Casa CCFF by Leopold Banchini offers alternative to Switzerland's typical concrete houses
Leopold Banchini Architects has built a house it describes as a "domestic factory" beside an industrial train station in Lancy, Switzerland. More
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Loïc Bard designs "sensual" burnt-wood Bone furniture and utensils
French designer Loïc Bard has crafted a set of wooden furniture and matching tableware, all with rounded edges "inspired by the sense of touch and the human body". More
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Knud Holscher celebrates Danish craft with summer house on Fanø island
Architect and designer Knud Holscher has built a simple glazed house on Fanø, an island off the southwest coast of Denmark. More
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Michael Doty's charred-timber Shaw Mesa chalet overlooks Rocky Mountains in Idaho
US architecture firm Michael Doty Associates has embedded this blackened-wood residence into its mountainous surroundings in rural Idaho. More
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Intersecting gabled sheds form "abstract and intriguing" house by Alain Carle Architecte
Alain Carle Architecte has completed a black home in Quebec, with a split-level organisation that creates "interior landscapes" for its owners to inhabit. More
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Blackened wood cabins form minimal Quebec chalet by Naturehumaine
This Quebec holiday home by Canadian architecture studio Naturehumaine comprises two blackened wood cabins, which are intended to look like they are "sliding over the cliff" below. More
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Explore the best architecture projects featuring charred wood via our Pinterest board
We've updated our Pinterest board dedicated to charred wood, including a waterfront home with views of Lake Michigan and a timber-clad extension in north London. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Esrawe exhibits black wooden furniture for Design Week Mexico
Esrawe Studio is launching a collection of simple, stained black furniture at its showroom during this year's Design Week Mexico in the country's capital. More
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Deborah Berke Partners completes low-slung black residence in Connecticut
This low-slung residence in rural Connecticut, completed by New York firm Deborah Berke Partners, is clad in black siding to blend into the surrounding forest. More
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Kieran Donnellan works with students to build tiny clifftop chapel in Lebanon
Irish architect Kieran Donnellan and a team of students have built a non-denominational chapel on a clifftop near the 12th-century Byblos Castle in Lebanon. More
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Katsutoshi Sasaki's minimalist home contrasts a dark exterior with a light interior
Japanese architect Katsutoshi Sasaki has built himself a new family home, featuring a dark-painted facade of red cedar and a bright, airy interior. More
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Chris Price's black TreeHaus staggers down wooded hill in Utah
Dark-stained cedar planks cover a series of volumes that are stepped and rotated down a slope in a Utah forest, forming a house for architect Chris Price and his family. More
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Denizen Works designs "abstracted tree" viewing tower for Scottish botanical gardens
London-based architects Denizen Works has submitted planning for a observation tower containing a vertical gallery and bird hide at Inverewe Garden in Scotland. More
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Cascading boxes with green roofs form coastal Washington home by Prentiss Balance Wickline
American firm Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects has created a dwelling in the Pacific Northwest that consists of timber-clad volumes that step down a rocky hillside. More
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Alfonso Arango builds tiny black cabin next to his childhood home
Architect Alfonso Arango has designed himself a 24-square-metre weekend retreat next to his childhood home overlooking the Andes mountains in Colombia. More
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Little House by MW Works sits on bluff overlooking Washington's Puget Sound
American studio MW Works has designed a compact cabin in a Washington forest with exterior walls clad in weathered cedar and blackened cement. More
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John Ronan's charred wood Courtyard House frames views of Lake Michigan
American firm John Ronan Architects has completed a square-shaped, waterfront home in Michigan that features a wooden exterior and rooms organised around open-air courtyards. More
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Jeff Svitak builds blackened Redwood House with private studio for himself in Southern California
American architect Jeff Svitak has designed a house for himself nestled into a hillside in San Diego, complete with various outdoor spaces and an office for his practice. More
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Eckford Chong adds blackened-timber garden studio to refurbished London house
UK architecture office Eckford Chong has renovated and extended an end-of-terrace property in east London, adding a garden studio that evokes traditional Japanese tea houses. More
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Hayhurst and Co adds charred-timber extension to basement flat in north London
Dark timber cladding applied to the exterior of this extension to a London flat by Hayhurst and Co contrasts the white-oiled boards that line the kitchen and dining space within. More
