one is clad in timber and the other in blackened steel. More »

A roof terrace can be glimpsed between the metallic grey timber beams that surround a two-storey house near Riga, Latvia. More »

This architects’ desk designed by Note Design Studio of Stockholm has been covered inside and out with pine veneer in a herringbone pattern, then charred black on the outside. More »

This house in Fukuyama, completed by Japanese studio UID Architects, is composed of four separate blocks clad in black-stained cedar. More »