Alentejo Country Hotel features log facades to match the surrounding cork trees
Vertical logs cover the gabled elevations of this rural hotel in southern Portugal, designed by Lisbon studio Future Architecture Thinking (+ slideshow). More
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Adrian Bonomi builds wooden summer house for a couple who also live on a yacht
Australian architect Adrian Bonomi used a combination of blackened and pale wood to clad this summer residence for a couple who spend the winters sailing their yacht around Queensland (+ slideshow). More
Sigurd Larsen adds plywood playhouse to Michelberger hotel room
A wooden volume conceals the bedroom, bathroom and sauna inside this Berlin hotel room, which was recently overhauled by Danish architect Sigurd Larsen. More
Tal Engel's Otaku bathtub is woven from wood
This bathtub by Israeli designer Tal Engel is woven from thin strips of wood veneer using a traditional Asian boat-building technique. More
Trio of wooden cabins forms Little House on the Ferry in rural Maine
US design-and-build firm Go Logic has completed a summer house on the rocky coastline of Maine made up of three wooden cabins, each linked by terraced decks (+ slideshow). More
Russian Avant-Garde architecture influences wooden desk accessories
The wooden desk accessories in this collection by Russian designers Nasya Kopteva and Sasha Braulov are based on architectural landmarks in their home country, including Melnikov House and the Red Banner Textile Factory (+ slideshow). More
Aurélie Monet Kasisi adds wooden walls with built-in storage to family home in Geneva
Wooden walls integrate bookshelves, doorways, windows and a foldaway desk inside this family house in Geneva that has been renovated by local architect Aurélie Monet Kasisi (+ slideshow). More
In Praise of Shadows creates undulating wooden walls for Stockholm Aesop store
Skin and haircare products are displayed on brass shelves inside Aesop's second Stockholm store, which features curved wooden walls inspired by the designs of Swedish architect Erik Gunnar Asplund (+ slideshow). More
Black-stained house built on Dungeness beach by Rodić Davidson Architects
London-based Rodić Davidson Architects has become the latest architecture studio to build a house on the shingle landscape of Dungeness beach in Kent, England (+ slideshow). More
Sookhyun Kim burns circles onto Peacock Chair with a heat gun
Following an accident with a hairdryer, design student Sookhyun Kim has burnt a pattern of 426 circles onto this wooden chair using a heat gun (+ movie). More
Bent installation for Genoa's New Generations festival resembles billowing sails
Curators Edouard Cabay and Margherita Del Grosso led a workshop during the New Generations architecture festival in Genoa to produce this wooden installation resembling the shapes of ship sails (+ slideshow). More
Johan Sundberg clads Villa Ljung inside and out with Siberian larch
Siberian larch wood covers this house and its adjoining wrap-around terrace in southern Sweden, designed by architect Johan Sundberg (+ slideshow). More
Snego building blocks are made using salvaged wood and natural dyes
A pair of Swedish designers have created a set of multi-faceted wooden building blocks that are coloured with fruit and vegetable dyes (+ slideshow). More
March Studio created Hotel Hotel lobby and bar by recycling "thousands of pieces of timber"
Inside Festival 2015: in this exclusive movie, Rodney Eggleston of March Studio explains how the Australian firm used over 5000 lengths of reclaimed wood to create the award-winning interior for a Canberra hotel. More
NORD Architecture completes charred timber gatehouse for National Trust estate
Burnt wood clads this gatehouse designed by NORD Architecture for a historic palace in southeast England – a reference to the storm that destroyed many of the estate's trees in 1987 (+ slideshow). More
Encore Heureux uses recycled materials to build Circular Pavilion in Paris
Architecture studio Encore Heureux has built a pavilion outside Paris' city hall featuring a facade made out of reclaimed doors and insulation recycled from an old supermarket roof (+ slideshow). More
Old Norwegian boathouse overhauled to create glowing wooden summer house
Oslo studios Koreo Arkitekter and Kolab Arkitekter have transformed an old boathouse on Norway's west coast into a summer house that becomes a glowing beacon by night (+ slideshow). More
Oregon fire station by Hennebery Eddy features a burnt wood facade
Hennebery Eddy Architects has clad a fire station in rural Oregon with charred wood, turning "the destructive manner of fire into an image of beauty" (+ slideshow). More
Disposture chair forces sitters into an uncomfortable slump
Three design students have created a purposefully awkward chair that encourages sitters into a slump to highlight the long-term effects of slouching. More
Ian Stell's Austrian Loop chair expands and contracts like an accordion
Design Miami 2015: American designer Ian Stell has created an expandable bench that forms two conjoined chairs when contracted. More