Architecture practice BABELstudio has completed Aralar Cottage, a black wooden cabin in the Basque Country with a hinged side that opens the interior to the surrounding forest. More about BABELstudio creates "archetypal" woodland cabin in the Basque Country
Interior designer Timothy Godbold has overhauled his own home in the Hamptons, painting the exterior black and renovating the inside to resemble a lair from a James Bond movie. More about Timothy Godbold turns his Hamptons home into a "villain's hideout"
Rich hues and curving geometries feature throughout Somers House, an L-shaped coastal home that Australian studio Kennedy Nolan has added to a coastal site in Victoria. More about Kennedy Nolan covers L-shaped coastal home in charred timber
Mork-Ulnes Architects has completed the Silver Lining House, a crisp, gabled home clad in black-stained cedar that was designed for an architectural photographer and interior designer. More about Mork-Ulnes creates black San Francisco house to be "laboratory" for creative work
A small triangular site guided the geometric form of Butterfly House, an accessible home that London studio Oliver Leech Architects has added to the corner of a garden in Surrey. More about Butterfly House by Oliver Leech Architects offers "new model for assisted living"
US studios Starling Architecture and Emily Lindberg Design have collaborated on a minimalist home clad in blackened wood in the Hamptons village of Amagansett that starkly contrasts the surrounding dunes. More about Charred-wood beach house sits among Amagansett's dunes
Local architecture firm Studio North designed a custom garden and garage combination complete with Corten steel planters and a green roof in Calgary, Alberta. More about Studio North juxtaposes industrial garage with delicate garden in Calgary
Australian practice Grotto Studio has added a charred-timber extension named Shadow House to a bright cottage in Perth. More about Grotto Studio references shadows with charred-timber cottage extension in Perth
As summer has come around in the northern hemisphere, searches for sheds have soared on Pinterest. We round up 10 projects from our Pinterest board that feature sheds designed for a variety of uses. More about Ten multifunctional sheds from Dezeen's Pinterest
Architecture studio Out of the Valley has created a sauna in Devon with blackened-wood cladding and a large square window overlooking the adjacent forest. More about Out of the Valley clads prefabricated Forest Sauna in charred wood
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a black timber pyramid designed by David Adjaye for the Venice Architecture Biennale. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features black timber pyramid by David Adjaye
A pointed structure crafted from blackened wood forms the Kwaee pavilion, which Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye has installed at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. More about David Adjaye creates black timber pyramid for Venice Architecture Biennale
New York City-based firm Studio MM Architect has completed a Corten steel-wrapped house with a dogtrot-style breezeway that connects to a home studio in North Branch, New York. More about Studio MM wraps rural New York home in Corten steel
The tale of Jonah and the Whale informed the design of this house in Chile, which architect Rodolfo Cañas shaped around two gardens. More about Rodolfo Cañas likens "protective" Paire House in Chile to biblical whale
New York-based studio Fuller Overby has created a home clad in charred cypress that cascades down a hill to a lake in North Carolina. More about Fuller Overby stacks cypress-wrapped spaces for North Carolina lake house
Local designer Kate Smith has wrapped a gabled house in blackened cypress siding in Door County, Wisconsin for her personal residence. More about Kate Smith clads own Wisconsin home in two tones of wood
Australian studio Dane Taylor Design has completed Bush Studio, a multipurpose garden room in New South Wales that has a compact form clad in charred wood. More about Compact garden studio nestles among trees in New South Wales
Local studio Ryan Leidner Architecture renovated a 1940s home in the Bernal Heights neighbourhood of San Francisco, resolving entry access with a bridge over the front garden. More about Ryan Leidner adds bridge to geometric San Francisco house
US studio Desai Chia Architecture has completed the Roxbury House, a weekend retreat for gallery owners that features courtyards for exhibiting artwork and a guesthouse designed for an artist in residence. More about Desai Chia uses charred-wood cladding for multi-structure Connecticut home
Mata Architects founder Dan Marks has extended his self-designed home in London, adding a charred wood-clad garden studio using Japanese technique Sho Sugi Ban. More about Dan Marks adds charred-wood extension to his family home