"We are already carbon negative by some long stretch" says furniture maker Sebastian Cox
Creating furniture from locally sourced wood has allowed Sebastian Cox to make his company and his employees carbon negative, the British designer claims. More
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MGA creates mass timber buildings for forestry college in Oregon
Canadian firm Michael Green Architecture used materials such as mass plywood panels and cross-laminated timber to construct two mass timber buildings at an Oregon university. More
Advances in digital design and mass timber are leading us to "a new Bauhaus"
The combination of digital technology and mass timber is revolutionising the way we design and build buildings, according to the panellists of our recent talk with Dassault Systèmes. More
Klein Dytham Architecture creates intricate wooden shop front for Cartier
Klein Dytham Architecture has created a decorative wooden facade featuring a pattern of interlocking three-dimensional blocks that are individually illuminated at night for a Cartier store in Osaka, Japan. More
Pilgrim's House is a timber-clad hostel in the Basque countryside
Vertical timber battens wrap around this Passivhaus hostel designed by architecture studio Blancodelprim to accommodate pilgrims on the famous route to Santiago de Compostela. More
OVO Chairs by Foster + Partners for Benchmark
Dezeen Showroom: Foster + Partners has collaborated with British furniture maker Benchmark to create a trio of carbon-negative chairs using European oak and American walnut. More
French architects face wood shortage with "prices going up every week"
A timber shortage in France has forced prices up as architects struggle to comply with a new environmental law that requires public buildings to be 50 per cent wood. More
Bølling Tray Table by Hans Bølling for Brdr Krüger
Dezeen Showroom: design studio Brdr Krüger has updated a wooden tray table created in 1963 by Danish architect Hans Bølling. More
BAO King's Cross pays tribute to Asia's Western-style cafes
The King's Cross outpost of London restaurant BAO features a wood-panelled interior designed by Macaulay Sinclair based on the Western-style cafes of Taiwan and Japan. More
Yves Béhar 3D prints Forust homeware from reclaimed wood waste
Sawdust is mixed with a natural tree-sap binder and 3D printed into complex, swirling geometries to form this homeware collection, designed by Yves Béhar for additive manufacturing company Forust. More
Otto chair by Alejandro Villarreal for Hayche
Dezeen Showroom: designed by Hayche founder and creative director Alejandro Villarreal, the Otto chair combines the warmth of formed plywood with a minimal metal frame. More
Martin Thübeck assembles modular furniture collection using one simple joint
Swedish designer Martin Thübeck has constructed a furniture range with "infinite building possibilities" using reclaimed wood from a local birch sawmill. More
Issho dining table by King
Dezeen Showroom: designed to make dining feel like a true occasion, the timber Issho table by Australian brand King features a sculptural base that can be placed into different configurations. More
Levante relaxing collection by Piero Lissoni for Roda
Dezeen Showroom: Italian architect Piero Lissoni has created the Levante relaxing collection, a family of outdoor seating furniture that can be neatly folded and stowed away when not in use, for Roda. More
Levante dining collection by Piero Lissoni for Roda
Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Roda has launched Levante, a collection of wooden outdoor furniture designed by Piero Lissoni for alfresco dining. More
Rasmus Fenhann's axe-marked ebony wood cabinet hides seven drawers
Danish designer and cabinetmaker Rasmus Fenhann assembled small timber offcuts like a puzzle to produce the monolithic-looking Ebano drawers, featured in our Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration. More
Specifying tropical timber can "play a key role in the climate change battle" says Timber Trade Federation
Architects can help fight climate change by specifying tropical timber, according to Timber Trade Federation CEO David Hopkins. More
De La Espada launches Petit dining chair by Neri&Hu
Dezeen Showroom: Portuguese furniture brand De La Espada has launched Petit by Neri&Hu, a compact dining chair available with three or four legs that was originally designed for an interiors project in Paris. More
Out of the Valley designs and builds a cedar-clad cabin on an English farm
Architecture and design office Out of the Valley has completed a wooden holiday cabin on a farm in Devon, England, featuring a mono-pitched roof and sliding doors that open onto a sheltered veranda. More
CO-LAB designs Casa Areca to merge with lush landscape in Tulum
Tropical plants surround a holiday home by Mexican firm CO-LAB Design Office, which has large openings to help keep the interior "cool and fresh throughout the year". The property is bordered by a rustic wall made of stones that were excavated during construction. More