Geof Ramsay provides an alternative to sitting on stairs with Steps bench
Canadian designer Geof Ramsay has used the notion of staircases that double as seating areas to create a wooden bench from a set of steps. More
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Front revisits Gebrüder Thonet Vienna's roots to design bent-wood furniture
Milan 2014: Swedish design group Front has created a combined coat rack and bench, and two tables from bent wood for design brand Gebrüder Thonet Vienna. More
Torsten Sherwood launches Shaker-influenced furniture collection
Milan 2014: London designer Torsten Sherwood has created a range of wooden furniture influenced by the simple design principles and "common sense approach" of the 19th-century Shaker movement. More
OOZN Design creates cavernous cafe in Jakarta using undulating timber slats
Undulating layers of timber create a cave-like interior inside this cafe in Indonesia by local studio OOZN Design. More
Timber viewing cabin by TYIN Tegnestue overlooks a wild Norwegian landscape
This wooden viewing cabin raised on stilts above the rugged landscape of southern Norway was designed by TYIN Tegnestue – the Trondheim office that also recently completed a top-heavy house extension (+ slideshow). More
TYIN Tegnestue's lopsided house extension creates extra space upstairs
This top-heavy house extension in Trondheim, Norway, was designed by local office TYIN Tegnestue to maximise space on the first floor while minimising its footprint on the garden (+ slideshow). More
Wooden sheds by Architekti DRNH offer gardening facilities for a Renaissance chateau
An old cobblestone street paves the way to this timber building complex, designed by Architekti DRNH for the upkeep of historic gardens in the grounds of a seventeenth-century Czech chateau (+ slideshow). More
Herbs and hops to grow over France's pavilion for Milan Expo 2015
Milan Expo 2015: vegetables, herbs and hops will be planted between the latticed timber structure of the pavilion representing France at the World Expo 2015 in Milan (+ slideshow). More
JamesPlumb "marries" antique cupboard and staircase for Milan exhibition
Milan 2014: London design duo Hannah Plumb and James Russell paired a Georgian corner cupboard with a Medieval staircase to create their latest assemblage (+ slideshow). More
CATable by Hao Ruan offers a shared work surface for cats and their owners
Milan 2014: holes and tunnels in the top of this wooden desk by Hong Kong-based designer Hao Ruan of LYCS Architecture have been designed to provide a playground for cats (+ slideshow). More
Architectural Association students build woodland shelter with a twisting lattice roof
Students from London's Architectural Association have designed and built a lattice-framed shelter for seasoning timber at the school's Dorset campus, using short lengths of wood taken from neighbouring beech trees (+ slideshow). More
Youth centre extension by Bernd Zimmermann features a facade of wooden shingles
Wooden shingles give a rough texture to the walls of this extension to a youth centre by Bernd Zimmermann – the German architect who recently completed a house clad with mirrors (+ slideshow). More
Aluminium and timber light shades by Nick Sadowsky use gravity to maintain shape
Gravity keeps the aluminium and timber components of these lamp shades by industrial designer Nick Sadowsky locked together. More
Timber treehouse hangs inside Oily Cart theatre headquarters by Hawkins\Brown
A wooden treehouse with circular perforations is suspended from the ceiling inside this space for a south London theatre company for disabled children, echoing round patterns on its facade (+ slideshow). More
Red cedar clads extended Parisian house by CUT Architectures
A 100-year-old house in Paris has been renovated and extended by local studio CUT Architectures to frame a garden facing the morning sun and create a shaded terrace overlooking a nearby park (+ slideshow). More
Mia Cullin models wooden benches on piano stools for Orkester collection
Swedish architect and designer Mia Cullin has produced a range of benches and stools with adjustable seats modelled on traditional wooden peg furniture and piano stools. More
Lex Pott and New Window sandblast tree rings to pattern furniture collection
Milan 2014: delicate patterns on this furniture and accessories collection have been created by sandblasting away the soft rings of timber lengths from a single fir tree (+ slideshow). More
New exhibition showcases the work of Swiss architect Gion A Caminada
The timber and stone buildings of Gion A Caminada, a cult figure in Swiss architecture, will feature in an exhibition opening next month at the House of Art in the Czech city of České Budějovice (+ slideshow). More
Wooden viewing platform looks out over Latvia's River Daugava
This wooden observation platform and pavilion emerges from the landscape of a memorial park in Koknese, Latvia, offering views across the River Daugava (+ slideshow). More
Community library in China turns a roof into a playground
Children can clamber onto the curved roof of this community library in China, which architects John Lin and Olivier Ottevaere designed for an earthquake-damaged village in Yunnan Province (+ slideshow) More