Kresings Architektur adds larch animal enclosures to petting zoo in Germany
The animals of this petting zoo in Germany now have new lodgings – a trio of larch-ribbed structures by Kresings Architektur that overlook a pond (+ slideshow). More
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Lanzavecchia + Wai's PLAYPlay collection includes tables that stack like hamburgers
Design duo Lanzavecchia + Wai's latest collection of furniture includes a ping-pong dining table and stackable designs based on hamburgers (+ slideshow). More
DGT Architects' A House for Oiso aims to "capture the essence of Japan from all ages"
Parisian office DGT Architects aimed to condense the architectural history of Japan's houses into a single home with this elevated timber volume supported on an earth-clad base. More
Herzog & de Meuron designs art museum made of stacked wooden boxes in Vancouver
The Vancouver Art Gallery has unveiled a conceptual design for its new building by Herzog & de Meuron, featuring a series of stacked volumes clad in wood (+ slideshow). More
Onion uses solid ash and plywood to create a monochrome restaurant interior in Bangkok
Furniture and surfaces at this restaurant in Bangkok's EmQuartier shopping precinct are almost exclusively ash, creating a monochrome interior that looks like it's made from balsa wood (+ slideshow). More
Open-plan house in Japan by MAMM Design features mezzanine "street"
MAMM Design has completed a two-storey residence in Kai, Japan, featuring a long mezzanine described as a street where the family can come together (+ slideshow). More
Camilla Barnard creates life-sized and hand-painted Wooden Tube Station
London Design Festival 2015: artist Camilla Barnard has created a wooden and hand-painted replica of a London Underground station inside the former campus of art school Central St Martins (+ slideshow). More
Floating timber slabs create layered walls within New York shoe store by Jordana Maisie
Australian designer Jordana Maisie has created a Manhattan boutique for upscale shoe brand Feit that features asymmetrical display areas made of thin sheets of wood (+ slideshow). More
Max Lamb displays rows of preserved logs for My Grandfather's Tree installation
London Design Festival 2015: British designer Max Lamb's installation at Somerset House includes 131 logs sourced from an ailing ash tree at his grandfather's farm (+ slideshow). More
Robin Day's Works in Wood displayed on Assemble's "forest" of columns at the V&A
London Design Festival 2015: an exhibition designed by Turner Prize-nominated architecture collective Assemble at the V&A museum celebrates the heritage of late British furniture designer Robin Day. More
Tiny timber cabin by Jarmund/Vigsnæs has windows incorporated in its angled facades
Norwegian studio Jarmund/Vigsnæs Architects has designed a small wooden cabin at the end of a garden in Oslo with an angular form that frames different views of its surroundings (+ slideshow). More
Snark and Ouvi's house for an illustrator features exposed wooden beams
The upper storey of this house in Kanagawa is supported by timber beams that extend from the outer walls towards an atrium that connects the two levels (+ slideshow). More
Slatted timber boxes contain dining areas inside Fanbo Zeng's Fun noodle bar
Wooden boxes surrounding the tables of this noodle bar in the Chinese city of Shenzhen frame views of the city skyline, which is visible through a full-height glazed wall. More
Nikolay Polissky's SELPO pavilion is covered in thousands of wood offcuts
Russian artist Nikolay Polissky has transformed a dilapidated building in the village of Zvizzhi into a pavilion covered in pieces of timber, which he described as "a sculpture you can walk through" (+ slideshow). More
Znameni Ctyr completes a contemporary chalet in the Krkonoše mountains
Znameni Ctyr Architekti has replaced a run-down mountain chalet in the Czech Republic with a similar but more contemporary version that leans outward as if about to fall over (+ slideshow). More
Office Mian Ye wraps a Maryland home in wood battens made of knotty cedar
This family home in Maryland by Office Mian Ye is sheathed in a wooden brise-soleil, enabling views of the landscape while also offering privacy (+ slideshow). More
Wooden pavilions by Lake Flato create an education centre in the Texas landscape
This visitors centre and education pavilion in Texas was designed by Lake Flato Architects to be one of the most sustainable structures in the state, but also to reference its Southwestern context (+ slideshow). More
COS, Hay and Tomas Alonso team up to launch folding wooden tables
COS and Hay have worked with Spanish designer Tomas Alonso to produce a pair of tables, as part of a wider collaboration between the two brands. More
GamFratesi pairs bent wood and rattan for Gebrüder Thonet furniture line
Danish design duo GamFratesi has incorporated patterned cane panels into a collection of steam-bent furniture for Gebrüder Thonet. More
Melbourne Garden Room is a blackened wood extension to a century-old Edwardian house
Australian architect Tim Angus has added a garden room to his mother's Melbourne residence using dark wooden rafters recycled from an old warehouse (+ slideshow). More