Agricultural sheds inform metal home in Taiwan by Studio Tngtetshiu
The "anonymous" metal buildings found in rural Taiwan were a visual reference for Double Roof House, which local practice Studio Tngtetshiu has created in Tainan. More
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Tabitha Isobel gives London townhouse a "surprising and bold" makeover
Designer Tabitha Organ combined natural materials with metal details to transform this London townhouse into a home with a "slightly futuristic" feel for a client who loves entertaining. More
Lyle Gallery showcases "metalwork through a feminine lens" in New York
Inflated and spiralled metal furniture by three female designers have been featured in an inaugural exhibition by Lyle Gallery during the city's NYCxDesign week. More
Peel lighting series by Sissel Warringa for Frandsen
Dezeen Showroom: Danish brand Frandsen has launched Peel, a range of lights by designer Sissel Warringa crafted from single sheets of steel. More
Steely mono-material metal furniture takes centre stage at Milan design week
Mono-material metal furniture was one of the most prominent trends at Milan design week, where designers created striking pieces from aluminium and stainless steel. Here, we round up eight of the best. More
Niceworkshop presents furniture made from reused skyscraper formwork
Design studio Niceworkshop has created furniture for recycling brand Format made from aluminium formwork used for pouring the concrete on large-scale buildings, which is on show at Milan design week. More
Fletcher Crane Architects completes pale brick home overlooking Richmond Park
UK studio Fletcher Crane Architects has completed Kingston Villa in Richmond, London, offering a contemporary "evolution" of the area's typical suburban architecture in pale brick and metal. More
Sam Crawford Architects creates red-roofed community pavilion in Sydney
An angular roof wrapped in translucent red-mesh panels crowns this Y-shaped pavilion in Sydney, designed by local studio Sam Crawford Architects. More
Albert Frey's all-metal 1930s Aluminaire House reassembled in Palm Springs
The Palm Springs Art Museum has unveiled the reconstructed Aluminaire House in California, a modernist house originally designed in the 1930s by architect Albert Frey and editor A Lawrence Kocher. More
Studio Octopi adds mint-green extension to Georgian house in London
Architecture practice Studio Octopi has added a rear extension clad in mint-green metal to The Saddlery, a Georgian house in southeast London. More
Studio VARA designs Sonoma County house to stand up to wildfires
Local firm Studio VARA has completed Fire Country Lookout, a rural retreat in northern California that is wrapped in a protective shell made of standing-seam metal and is equipped to operate off the grid. More
Traditional cabins inform mountain retreat in the Ukrainian Carpathians
Lviv studios Sanina Arch Club and Gubar Architects used a "combination of modern and local traditions" for Krasnyk House, a holiday cabin in the Carpathian mountains in Ukraine. More
Computer-controlled cuts leave "ghost traces" on HAHA Studio homeware
As part of the Collectible design fair in Brussels, Swedish firm HAHA Studio has launched a range of futuristic furniture and lighting that lays bare the digital fabrication technique through which it was created. More
Boyd Architects creates monolithic-metal forms for South Carolina residence
US studio Boyd Architects has wrapped a house in standing seam metal and pine boards and articulated each form with a vernacular hip roof in Summerville, South Carolina. More
LCA Architetti nestles angular cork-clad home into Italian valley
An angular black volume sits atop a cork-clad ground floor to form Casa 9, a home that Italian studio LCA Architetti has added to a valley on the border between Italy and Switzerland. More
Gustav Winsth and Alexander Lervik use virtual reality to design real-life chair
Swedish designers Gustav Winsth and Alexander Lervik have unveiled a chair that was designed in virtual reality and brought to life by skilled metalworkers who normally work on motorcycles. More
Furniture made from scrap aluminium carries "traces of giant factory saws"
Dutch design firm Studio ThusThat has developed a series of furniture and homeware that was cut from a single sheet of aluminium "crust" – an offcut of the smelting process. More
Eight living spaces that go heavy on metal furniture
Although more commonly associated with industrial applications, furnishings made of cool-toned steel, aluminium and chrome are infiltrating every room of the home. This lookbook rounds up eight living spaces that show how it's done. More
Kendle Design clads Arizona "micro building" in weathering steel
US architecture studio Kendle Design Collaborative has designed an accessory building for a family home with a metal roof extension meant to frame an outdoor garden while "celebrating the Arizona sky". More
"Robust and utilitarian" materials define infill home in Dublin by Gró Works
Red brickwork and perforated metal panels bring an industrial feel to this compact infill home in Dublin, which has been completed by Irish architecture studio Gró Works. More