Domino Architects divides J House with wooden storage partitions
Japanese firm Domino Architects has renovated an apartment in Tokyo by installing wooden partitions instead of building new walls (+ slideshow). More
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Hollow installation by Zeller & Moye and Katie Paterson brings together 10,000 tree species
Architects Zeller & Moye and artist Katie Paterson have installed a public artwork in the grounds of Bristol University, England, which is made up of samples from more than 10,000 tree species. More
Mork-Ulnes completes California ski chalet coated in black tar
This northern California cabin by Mork-Ulnes Architects is clad in tar-coated timber and sits atop a concrete plinth – measures that both help protect the structure from heavy snowfall. More
Mariusz Wrzeszcz completes house in Poland with cedar walls inside and out
Architects office Mariusz Wrzeszcz has completed a single-storey house in Poland featuring cedar-clad walls, and a glazed living room that opens out to a spacious terrace (+ slideshow). More
Casa No Muro is a treehouse built on a wall instead of in a tree
Tasked with building a treehouse in a garden without a tree, French studios Saperlipopette Les Architectes and Martial Marquet Architecture have created a wooden structure that instead perches on a wall (+ slideshow). More
Hitotomori completes small house with a custom-made plywood interior
A wooden structure and hand-built joinery are left exposed throughout the interior of this compact house in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, by architecture studio Hitotomori (+ slideshow). More
Link Arkitektur extends Norwegian farmhouse with contemporary gabled structure
Link Arkitektur has added a gabled extension to a 19th-century Norwegian farmhouse, featuring a wooden facade designed to age with the building (+ slideshow). More
Joshua Florquin uses angular joinery to create bespoke furnishings for doctor's surgery
Architect Joshua Florquin has used wooden panels to create angular furniture elements inside a doctor's surgery in Belgium, ranging from a multi-level reception desk to a series of boxy cubby holes (+ slideshow). More
Wingårdhs decorates Tattoo stools using UNESCO-listed wood carving technique
This wooden stool designed for Bosnian brand Zanat by Swedish architects office Wingårdhs has been "tattooed" with hand-chiselled carvings. More
Icosis Architects create stargazing lookout tower in the Scottish highlands
This cylindrical, larch-clad observation tower was designed by Icosis Architects to provide an elevated vantage point over picturesque bogland and night skies in Scotland (+ slideshow). More
Invisible Studio uses only waste timber for Westonbirt arboretum buildings in Gloucestershire
Piers Taylor's firm Invisible Studio has added a pair of woodland maintenance buildings to the Westonbirt arboretum in Gloucestershire, England, using only trees felled in the routine maintenance of the estate (+ slideshow). More
Thomas Feichtner's minimal A-Chair is made using traditional carpentry techniques
Milan 2016: Austrian product designer Thomas Feichtner has collaborated with a group of craftspeople to create a minimal wooden chair using traditional carpentry techniques. More
PLP Architecture proposes London's first wooden skyscraper at the Barbican
PLP Architecture and researchers from the University of Cambridge have revealed a concept for London's first wooden skyscraper – a 300-metre-tall addition to the Barbican housing estate. More
Toyota snubs high-tech cars in favour of wooden concept for Milan design week
Milan 2016: Toyota has created an open-top two-seater vehicle made out of wood to combat the idea that "modern cars have to be high-tech machines packed with the latest technologies" (+ slideshow). More
Belgian holiday house by GAFPA takes its cues from Japanese architecture
Architecture studio GAFPA used low-cost materials to build this Japanese-inspired weekend retreat in northern Belgium, which features a slender spiral staircase (+ slideshow). More
GAFPA inserts wooden house into the shell of an old Belgian industrial building
Belgian studio GAFPA has slotted a timber-framed house inside the steel skeleton of a disused stonemason's atelier in Ghent, and transformed a former outbuilding into a walled garden (+ slideshow). More
Shoreditch office by Waugh Thistleton will show off innovative timber structure
Architecture firm Waugh Thistleton has unveiled plans to build a timber-framed office block in London's Shoreditch that will reveal its state-of-the-art structure through a series of vertical slices. More
Jean Paul Viguier selected ahead of Sou Fujimoto for timber-framed tower complex in Bordeaux
French architect Jean Paul Viguier has won a competition to design a new housing and office complex in Bordeaux, proposing a trio of timber-framed towers that will be among the tallest of their kind in the world. More
Iceland students turn willow branches into range of materials
DesignMarch 2016: students from the Iceland Academy of the Arts have created a range of materials including paper, glue and string by adding nothing but heat and water to willow (+ slideshow). More
Yusuke Seki combines "danger and precision" for Japanese knife shop interior
Handmade knifes are displayed on a custom-built wooden shelving system inside this shop for Japanese brand Tadafusa, designed by Tokyo designer Yusuke Seki. More