Earth-coloured ceramic tiles cover the roofs and walls of this nursery located on the outskirts of Paris, which is designed by French studio Nomade Architectes to look like a cluster of buildings. More about Brown ceramic shingles cover Nomade Architectes' village-inspired nursery near Paris
The jagged form of this climbing centre by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter is covered in grey, brown and white shingles that reference a snow-covered mountain behind the building (+ slideshow). More about Norwegian climbing centre by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter resembles a snow-capped mountain
A+Awards: the African armadillo influenced the curved, scale-covered form of this boutique safari lodge in Botswana – one of the winners at this year's Architizer A+Awards. More about Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge provides luxury getaway in remote African beauty spot
Portland studio Architecture Building Culture has created a gabled structure to accommodate more residents at a local communal home for single mothers (+ slideshow). More about Architecture Building Culture adds housing units to recovery centre in Portland
This house in Berlin designed by Brandt + Simon Architekten is covered in rows of green shingles with curved edges and features windows laid out to resemble a face (+ slideshow). More about Green shingles cover "peculiar" Schuppen house by Brandt + Simon Architekten
American firm Sparano + Mooney Architecture has covered a family home in Utah with hundreds of weathering steel plates to give the exterior a textured appearance (+ slideshow). More about Sparano + Mooney clads Utah residence in hundreds of scale-like steel shingles
A+Awards: next up in our series on winning projects from Architizer's 2016 A+Awards is a small chapel by Japanese architect Hiroshi Nakamura, which features extreme gables and a roof covered in 21,000 aluminium shingles (+ slideshow). More about Sayama Forest Chapel by Hiroshi Nakamura is covered with hand-bent aluminium shingles
Designer Nick Waldman has completed a cedar-clad residence and studio for a graphic novelist in Martha's Vineyard – an island just south of Cape Cod that is a popular destination for affluent summer vacationers (+ slideshow). More about Nick Waldman creates a "studio in the trees" on a holiday island in Massachusetts
US studio Duvall Decker Architects has created a residence in central Mississippi that is "shaped to draw the outdoors in and lure the family out" (+ slideshow). More about Duvall Decker clads a Mississippi dwelling in grey-green slate shingles
Toronto firm Reigo and Bauer has created a three-bedroom home in the city, which features a hot pink entrance and is otherwise clad in black shingles (+ slideshow). More about Bright pink doorway marks the entrance to Reigo and Bauer's Winona House in Toronto
This Slovenian home by Skupaj Arhitekti mimics the gabled form of its Alpine village neighbours, but it also features contemporary details and finishes (+ slideshow). More about Skupaj Arhitekti couples traditional form with contemporary materials for Alpine home
A pointy shingle-clad roof extends over this residence by Suppose Design Office and its garden, creating a sheltered outdoor area for cooking, reading and napping (+ slideshow). More about Suppose Design Office hides garden beneath oversized shingle roof of House in Anjo
Fibre-cement shingles cover this gabled barn in northeast France, which GENS: Association Libérale d'Architecture has converted into five apartments (+ slideshow). More about Cement shingles create scaly facade for French barn conversion by GENS
Giant wooden shingles cover the curving walls of this woodland trail centre by Swedish architecture firm Tengbom, designed to mimic the form and texture of a pine cone (+ slideshow). More about Tengbom's completes pine cone-inspired trail centre in a Swedish nature reserve
Slate shingles create a crisscrossing pattern across the outer walls of this cabin, which is set on an isolated island off the coast of Norway (+ slideshow). More about Dark grey slates create diamond-patterned facades for Cabin Ryfylke in Norway
Canadian firm Bourgeois Lechasseur Architects has completed a gabled family home in rural Quebec featuring a facade of cedar tiles (+ slideshow). More about Woodland Quebec home by Bourgeois Lechasseur features a facade of wooden tiles
DANS Architects used timber planks and shingles to create this footbridge and cycle path, which connects a Slovenian village to nearby lakes and mountains (+ slideshow). More about Arching wooden footbridge by DANS Architects connects Slovenian village to mountains
One half of this tiny mountain dwelling in western Serbia is faced in white ceramic tiles, while the other is clad in dark timber shingles – a nod to both traditional and contemporary styles (+ slideshow). More about Serbian mountain home by EXE Studio clad in both white ceramic tiles and dark wooden shingles
Parisian office DGT Architects aimed to condense the architectural history of Japan's houses into a single home with this elevated timber volume supported on an earth-clad base. More about DGT Architects' A House for Oiso aims to "capture the essence of Japan from all ages"
This Tokyo house and office for a funeral director has been split into three sections so that two can be removed later, in case a planned road gets built through the site (+ slideshow). More about Shingle-clad home by Starpilots can be split up to make way for a road expansion