Faye Toogood turns lava stone into fiery Magma tile collection
London designer Faye Toogood has glazed lava stone in a range of fiery colours for her tile collaboration with ceramics brand Made a Mano. More
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Sameep Padora builds Buddhist Learning Centre in an Indian forest grove
Volcanic stone dust was used to build the walls of this Buddhist education and meditation centre, designed by Sameep Padora & Associates for a woodland clearing in rural India (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). More
Peca crafts shelves and cubbyholes from volcanic rock
Mexican design studio Peca has handcrafted a collection of shelves by carving blocks of lava stone (+ slideshow). More
DUST uses "lava-crete" to create monolithic desert house in Arizona
Arizona studio DUST has created a desert home south of Tucson using volcanic residue to form rammed-concrete walls (+ slideshow). More
Z_Lab uses volcanic stone and pale grey brick for gabled holiday home on Jeju island
Panoramic windows puncture the grey brick walls of this guest house, designed by South Korean studio Z_Lab to optimise views of Jeju island's picturesque coastline (+ slideshow). More
Max Lamb creates range of tableware from black basalt
Each of the pieces in this basalt tableware range by British designer Max Lamb has been cast from a hand-carved mould. 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
Case-Real references snowy Japanese mountains with Aesop Sapporo store interior
Materials and colours used throughout the interior of this Aesop store in Sapporo, Japan, were designed by architecture studio Case-Real to mimic the surrounding landscape of snow-topped mountains (+ slideshow). More
Platform_a completes reflective glass and volcanic stone cafe on Jeju island coast
Korean studio Platform_a has completed a cafe with pivoting mirrored-glass doors and volcanic stone walls on Jeju, a volcanic island off the coast of mainland South Korea (+ 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
Atelier Tekuto completes crystalline concrete home for two chemists
Volcanic ash is mixed into the concrete shell of this angular house in central Tokyo, which was designed by Atelier Tekuto for a pair of chemists (+ slideshow). More
Cella Bar by FCC Arquitectura features a volcanic stone barn and a whale-inspired extension
This restaurant and bar in the Azores comprises two buildings – a remodelled barn with volcanic stone walls, and a bulbous timber extension conceived as a cross between a whale and a wine barrel (+ slideshow). More
Stone residence by Doojin Hwang stands among citrus trees on Jeju island
Seoul studio Doojin Hwang Architects has completed a stone house with a bowed roof for a citrus farm on the South Korean island of Jeju (+ slideshow). More
Golden observation pod tops Jeju island holiday cottages by Moon Hoon
Modelled on the head of a windswept woman, this copper observation pod is one of three holiday homes completed by South Korean architect Moon Hoon on a stone-walled plot on Jeju Island (+ slideshow). More
Volcanic stone structures pump fresh water from the sea surrounding a South Korean island
A team of architects, artists and scientists has built a pair of basalt structures on the shoreline of a South Korean island to help to draw up fresh water from a spring below the sea. More
EDAA pairs volcanic stone with pivoting glazing at Casa Meztitla in Mexico
Huge glass doors pivot from the walls of this stone-walled mountain home, which sits at the foot of Tepozteco mountain in Mexico (+ slideshow). More
Antonino Cardillo combines scent and texture for Illuminum Fragrance shop interior
Italian architect Antonino Cardillo has created a multi-sensory space for experiencing and buying fragrance by coating a room inside an old London building with volcanic ash (+ slideshow). More
Peca's Lava plates are made from half-polished volcanic stone
Caterina Moretti and Ana Saldañan of Mexican design studio Peca have used dark grey volcanic stone to create this collection of plates. More
Nendo's Tokyo Tribal furniture incorporates bamboo baskets
Japanese studio Nendo has turned woven bamboo baskets into backrests for chairs and storage compartments for tables in this furniture range (+ slideshow). More
Contemporary arts centre on a Portuguese isle contrasts volcanic stone with concrete
Menos é Mais Arquitectos and João Mendes Ribeiro slotted both light and dark structures among the stone buildings of an old warehouse complex to create this arts centre – one of 40 projects now on the shortlist for the Mies van der Rohe Award. More