Charred-cedar shingles cover the chimney-shaped form of this micro tearoom in Japan, designed by local studio 2m26 in collaboration with French practice Onomiau. More about Shingle-covered tea room for one sits in Kyoto mountains
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Canadian studio Anya Moryoussef Architect has used black-stained wood to blend the exterior of this off-grid cabin into its forested site in Ontario. More about Anya Moryoussef Architect perches black-stained cabin alongside lake in Ontario
Rainfall is collected in this black-timber pavilion, created by architecture studio Aptdotapt as a rest stop for hikers on a mountain in China. More about Aptdotapt places black Drop-Stop pavilion on Chinese mountain
Mexican architecture studio Lanza Atelier has created a temporary wood-and-steel pavilion to function as a gathering space in a Mexico City courtyard. More about Lanza Atelier creates Shou Sugi Ban pavilion in Mexico City
Portland-based studio Hacker Architects has replaced an outdated lodge with a blackened wood-and-glass structure featuring elements informed by the volcanic landscape of Sisters, Oregon. More about Volcanic landscape informs Hacker Architects design of Oregon lodge
Architecture studios Mailen Design and Peter Bradford Architects have completed Weald House, a barn-like home designed to be "deeply connected" to its rural site in Kent, UK. More about Black timber and metal cloak low-lying Weald House in Kent
Chinese studio Temp has used charred wood to create 3-to-1 Pavilion, a triangular shelter nestled in a rocky garden in Shanghai. More about Temp nestles charred-wood pavilion in rocky Shanghai garden
Czech studio Byró Architekti used the foundations of a dilapidated cottage to determine the scale of Garden Pavilion, an outbuilding in Prague with an openable wall and blackened-wood cladding. More about Byró Architekti creates wooden garden pavilion with folding facade
Elements of Ukrainian and Japanese architecture combine at this pared-back residence on the outskirts of Kyiv, which local architecture studio Shovk created for a client with a passion for Japanese culture. More about Shovk completes Japanese-infused renovation of Dzen House near Kyiv
Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti has completed Frame House, a family home in Ljubljana clad in red-brick tiles that play on the area's pitched-roof buildings. More about OFIS Arhitekti clads geometric home in Slovenia with red-brick tiles
A series of circular voids and "halo" skylights create spaces for trees to grow through this home in Semarang, Indonesia, which has been completed by local studio Tamara Wibowo Architects. More about Halo-shaped skylights illuminate Indonesian home by Tamara Wibowo Architects
Architecture practice Studio Locomotive has completed Tree O'Clock, a "communal hub" topped by rooftop gardens for an upcoming housing development in Thailand. More about Studio Locomotive completes garden-topped community centre in Thailand
Architecture studio Unknown Works has completed Shou Sugi Bangers, a sunken music studio clad in charred timber, which sits in the garden of a London home. More about Unknown Works creates "otherworldly" music studio in London garden
Local practice Slow has created a family home in Nagoya, Japan, which has a raw exterior of blackened wood and corten steel topped with an overhanging pitched roof. More about Slow uses charred wood to clad "hut-like" home in Japan
Architecture studio Wood Marsh has used curving walls of charred timber and rammed earth to create this home south of Melbourne, which is designed to echo Australia's "windswept" coastline. More about Wood Marsh creates rammed-earth Peninsula House on Australian coast
Local studio Atelier Hajný has created a charred timber-clad housing block near Prague that references a holiday cabin visited by the client since his childhood. More about Atelier Hajný references rural Czech cabins for triangular housing block
British studio Tikari Works has completed an outbuilding for a south London residence that is framed by a latticed timber roof structure and configured to weave around a Lebanese cedar tree. More about Black-stained timber canopy encloses garden pavilion by Tikari Works in London
Architecture studio DROO has extended and refurbished Arc Polo Farm in Surrey, UK, adding a clubhouse clad in charred timber to an existing ensemble of barns and stables. More about DROO adds charred-timber clubhouse to polo field in Surrey
Architectural studio Worrell Yeung has completed a two-storey, black-coloured home extension called Springs Artist Studio that is meant to offer the "experience of being perched in the trees". More about Hamptons artist studio by Worrell Yeung is tucked among the trees