Chinese Wood Dog House

Upswept eaves and lattice windows, for a resident who will not notice either.

This dog house comes from China and is contemporary, in elm wood. Its form borrows from Chinese pavilion architecture, where curved, upturned rooflines and geometric lattice screens have long been signature features. A ribbed roof of rounded slats sweeps up at the corners, with a vented ridge on each gable. The walls are open lattice in a cracked-ice pattern, set over plain paneling, with a squared doorway at the front. The elm has a warm, honeyed finish throughout. It is 38.75 inches long, 32.25 deep and 36 high.

The garden's smallest temple, with the loudest guest.