A gabled greenhouse appears to slide out from beneath the thatched roof of this villa, completed by Maas Architecten in the Dutch countryside. More about Maas Architecten merges a thatched cottage with a glass greenhouse
Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter paired thatch with blackened wood for this extension to a visitor's centre on the Wadden Sea mud flats in Denmark. More about Dorte Mandrup adds thatched wing to Wadden Sea visitor centre in Denmark
This cultural centre in Senegal by Japanese architect Toshiko Mori was constructed using exclusively local materials and techniques – and has been recognised in the architecture category of the 2017 AIA Awards. More about Toshiko Mori uses compressed earth and bamboo for cultural hub in remote Senegalese village
An angular thatched roof extends down over this seaside house, which references the grassy dune landscape of Latvia's Pape Nature Reserve (+ slideshow). More about Archispektras creates holiday home with a sculptural thatched roof on the Baltic Sea
Set back from the beach behind a row of houses, this Mexican villa by architect BAAQ has terraces and a swimming pool raised up so residents can relax outdoors with a view of the ocean (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). More about BAAQ completes seaside house in Mexico with an elevated pool and a thatched roof
Mexican artist Santiago Borja has built a thatched observatory on the roof of one of Holland's best-preserved Modernist houses (+ slideshow). More about Thatched observatory installed on roof of 1930s Sonneveld House in Rotterdam
Vietnamese studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects has built a community centre of eight pavilions, each with intricate bamboo structures and thatched rooftops (+ slideshow). More about Vo Trong Nghia creates bamboo and thatch domes for Diamond Island Community Centre
A thatched roof shaped like a giant parasol shelters this bamboo community centre by Vo Trong Nghia, which is built over a pond in a south Vietnam village (+ slideshow). More about Thatched "umbrella-like" roof tops bamboo community centre by Vo Trong Nghia
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has added three bamboo buildings with thatched roofs to the Naman Retreat in Vietnam, including a restaurant filled with huge trumpet-shaped columns (+ slideshow). More about Vo Trong Nghia adds bamboo restaurant and beach bar to spa resort in Vietnam
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto used locally sourced materials to create this countryside arts venue at a former farm on the outskirts of Guangzhou, China (+ slideshow). More about Sou Fujimoto uses seashells and thatching for village-inspired arts complex in rural China
This office with thatched walls by Attika Architekten floats in Amsterdam's harbour, creating a base for the city's water-cleaning service (+ slideshow). More about Thatched office for Amsterdam's canal cleaners is "the biggest ark in the Netherlands"
This wooden shed with one thatched wall and one metal-mesh wall is designed by Guinée*Potin Architectes to host a newly invented sport that borrows from football, table football and squash (+ slideshow). More about Guinée*Potin Architectes creates "footcheball" playground inside a thatched shed
Artist Emily Mannion and architect Thomas O'Brien have created a thatch-roofed pavilion overlooking the sea and sand dunes on the edge of a forest park in Ireland (+ slideshow). More about Jeffry's House by Emily Mannion and Thomas O’Brien is a thatched folly by the sea
Thatch covers both the walls and roof of this wildlife museum and research centre in Beautour, France (+ slideshow). More about Beautour thatched museum and biodiversity research centre by Guinée*Potin Architectes
Nine stone cabins are sheltered beneath a single thatched roof in this addition to a hotel resort in Nha Trang, Vietnam, by architecture practice a21studio (+ slideshow). More about 9 Spa at I-Resort by a21studio
This project by architecture collective Rumah Asuh involved the repair and reconstruction of the last remaining traditional thatched residences on Flores Island, Indonesia. More about Preservation of the Mbaru Niang by Rumah Asuh
Dezeen archive: we've published a few buildings covered in thatch recently, so here's a roundup of more examples from the Dezeen archives. See all our stories about thatched architecture »
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Thatching covers the walls as well as the roof at this house in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands, by Dutch architect Arjen Reas (+ slideshow). More about Living on the Edge by Arjen Reas
This glazed town hall in the Netherlands by Dutch architecture studio Inbo has thatched roofing folding over all five of its huge curved profiles (+ slideshow). More about Town Hall Midden-Delfland by Inbo
Dutch studio Maxwan has renovated a thatched house in the seaside town of Noordwijk in the Netherlands and added concrete and glass protrusions to the front and back (+ slideshow). More about House N by Maxwan