Plywood staircase extends up through centre of Philadelphia townhouse by ISA
American firm Interface Studio Architects has built an all-white townhouse in a gentrifying part of Philadelphia, with a plywood core running up its middle. More
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Growmore is a modular building kit for urban gardeners
Planting boxes can be bolted together to create mini gardens and farms, with this simple construction system devised by Danish architects Sine Lindholm and Mads-Ulrik Husum. More
HASA Architects converts derelict glasshouses into events space in London's Highgate
Birch plywood panels form partitions, platforms and furniture inside these greenhouses at a former garden centre in north London, converted into an events and exhibition space by local practice HASA Architects. More
Supreme covers Alvar Aalto's iconic 400 Tank armchair in "f*ck" fabric
Streetwear brand Supreme has released its own version of the Alvar Aalto 400 Tank chair, covered in a custom-made fabric based on Robert Indiana's iconic Love artwork. More
Earthworm-inspired pavilion stages concerts and light shows in Latvia's floodplains
Didzis Jaunzems Architecture has built a circular pavilion for open-air music and lighting performances, designed to be reminiscent of an earthworm's natural habitat. More
Sanja Premrn combines plywood and chevron-patterned tiling to create "light and bright" Spin Bar
Slovenia-based architect Sanja Premrn paired simple plywood panels with pale, chevron-patterned tiling to create the angular geometries of this cafe bar. More
Deep-blue shutters conceal kitchens, windows and wardrobes in Porto flats by Fala Atelier
Portuguese architecture studio Fala Atelier has transformed an old house in Porto into five studio apartments that feature matching dark blue shutters and a facade patterned with blue and red tiles. More
Plywood-lined bedrooms feature in London loft conversion by Widger Architecture
Behind a charred larch exterior, this London loft extension contains a pair of plywood-lined bedrooms that double up as quiet study spaces. More
Interrobang fills its office with custom plywood furniture painted the colours of insulating foam
Architecture and engineering studio Interrobang has fitted out its east London office with freestanding plywood furniture units, painted in the same pastel hues as insulating foam typically concealed within a building's walls. More
HÛT creates mobile plywood gin trolley to serve its architecture office
London-based architectural practice HÛT designed and built this movable gin trolley as office furniture for its new workspace. More
Tsuruta Architects designs staircase in London house from hundreds of plywood pieces
Nearly 2,000 pieces of plywood slot together like a puzzle in this staircase, which features in a London home that has been overhauled by local studio Tsuruta Architects. More
Discover the versatility of plywood with our updated Pinterest board
With a new exhibition on at the V&A spotlighting plywood, we've updated an existing Pinterest board to show the how adaptable the material is, with projects including IKEA hacks, curvy roofs and stitched wooden furniture. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
10 of the most ground-breaking uses of plywood in architecture and design
To coincide with the opening of an exhibition dedicated to plywood at London's V&A museum, we've rounded up 10 projects from the Dezeen archives that push the material to its limits. More
Studio mAAb slots plywood wedges into roof space of renovated Rennes apartment
French office Studio mAAb has transformed a single-storey apartment in the city of Rennes into a duplex by incorporating a pair of wooden volumes and a mezzanine walkway into the former attic space. More
V&A exhibition charts the rise and fall of humble plywood
The social history of plywood – as an innovator in the furniture and transport industries, and a maligned everyday material – is explored in a new exhibition at London's V&A museum, which opens this weekend. More
Desai Chia captures "quirky" character of media brand Quartz for its New York office
American studio Desai Chia Architecture wanted to capture the "intellectually playful aspects" of Quartz in the design of the digital media outlet's new headquarters in Manhattan. More
Clever storage surrounds window seat in Prague flat renovated by Atelier 111 Architekti
Birch-plywood cabinets completely surround a set of windows in this renovated 1930s home in Prague, creating a cosy lounge space framed by space-saving solutions. More
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson creates Blue Bottle Coffee cafe within historic San Francisco building
A display system made of stacked and suspended wooden boxes forms a signature feature in this new Blue Bottle Coffee cafe, which occupies part of a 1920s brick building in downtown San Francisco. More
Giles Miller installs louvred plywood pavilion in London's Clerkenwell
For this year's Clerkenwell Design Week, London designer Giles Miller worked with watch brand Shinola to create a pavilion made from 8,000 lightning-bolt-shaped pieces of plywood. More
Plykea hacks IKEA's Metod kitchens with plywood fronts
Startup company Plykea has launched a series of birch ply doors and worktops that can be attached to IKEA's Metod kitchen cupboards. More