An exterior of charred timber and thatch is contrasted by a vibrant interior palette of blues and purples at this riverside home in Riga, Latvia designed by architecture studio OAD. More about OAD tops barn-like summer home with thatch roof
Indian studio Ma+rs has completed Serenity, a wildlife retreat in Tamil Nadu crowned by a cluster of thatched roofs intended to blend in with the distant Anamalai mountain range. More about Ma+rs designs thatched wildlife retreat in India as "a quiet observer"
Thatched roofs may be synonymous with traditional architecture, but this roundup points to a revival of the age-old craft in contemporary buildings across the globe. More about Nine buildings heralding a thatched-roof renaissance
Kyiv-based architecture and design studio YOD Group looked to Ukrainian vernacular architecture when creating this cluster of guesthouses, characterised by glass walls and thatched roofs. More about YOD Group crowns glass-sided huts with 10-metre-tall thatched roofs
Architecture studio Wallmakers has completed Bridge House in rural Karjat, India, a weekend home spanning a seven-metre-deep gorge and clad entirely in furry thatched scales. More about "Thatch-mud" scales cloak habitable bridge in India by Wallmakers
Architecture collective Assemble has married thatch and timber to craft Fibredog, a public artwork that doubles as a shelter in London, on show as part of Frieze Sculpture. More about Assemble draws on folkloric rituals for dog-like shelter in London
Irish practice Fuinneamh Workshop Architects has completed an events space for the Tramore Valley Park in Cork, creating a "deliberately rudimentary" shelter of rammed earth, timber and thatch. More about Fuinneamh Workshop Architects adds rammed-earth shelter to Irish park
Architect duo Mathias Mentze and Alexander Ottenstein has swapped minimalist white for a range of soft colours in their overhaul of a thatched 19th-century country house in Jels, Denmark. More about Mentze Ottenstein is clever with colour in revamp of Dinesen Country Home
An oversized thatched roof shelters the geometric concrete forms of this house in Vietnam, which has been completed by local architecture studio Kientruc O. More about Kientruc O tops sculptural Thu House with large thatched roof in Vietnam
A curvilinear thatched hut has been paired with terracotta-hued tiles at the Amsterdam store for homeware brand Polspotten, which was designed by local studio Space Projects. More about Space Projects creates Amsterdam store with thatched hut for Polspotten
A cantilevered form with thatched surfaces defines Summer House, a holiday home designed by architecture studio RAPA on the shores of Lake Balaton in Hungary. More about RAPA combines thatch and stone at lakeside holiday home in Hungary
Belgian studio Britsom Philips has completed Villa VD, a timber-clad extension to a small rural home in Flanders with minimalist, light-filled living spaces. More about Britsom Philips reconfigures Belgian home with minimalist interiors and thatched roof
Architecture studio Ingenhoven Architects has created a series of buildings topped with large, overhanging thatched roofs for the Lanserhof Sylt health resort on the Germany island of Sylt. More about Ingenhoven Architects tops island health resort with Europe's largest thatched roof
A pair of stone towers and a thatched-roof palapa are among the features at a nature retreat in southern Mexico designed by architects Mauricio Rocha and Gabriela Carrillo. More about Cometa House is nestled within trees on coastal site in Oaxaca
A thatched roof and large cardboard tubes form part of the structure of the Farmer's Restaurant on Awaji Island, designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban's studio. More about Shigeru Ban marries thatch and cardboard tubes at Farmer's Restaurant in Japan
Architects Jan Henrik Jansen and Marshall Blecher have overseen the careful reconstruction and extension of a 120-year-old thatched cottage in north Germany. More about Glazed living room features in reconstruction of thatched Nieby Crofters Cottage
London studio Flea Folly Architects has erected a pavilion at Kew Wakehurst botanic gardens in West Sussex, England, which uses a combination of local materials to evoke a traditional Ethiopian dwelling. More about Flea Folly Architects completes False Banana Pavilion at Kew Wakehurst
The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features a concrete home on a cliff-edge in Mexico and an exclusive interview with the developer of Saudi megacity The Line. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate newsletter features the "perfect Airbnb hideout" on a cliff-edge in Mexico
An enormous thatched roof structure with open sides covers the communal areas of this home perched on a rocky cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Mexico by Zozaya Arquitectos. More about Zozaya Arquitectos tops cliffside home in Mexico with open thatched roof
Sketch Design Studio has designed and built a farmhouse in northern India that combines rammed earth walls and a thatch roof with a form inspired by stepwells. More about Mud House by Sketch Design Studio takes cues from Rajasthan stepwells