Paul Cocksedge's Time Loop represents ongoing transformation of Hong Kong neighbourhood
British designer Paul Cocksedge has inserted a timber structure of infinite loops into a public square in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong. More
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Stemmer Rodrigues creates Ananda House for yoga teacher in Brazil
A leafy tree rises up through a circular opening in this Brazilian residence and yoga studio, which was designed by the architectural office of Stemmer Rodrigues. More
OTP Arquitetura completes mountain home on steep site outside São Paulo
OTP Arquitetura has completed a multigenerational house perched on a steep site in Brazil's Mantiqueira mountain range for a couple and their two sons. More
IKEA Sundvik furniture allegedly made from illegal Russian wood
Investigative research organisation Earthsight has released a report that claims the pine found in IKEA's Sundvik children's furniture range comes from trees illegally felled in protected Russian forests. More
Emmanuelle Simon designs "welcoming" Parisian bakery
Interior architecture studio Emmanuelle Simon used arched shelving coves, sandy tones and rounded furniture in the Liberté bakery in Paris. More
Olympic Village Plaza built using 40,000 pieces of donated Japanese timber
Tokyo studio Nikken Sekkei has designed a timber communal building at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games' athletes village, which was built using 40,000 pieces of Japanese wood. More
Coletivo de Arquitetos takes cues from Japan for São Paulo restaurant Kotori
Brazilian studio Coletivo de Arquitetos has completed a Japanese restaurant in São Paulo's Pinheiros neighbourhood, using traditional wood joinery techniques from Japan. More
Hawaiian villa by De Reus Architects sits atop a crystallised lava flow
US studio De Reus Architects has perched this villa on an expanse of solidified lava, offering its residents sweeping views of the leeward side of Hawaii's Big Island. More
"We are already carbon negative by some long stretch" says furniture maker Sebastian Cox
Creating furniture from locally sourced wood has allowed Sebastian Cox to make his company and his employees carbon negative, the British designer claims. More
MGA creates mass timber buildings for forestry college in Oregon
Canadian firm Michael Green Architecture used materials such as mass plywood panels and cross-laminated timber to construct two mass timber buildings at an Oregon university. More
Advances in digital design and mass timber are leading us to "a new Bauhaus"
The combination of digital technology and mass timber is revolutionising the way we design and build buildings, according to the panellists of our recent talk with Dassault Systèmes. More
Klein Dytham Architecture creates intricate wooden shop front for Cartier
Klein Dytham Architecture has created a decorative wooden facade featuring a pattern of interlocking three-dimensional blocks that are individually illuminated at night for a Cartier store in Osaka, Japan. More
Pilgrim's House is a timber-clad hostel in the Basque countryside
Vertical timber battens wrap around this Passivhaus hostel designed by architecture studio Blancodelprim to accommodate pilgrims on the famous route to Santiago de Compostela. More
OVO Chairs by Foster + Partners for Benchmark
Dezeen Showroom: Foster + Partners has collaborated with British furniture maker Benchmark to create a trio of carbon-negative chairs using European oak and American walnut. More
French architects face wood shortage with "prices going up every week"
A timber shortage in France has forced prices up as architects struggle to comply with a new environmental law that requires public buildings to be 50 per cent wood. More
Bølling Tray Table by Hans Bølling for Brdr Krüger
Dezeen Showroom: design studio Brdr Krüger has updated a wooden tray table created in 1963 by Danish architect Hans Bølling. More
BAO King's Cross pays tribute to Asia's Western-style cafes
The King's Cross outpost of London restaurant BAO features a wood-panelled interior designed by Macaulay Sinclair based on the Western-style cafes of Taiwan and Japan. More
Yves Béhar 3D prints Forust homeware from reclaimed wood waste
Sawdust is mixed with a natural tree-sap binder and 3D printed into complex, swirling geometries to form this homeware collection, designed by Yves Béhar for additive manufacturing company Forust. More
Otto chair by Alejandro Villarreal for Hayche
Dezeen Showroom: designed by Hayche founder and creative director Alejandro Villarreal, the Otto chair combines the warmth of formed plywood with a minimal metal frame. More
Martin Thübeck assembles modular furniture collection using one simple joint
Swedish designer Martin Thübeck has constructed a furniture range with "infinite building possibilities" using reclaimed wood from a local birch sawmill. More