Nendo bases furniture for Walt Disney Japan on Winnie-the-Pooh characters
Japanese studio Nendo has dressed up these wooden tables for Walt Disney Japan to look like characters from children's story books Winnie-the-Pooh. More
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SunnyHills cake shop by Kengo Kuma encased within intricate timber lattice
An intricate three-dimensional lattice of narrow timber slats forms a cloud-like mass around the exterior of this pineapple cake shop in Tokyo by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma (+ slideshow). More
Ninkipen! exposes wooden columns and trusses inside O Pharmacy
Chunky wooden columns and beams support the sloping timber ceiling of this small pharmacy by Japanese studio Ninkipen! in the city of Ogaki (+ slideshow). More
Alpine holiday cabin by Peter Jungmann has metal feet and a beak
This asymmetric Alpine cabin by Austrian architect Peter Jungmann has been named Ufogel because its owners think it looks like a cross between a UFO and a "vogel" - the German word for bird (+ slideshow). More
Family house extension by Franz Architekten clad with diagonal strips of larch
Diagonal strips of wood clad the exterior of this annexe that Austrian studio Franz Architekten has added to a house in the suburbs of Vienna to make room for extra family members (+ slideshow). More
Wooden structures combine partitions and furniture inside home by João Branco
Portuguese architect João Branco has converted a small office building in Coimbra into a home by installing softwood joinery that functions as furniture, storage and partitions (+ slideshow). More
Wooden Zielturm Rotsee tower built for judges of Swiss rowing regatta
The Rotsee rowing regatta takes place every summer on a lake outside Lucerne, Switzerland, and this wooden tower raised over the water accommodates the officials who observe, time and marshal each race (+ slideshow). More
Karri Loop House by MORQ folds around three indigenous Australian trees
Three mature trees were rooted to the centre of this site in Western Australia, but architecture firm MORQ managed to convince the owners to build their family house around the peeling trunks and burgeoning foliage (+ slideshow). More
Six-sided modular cabin by Jaanus Orgusaar with wooden walls and fisheye windows
This six-sided wooden cabin by Estonian designer Jaanus Orgusaar has walls that zigzag up and down and two circular windows resembling fisheye camera lenses (+ slideshow). More
Kindergarten Susi Weigel by Bernardo Bader built from timber and concrete
Huge round cushions in shades of mustard yellow and cornflower blue add colour to the pale concrete and timber interior of this kindergarten in western Austria by local studio Bernardo Bader Architects (+ slideshow). More
Färg & Blanche stitch wood together to form furniture
Stockholm 2014: design duo Färg & Blanche created this furniture collection by sewing pieces of plywood together (+ slideshow). More
Nadia furniture by Jin Kuramoto made using Japanese shipbuilding techniques
Stockholm 2014: this collection of wooden furniture by Japanese designer Jin Kuramoto is built using traditional techniques derived from shipbuilding (+ slideshow). More
Claesson Koivisto Rune to launch pentagonal wooden furniture
Stockholm 2014: all of the solid wood furniture in Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune's collection for Japanese brand Matsuso T has five sides (+ slideshow). More
Churtichaga + Quadra-Salcedo built their Four Seasons House in an idyllic meadow
Spanish architects Josemaria de Churtichaga and Cayetana de la Quadra-Salcedo have built themselves a rural retreat with wooden walls, projecting terraces, and a brilliant yellow door and chimney (+ slideshow). More
Cedar-clad villa by Naka Studio shelters a huge terrace beneath its roof
Toshiharu Naka of Tokyo-based Naka Studio added an asymmetric roof with overhanging eaves to this house in a Japanese skiing village to create a huge sheltered terrace for residents (+ slideshow). More
Garden Workshop designed around an old workbench and a collection of handmade tools
Ben Davidson of London studio Rodić Davidson Architects designed this garden shed in Cambridge, England, to the exact proportions of his grandfather's old workbench and added pegboard walls for displaying a collection of handmade tools (+ slideshow). More
House in the Alps by Mostlikely based on an agricultural barn
Vienna design collective Mostlikely modelled this Alpine lodge on the wooden agricultural barns of surrounding mountain villages. More
Wooden table by Ruben Beckers weighs just 4.5 kilograms
Cologne 2014: a grid of thin wooden strips supports the surface of this table by German designer Ruben Beckers to make it extremely lightweight (+ slideshow). More
Bernardo Bader's Haus Fontanella is a chalet built from pine and spruce
Austrian studio Bernardo Bader Architects sourced pine and spruce from the surrounding slopes to build this picturesque chalet in a village of western Austria (+ slideshow). More
Kengo Kuma stacks wooden layers inside office and cafe
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has layered wooden boards to create striations inside this workspace and cafe for an online restaurant guide based in Osaka (+ slideshow). More