Cupa Pizarras introduces three slate facade systems at VDF products fair
The contemporary Cupaclad 201 Vanguard series is one of three cladding systems shown by Cupa Pizarras at VDF products fair that put natural slate in the spotlight. More
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Cupaclad 201 Vanguard by Cupa Pizarras
VDF products fair: Cupa Pizarras' Cupaclad 201 Vanguard facade system contrasts natural slate with stainless steel fixtures to offer users a contemporary aesthetic. More
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Cupaclad 101 Logic by Cupa Pizarras
VDF products fair: natural slate is the focal point of the Cupaclad 101 Logic rainscreen cladding system, designed by Cupa Pizarras to be secured with hidden fixings. More
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Cupaclad 101 Random by Cupa Pizarras
VDF products fair: the Cupaclad 101 Random rainscreen cladding system by Cupa Pizarras combines overlapping slabs of slate in different sizes to create textured and "dynamic" facades. More
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Architect Bruno Stevens designs slate-covered studio for his ceramist mother
Architect Bruno Stevens has added a sunken slate-clad ceramics studio to a house on a sloping site in Belgium. More
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LLLab uses red brick and slate for retreat close to the Great Wall of China
Chinese architecture studio LLLab has designed a hotel on the outskirts of Beijing as a village-style complex of buildings made from local brick and slate. More
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Tintagel Castle Bridge in Cornwall has a gap where it meets in the middle
Architecture studio William Matthews Associates and engineers Ney & Partners have built a bridge in Cornwall from two 30-metre cantilevered spans that don't quite meet in middle. More
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Explore Junya Ishigami's Serpentine Pavilion in 360-degree video
Take a look inside the latest Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, a low-rising rocky canopy designed by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami, in this exclusive 360-degree video filmed by Dezeen. More
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More details of Junya Ishigami's craggy Serpentine Pavilion revealed in full photo set
This slideshow of images by photographer Ste Murray offers a closer look at the rocky canopy that forms this year's Serpentine Pavilion by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami. More
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Junya Ishigami unveils rocky Serpentine Pavilion made out of slate
Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has completed this year's Serpentine Pavilion, a craggy structure he describes as a "hill made out of rocks". More
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Slate-covered writer's retreat by TRIAS sits in a Welsh valley
Reclaimed slate tiles applied like shingles to the exterior of this single-room cabin in Wales' Snowdonia region contrast with an interior made entirely from light birch plywood. More
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Diamond, scalloped and brick-shaped shingles cover Melbourne house by Austin Maynard Architects
Slate shingles are arranged in various patterns across the outer walls of the house-shaped blocks that make up this multigenerational residence in the Melbourne suburb of Kew. More
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Cross-shaped house by Elliott Architects is adapted to sloping woodland setting
Elliott Architects has completed a family home in Northumberland made up of two intersecting volumes clad in opposing materials of slate, cedar and brick to represent different elements of its forest setting. More
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MawsonKerr uses oak, cedar and slate for rural music centre in Cumbria
Cedar shingles, slate and oak were all used to build this rural music centre in Cumbria, England, designed by Newcastle-based studio MawsonKerr for a charity offering musical therapy. More
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Architecture for London builds one house extension in slate and another in brick
Architecture for London has created a pair of contrasting extensions for adjoining houses in east London, using pale brick for one and dark slate for the other. More
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Canadian country house by Simard Architecture contrasts pale cedar with dark slate
Cedar boards and slate blocks clad the geometric blocks that make up this house in rural Quebec, designed by Canadian studio Simard Architecture to sit over the remnants of an old farmhouse. More
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Lubrano Ciavarra clads weekend retreat in Rhode Island using cedar and rough-cut slate
Providing sweeping views of a wilderness reserve was the primary goal for US studio Lubrano Ciavarra when designing this large wood-and-slate holiday home in Rhode Island (+ slideshow). More
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Duvall Decker clads a Mississippi dwelling in grey-green slate shingles
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
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GKMP Architects uses pebbledash, brick and slate for Dublin house extension
GKMP Architects has extended a 1930s residence in Dublin, Ireland, using the same material palette – which even includes pebbledash. More
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Dark grey slates create diamond-patterned facades for Cabin Ryfylke in Norway
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
