All-encompassing roof frames terraces for Suppose Design Office's House in UtsunomiyaĪ metal roof completely surrounds this house by Japanese studio Suppose Design Office, sheltering terraces and a garden so that residents can use these spaces all year round (+ slideshow).

This larch-clad residence by floating architecture specialists Baca Architects is raised above its flood-prone site in Oxfordshire, England, on wooden blocks and an elevated deck (+ slideshow).

Baca completes flood-resilient home beside an Oxfordshire brook.

Cargo Architecture completes Scandinavian-inspired holiday home in QuebecĬanadian studio Cargo Architecture used a restrained materials palette for this woodland vacation cottage in Quebec, which has a swing seat and a wood store built into its facade.

This Slovenian home by Skupaj Arhitekti mimics the gabled form of its Alpine village neighbours, but it also features contemporary details and finishes (+ slideshow).

Skupaj Arhitekti couples traditional form with contemporary materials for Alpine home.Link Arkitektur has added a gabled extension to a 19th-century Norwegian farmhouse, featuring a wooden facade designed to age with the building (+ slideshow). Link Arkitektur extends Norwegian farmhouse with contemporary gabled structure.

A449 converts Scottish cottage into writer's home with scorched larch claddingĮdinburgh practice A449 has adapted a 'nondescript' mid-20th-century dwelling in the Scottish Borders to create a home with scenic views for a writer (+ slideshow).This northern California cabin by Mork-Ulnes Architects is clad in tar-coated timber and sits atop a concrete plinth – measures that both help protect the structure from heavy snowfall. Mork-Ulnes completes California ski chalet coated in black tar.

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