A/O builds slanted black holiday home in Hudson Valley
Designed and built by Actual/Office Architects, this vacation home in upstate New York consists of two nested volumes wrapped in angled screens made of blackened wood. More
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Those Architects extends former dairy farm with black-stained sales office
It may look like a high-end contemporary villa, but this rectilinear building is actually a sales office for a dairy farm near Sydney. More
![Leifo chair was jointly created by designer Atang Tshikare and Eve Collett of Casamento as part of 100% Design South Africa’s recent ‘We are Cape Town’ show at Decorex Cape Town.]()
Atang Tshikare and Eve Collett's Leifo chair combines scorched timber and woven grass
Cape Town-based artist Atang Tshikare and designer Eve Collett used feather-like woven grass and charred wood to create this antique-looking chair. More
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Amos and Amos takes cues from Scandinavian design for AKQA's new Gothenburg studio
London practice Amos and Amos has created a collaborative workspace in a former Gothenburg shipbuilding warehouse for digital agency AKQA, which references traditional Swedish architecture. More
![Dutch architect Chris Collaris has completed a house in Amsterdam clad entirely in blackened timber and featuring an asymmetric gabled roof.]()
Chris Collaris Architects completes black wooden cottage with exaggerated roof
Dutch architect Chris Collaris has built a house in Amsterdam that is clad entirely in blackened timber, featuring an asymmetric gabled roof that extends out to form a sheltered entrance. More
![THEWOODBUILDING is a prefabricated wooden holiday home clad in charred timber boards by designers Nicole Lachelle and Christian Niessen]()
Prefabricated holiday home by Nicole Lachelle and Christian Niessen is clad in charred timber
This prototype house overlooking Lake Maggiore was designed by Nicole Lachelle and Christian Niessen to demonstrate the capabilities of prefabricated wood construction, and features charred-timber facades enclosing a bright-white interior. More
![Simon Conder Associates has placed an extension clad in black-stained timber on top of a former warehouse in east London.]()
Black House is a duplex apartment above a converted Victorian warehouse in Hackney
Simon Conder Associates has placed a prefabricated, black-stained timber extension on top of a former warehouse in east London, creating a new home for the designers whose studio occupies the old building. More
![Dutch studio FillieVerhoeven Architects has completed a house near Rotterdam featuring an asymmetric gabled form clad entirely in blackened timber.]()
Villa SG21 is a monolithic blackened-wood house topped with a turfed roof
Dutch studio FillieVerhoeven Architects has completed a house near Rotterdam featuring an asymmetric gabled form clad entirely in blackened timber and incorporating large glazed openings on all sides. More
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Slices of timber align to form roof of outdoor classroom near Moscow
A huge tree trunk has been sliced into sections to create the slatted roof of this outdoor classroom designed by architecture students for a school at an art park in Russia's Kaluga region. More
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Expansive deck divides levels of Canadian cliffside house by Alain Carle
Canadian firm Alain Carle Architecte has built a sustainable house in the mountains of Quebec as a retreat from modern conveniences. More
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Robert Hutchison's Cantilever House projects towards Seattle harbour
Panoramic views of Seattle's harbour are afforded from the overhanging rear of this house, completed by American firm Robert Hutchison Architecture. More
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Pedevilla Architects adds angular blackened-larch extension to hotel in South Tyrol
Italian studio Pedevilla Architects has completed an extension to a traditional Alpine hotel, comprising a monolithic blackened-timber volume with windows that jut from the walls and roof to optimise mountain views. More
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Desai Chia's Michigan Lake House features a roof that cantilevers over a patio
New York firm Desai Chia Architects has built a home on Lake Michigan with blackened timber walls and a roof that extends out to shelter an outdoor seating area. More
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Escape One XL is a two-storey micro home on wheels
This recreational vehicle masquerading as a tiny cottage is clad in charred wood and sleeps up to eight people. More
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Scullion Architects adds charred-larch tower to terraced home in Dublin
Located near Dublin's docklands, this three-storey Georgian terraced house has been converted from three bed-sits into one light-filled "upside-down house" with a charred-larch extension at the back. More
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Andrew Burges' Sydney house pairs pale brickwork with blackened wood
Pale brickwork lines the living areas of this Sydney house by local studio Andrew Burges Architects, while the bedrooms are located in blackened wood volumes on top. More
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Phoenix House sits at the base of the world's most active volcano
This tiny guest house by designer Will Beilharz stands on a lava field on Hawaii's Big Island, and has views of the steam produced where molten rock flows into the sea. More
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Blackened wood house by Robert Hutchison provides retreat in Seattle forest
This black woodland house on the outskirts of Seattle is set around a gravelled courtyard, which provides its residents with a secluded outdoor space safe from roaming elk. More
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Houston contractor builds her own charred-timber residence designed by Suyama Peterson Deguchi
The owner of a construction company in Houston has collaborated with Seattle architects Suyama Peterson Deguchi to create a Japanese-influenced home that she built for herself. More
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The Houseboat by Mole Architects evokes the underside of a ship's hull
Mole Architects has completed a house in the English seaside town of Poole, comprising a pair of blackened-timber volumes that resemble the upturned hull of a boat. More
