The latest lookbook brings together eight dining rooms and kitchens where natural materials are used to create tactile interiors in earthy tones.
With the growing focus on sustainable materials, using locally sourced and natural materials offers an attractive, low carbon solution for home interiors.
From rammed earth walls and woven ceilings to terracotta floors and wooden tabletops, these dining spaces utilize traditional crafts and local building techniques to create textured, smooth and patterned surfaces that match the feel of the home.
These dining rooms demonstrate the potential of natural materials to create attractive, textured interiors in a contemporary setting, effectively bridging the gap between tradition and modernity.
This is the latest in our lookbook series, which brings you visual inspiration from Dezeen's archives. For more inspiration, check out our previous lookbooks featuring compact micro interiors, kitchen design ideas and pyramidal ceiling decor.
Espacio Curve, Mexico, by Di Frena Arquitectos
The kitchen of this Mexico home by local studio Di Frennna Arquitectos features a variety of natural materials, including stone floors, wooden cabinetry and a woven carrizo ceiling.
The studio designed the home as a “volume that emerges organically from the ground”, directly referencing the site and using a raw material palette that will ultimately require less maintenance.
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Taper House (UK, designed by Merrett Howler Architects) and All & All
This London home, designed by architecture studios Merret Houmøller Architects and All & Nxthing, features clay plaster walls, exposed brick and tiled floors inspired by traditional Moroccan homes.
Natural earth-based materials used in the project include handcrafted brick floors, wooden joinery and patinated copper.
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Casa Franca (France, Decheret Architecture)
Designed by French architecture firm Déchelette Architecture, this Parisian home is fronted by a large rammed earth wall that characterizes the use of natural materials.
Travertine stone and birch paneling runs throughout the interior and contrasts with polished metal countertops, shelving and accents in the kitchen and dining spaces.
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Casa Coba in Mexico, photo taken anonymously
Architecture studio Anonimous designed the villa, which is made from concrete, local “palota” wood and dried palm leaves from Oaxaca, referencing pre-colonial architecture.
The spacious dining room is surmounted by a 30-metre long thatched roof made from dried palm leaves, incorporating local craft traditions.
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Forest House, UK, AOC
In this extension in North London, completed by architecture firm AOC, tactile materials and contrasting colour combinations were used to give character to the kitchen and dining area.
Given its location near Epping Forest, the studio designed the extension to “invite the wilderness”, using different types of wood, woven hazelnut and other textured materials throughout the home.
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Spanish home renovation by Hiha Studio
Hiha Studio renovated this family home in Spain that was originally built as two separate houses connected by a rammed earth wall.
The studio retained the rammed earth walls to “recover the essence” of the house and to regulate humidity, temperature and acoustics inside.
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Hybrid House, India, Sketch Design Studio
Traditional building techniques from northern and southern India were used by Indian firm Sketch Design Studio to build this home in Rajasthan.
The home was built using local materials and craftsmen, and features pink rammed earth walls and rice-flour terracotta floors.
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Another Seedbed, America, by Ignacio G. Galan, Jesse McCormick, Khoi Nguyen, and Julie Tran
This renovated loft apartment in Brooklyn features a large central space and smaller interior spaces, and was designed to double as a performance space for hosting public events.
One volume features a red-stained pine exterior, while the other is clad in earthy clay plaster, bringing earthy tones to the open-plan kitchen and dining area.
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This is the latest in our lookbook series, which brings you visual inspiration from Dezeen's archives. For more inspiration, check out our previous lookbooks featuring compact micro interiors, kitchen design ideas and pyramidal ceiling decor.
