Studio Uufie captures wood grain in metal for Echo tables
London Design Festival 2016: Canadian studio UUfie has embedded metal into the growth lines of wood to create a set of textured tables (+ slideshow). More
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Alessandro Zambelli creates furniture inlaid with patterns of oxidised metal
London Design Festival 2016: this furniture collection from designer Alessandro Zambelli features a puzzle of metal pieces that have been oxidised to different degrees (+ slideshow). More
Crosby Studios designs furniture collection with architectural arches
New York 2016: Moscow architecture firm Crosby Studios' debut furniture collection includes sculptural chairs with bent metal supports designed to recall city buildings (+ slideshow). More
Bird-watching pavilions by Plant Architect are made from perforated plates of weathering steel
Plant Architect has used weathering steel to create a series of wing-like structures for bird watchers in a Toronto park, which are punctured with both patterns and information about local species (+ slideshow). More
Janne Kyttanen extends Metsidian furniture collection created by explosion welding
New York 2016: Finnish designer Janne Kyttanen has continued to develop his explosion welding technique, melding volcanic stone and 3D-printed copper into two furniture pieces (+ slideshow). More
Architecture Microclimat completes Canadian fitness centre for body builders and gymnasts
Canadian studio Architecture Microclimat has created a simple athletic facility in Quebec with a lofty ceiling that enables gymnasts to hang high in the air (+ slideshow). More
GilBartolomé Architects creates cavernous "Gaudiesque" residence with a zinc-shingled roof
A wavy zinc-covered roof covers the front of this residence by Madrid practice GilBartolomé Architects, which is dug into a steep cliff face overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in Spain's Granada province (+ slideshow). More
Sophie Dries adds textures to Traces ceramic and metal vases
French designer Sophie Dries has created a collection of ceramic and metal vases with scored exteriors that retain the marks of production. More
APA designs Theatrical Apartment in London for two film directors
Architecture firm APA has transformed a London warehouse space into an apartment for two theatre and film directors, adding a raw steel volume that houses a movie archive and a bathroom (+ slideshow). More
Fabre/deMarien's Tirepois apartments feature metal cladding and recessed windows
Galvanised metal cladding gives this housing development in Bordeaux a factory-like aesthetic that references its setting in a once industrial neighbourhood (+ slideshow). More
Janne Kyttanen unveils metal and volcanic-stone table made with explosion welding
Design Miami 2015: 3D-printing pioneer Janne Kyttanen has used explosion welding to create a sculptural table that fuses metal and volcanic rock (+ slideshow). More
Aranda\Lasch unveils loopy Railing chairs made of metal pipes
Design Miami 2015: US firm Aranda\Lasch has used stainless steel tubes to create a series of sculptural chairs that look like they were squeezed out of a tube (+ slideshow). More
Paul Cocksedge freezes furniture together for Friedman Benda exhibition
Designer Paul Cocksedge has unveiled photos that demonstrate the freezing techniques he used to seamlessly join metal furniture for a new gallery show opening in New York this week (+ slideshow). More
Microlattice metal is "world's lightest material" says Boeing
Aerospace company Boeing has released a film that demonstrates the properties of what it describes as "the lightest metal ever" (+ movie). More
Gijs Van Vaerenbergh's steel maze features spherical, cylindrical and cone-shaped voids
A kilometre of steel corridors are wound within this industrial-looking maze at a former coal mine by Belgian studio Gijs Van Vaerenbergh (+ slideshow). More
Souto de Moura and Correia reference industrial dust collectors with auditorium in Portalegre
Shiny metal cladding and exposed ducting lend an industrial feel to this auditorium for a virtual-reality research centre in Portalegre, Portugal, by Eduardo Souto de Moura and Graça Correia (+ slideshow). More
Courtyard becomes rotunda inside Toronto university building by Moriyama & Teshima
Behind the aluminium facade of this innovation centre for the University of Toronto Mississauga, local office Moriyama & Teshima Architects has converted a courtyard into a rotunda with a glass roof (+ slideshow). More
Workstead bolts together metal rods to form lighting for Another Country
Clerkenwell Design Week 2014: British design brand Another Country has collaborated with New York studio Workstead to produce a lighting collection formed from reconfigurable metal rods. More
Joris Laarman Lab explores 3D-printed metal and open-source chair designs in New York exhibition
An exhibition by Dutch designer Joris Laarman includes a blueprint for a chair that can be altered and produced by anyone with a 3D printer, as well as some of the first 3D-printed metal furniture (+ slideshow). More
Perforated metal pavilions by Martha Schwartz Partners rise above Fengming Mountain Park
Faceted four-legged metal structures line the route through this landscaped park in the Chinese city of Chongqing by landscape architects Martha Schwartz Partners (+ slideshow). More