Disposture chair forces sitters into an uncomfortable slump
Three design students have created a purposefully awkward chair that encourages sitters into a slump to highlight the long-term effects of slouching. More
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Ian Stell's Austrian Loop chair expands and contracts like an accordion
Design Miami 2015: American designer Ian Stell has created an expandable bench that forms two conjoined chairs when contracted. More
Thomas Vailly unveils product collection made from black resin and pine
Dutch designer Thomas Vailly has collaborated with four other designers to create furniture and products that combine pine wood with natural dark resin (+ slideshow). More
Adam Knibb builds timber house extension above a driveway
British architect Adam Knibb has extended a house in a converted school in Winchester, England, by building a timber box above a seldom-used entryway. More
Niall McLaughlin's Hampshire Fishing Hut folds open to allow views right through
A picturesque lake in Hampshire, England, is the setting for this fisherman's hut by Niall McLaughlin Architects, which can be opened up in summer and battened down in winter (+ slideshow). More
Estudio Beldarrain uses reclaimed railway sleepers to extend Spanish library
Railway sleepers form the walls of this extension to a library in Azkoitia, Spain, which is located at the town's former railway station. More
Kyodo House features a sculptural wood facade and an indoor swing
Japanese studios Sandwich and Team Low-Energy used three truckloads of timber to create the sculptural facade of this Tokyo house that also boasts a two-storey-high library and an indoor swing (+ slideshow). More
Studio RAP completes "first robotically fabricated building in the Netherlands"
A team of architects and designers have used a huge robot to construct a 130-square-metre building inside a former industrial machine hall in Rotterdam (+ movie). More
Wooden beams create sewing-inspired details at Cross-Stitch House by FMD Architects
FMD Architects used slender lengths of timber to "stitch" together this narrow Melbourne house and its new garden extension. More
SYAP's House in Yokkaichi has a roof angled upwards like the lid of an open box
The roof of this house in Japan is tilted above a band of glazing, allowing light to permeate the interior while also making the structure look like a box with a lifted lid (+ slideshow). More
Explore examples of wooden architecture on our latest Pinterest board
With a group of architects branding timber as the wonder material of the 21st century, we've created a Pinterest board full of the best wooden architecture projects from the pages of Dezeen. Explore examples including Finland's tallest wooden apartment block, a house with a burnt-wood exterior, and much more.
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Plywood artist's studio by Ruetemple combines areas for storage, seating and sleeping
A plywood partition separates working and relaxation areas inside this artist's studio in Moscow, incorporating both furniture and shelves for tidying away art supplies (+ slideshow). More
Architects embrace "the beginning of the timber age"
Wood is taking over from steel and concrete as the architectural wonder material of the 21st century, with architects praising its sustainability, quality and speed of construction. (+ slideshow). More
FT Architects' 4 Columns house features a traditional timber frame and minimal interior
A traditional Japanese construction method was used for this house in Tokyo, which features four wooden columns arranged in a square to support the rest of the timber frame (+ slideshow). More
AP+E's Hedge School outdoor classroom brings back 18th-century teaching methods
Architecture studio AP+E has created an amphitheatre of timber columns for use as an outdoor teaching space for a primary school in Carlow, Ireland (+ slideshow). More
Mamiya Shinichi Design Studio recreates "feeling of being in a grove" inside its own office
Rows of wooden pillars support various split-level floors to create a forest-like feel inside the Nagoya office of Japanese architecture firm Mamiya Shinichi Design Studio (+ slideshow). More
Govaert & Vanhoutte's House Graafjansdijk features fence-like walls and glazed living spaces
Squeezed onto an angular plot between a road and a small irrigation channel, this house near the Belgian village of Knokke comprises a timber-clad ground floor with a glass box resting on top (+ slideshow). More
Young Projects creates "inhabitable fireplace" for a lakefront site in western Canada
New York studio Young Projects has completed a warming hut for a housing development in Alberta that consists of a fireplace set within a slatted wooden box (+ slideshow). More
Jaime Hayón creates decorative wooden objects using Le Corbusier tree
Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has turned a paulownia tree planted by Modernist architect Le Corbusier at his Villa Le Lac into a collection of wooden objects for Cassina. More
Faceted cedar cabin completed by Paul Bernier beside a lake in the Montreal woodland
The glazed living space of this cedar-clad cabin near Montreal projects over a woodland slope to optimise views of a nearby lake (+ slideshow). More