A zigzagging plan was used to bring "spatial depth" to the small site of House in Fujiidera, a family home in Osaka, Japan, designed by local studio FujiwaraMuro Architects. More about Intersecting blocks form House in Fujiidera by FujiwaraMuro Architects
Canadian studio 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design has added a cedar-clad extension with a shape informed by birds in flight to a house in Ottawa. More about 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design adds "bird wing" extension to Ottawa house
Japanese studio Kei Kaihoh Architects has completed a timber-framed storage facility in Joetsu City that offers rice farmers a way to refrigerate their harvest without relying on gas or electricity. More about Local cedar forms snow-cooled rice warehouse in Niigata Prefecture
Sweden-born architect Fredrik Nilsson has completed a wood-clad residence for his family that incorporates Scandinavian modernism and the "bohemian experimentalism of the LA Eastside". More about Fredrik Nilsson clads his Los Angeles house in oiled cedar
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
Cedar siding wraps the exterior of the Shelter Island House, which was designed by KoningEizenberg Architecture to exhibit a sense of "deliberate informality". More about KoningEizenberg lines secluded island house with expressive columns
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 2m26 has used traditional Japanese carpentry to create a chicken coop built from cypress and cedar bark in the mountains surrounding Kyoto, Japan. More about Niwatorigoya is a chicken coop inspired by Japanese shrines
Canadian studio Hemsworth Architecture has completed a mass timber factory wrapped in vertical cedar slats, nestled in British Colombia's Squamish Valley. More about Hemsworth Architecture wraps Canadian mass timber factory in cedar slats
Global architecture studio SOM and landscape architecture studio James Corner Field Operations have installed a block-long timber truss bridge called Timber Bridge, which connects Manhattan's High Line to the renovated Penn Station. More about SOM connects block-long glulam bridge to the High Line
Large openings and earthy materials feature in a guesthouse that architecture studio Bohlin Cywinski Jackson has added to a private residence on a secluded island in the Pacific Northwest. More about Bohlin Cywinski Jackson designs nature-infused Henry Island Guesthouse in Washington
Colleen Healey Architecture has renovated a 30-year-old home in Maryland, introducing large windows and a hybrid facade that mixes Corten steel with cedar shake. More about Colleen Healey clads renovated Maryland home in Corten steel and cedar
A series of shelters for doves were embedded in the laminated-cedar facade of Neal Schwartz's self-designed studio, which is an extension of his Sonoma home. More about Neal Schwartz includes dovecotes in "chapel-like" California studio
Architecture firm Ueda Design Studio has completed the Eola Hills Residence, a spacious Oregon family home that takes cues from Japanese design and "serves as refuge from work life". More about Cedar siding wraps Oregon house by Ueda Design Studio
US studio CLB Architects has designed a cedar-clad home and barn in Wyoming for clients who love horses and wanted to return their property to its historic roots as a working ranch. More about Horses a "constant visual presence" at Black Fox Ranch by CLB Architects
Ryall Sheridan Carroll Architects has created a cedar-clad, pavilion-like house on the North Fork of Long Island that includes a detached garage and pool. More about Ryall Sheridan Carroll Architects includes monumental porch on Long Island home
US studio Klopf Architecture has completed the Sonoma Hilltop New Residence, a horizontal house in wine country that takes cues from mid-century modern architecture and has dangling chains that collect rainwater. More about Low-lying house by Klopf Architecture overlooks California's Sonoma Valley
Leckie Studio has completed Camera House in the mountains of British Columbia with dramatic windows and skylights that are meant to frame the surrounding landscape like a camera lens. More about Leckie Studio creates timber-clad house to frame mountain views
Local studio Sparano + Mooney Architecture cantilevered two envelopes with blackened-cedar siding over a canyon outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. More about Sparano + Mooney positions cedar home over canyon in Utah
Cedar cladding and large stretches of glass feature in a weekend house called Sonoma Wine Country, which has been enlarged by US studio Feldman Architecture. More about Feldman Architecture expands home in northern California’s wine region