Carpenter Nick Tudor has crafted an elongated, curved counter for the second branch of the popular Toad Bakery in southeast London, in response to its regular winding queues. More about Toad Bakery designed to "avoid the bottleneck of choice paralysis" between pastries
Swedish brand IKEA has unveiled its Kompishäng collection for short-term renters, featuring a £7 wardrobe organiser that doubles as a backpack and a side table that can be carried over the arm like a handbag. More about IKEA releases portable furniture designed to be moved without a car
Rows of steeply gabled cabins clad in black timber and copper define this nature therapy retreat, created in a woodland in Lithuania by architecture studio Arches. More about Black timber and copper cloaks Sanctum nature retreat in Lithuanian woodland
French studio SAM Architecture has created the Yvonne Kerzrého School Complex in Nanterre, France, arranging classrooms around cascading terraces and courtyards that extend learning outdoors. More about SAM Architecture designs stepped school in Nanterre as "village at the child's scale"
British studio Mitre & Mondays has collaborated with Benchmark and the American Hardwood Export Council on a 3 Days of Design installation revealing the value of sustainable forest management. More about Mitre & Mondays creates forest installation to reveal the five stages of responsible timber production
Architecture studio Dum-Dum Laboratorio de Arquitectura Avanzada has created a waterside pavilion out of red painted wood that serves as an environmental classroom for the local community in Calbuco, Chile. More about Dum-Dum Lab constructs lakeside pavilion as environmental classroom
UK studio Built Works has nestled a yoga retreat in an East Sussex woodland, wrapping it with charred timber and a raised veranda evoking a traditional Japanese engawa. More about Built Works wraps Yogi's Cabin in East Sussex with charred wood
UK architecture firms Pearce+, Invisible Studio and Lean Structures have completed the Silk Wood Playscape in Gloucestershire, using oak from the surrounding forest to create "informal, unprogrammed" play structures. More about Woodland playscape in Gloucestershire crafted from surrounding trees
Zigzagging eucalyptus poles and sandstone offcuts form the stands of this 1,280-seat football stadium, designed and built by not-for-profit enterprise Rise International in Lesotho, southern Africa. More about Eucalyptus poles outline Stadium of Life for footballers in Lesotho
Architect Cyrus Ardalan felt like he was "standing at the prow of a ship" on a visit to this Paris corner apartment, which he subsequently renovated with porthole-style openings and deck-like floors for DJ Louise Chen and her family. More about Cyrus Ardalan designs Paris DJ's plywood apartment to feel like a boat
Researchers at Finland's Aalto University have salvaged 300-year-old wood from the wreckage of a cargo ship in Oulu, which was transformed into yarn and knitted into a zero-waste dress. More about This dress is made from the remains of a 17th-century shipwreck
British designer Max Lamb has brought his most recognisable seating prototype into production for the first time, rendering it in sleek pinewood for Swedish brand Hem. More about Max Lamb's seminal Economy Chair goes into production with Hem
London studio Waugh Thistleton Architects has constructed a wooden pavilion that is cube-shaped on the outside but spherical on the inside for Global Design Forum Istanbul. More about Waugh Thistleton builds "simple and repetitive" timber pavilion on grounds of historic Istanbul palace
We continue our parametricism series by looking at Metropol Parasol by German architecture studio J Mayer H and engineering firm Arup, a flowing timber canopy perched above the historic Plaza de la Encarnación in Seville, Spain. More about Metropol Parasol wears its parametric structure "on its sleeve"
Indonesian studio Earth Lines has created Hilltop, a house in Bali with a palette of reclaimed native woods and sheltered from the sun and rain by an oversized gable roof. More about Earth Lines draws on vernacular materials and forms for Bali home
Untreated spruce was used to reconstruct parts of the Haus W lodge and boutique hotel in Zug, Austria, which features bespoke furniture, interior details by local craftspeople and a gridded wooden screen. More about Gerold and Katia Schneider transform 17th-century Alpine lodge into wood-clad hotel
David Chipperfield Design has developed a wooden bathtub for Italian bathroom brand Agape, featuring a pared-back form with an integrated seat, shelf and washbasin. More about David Chipperfield creates freestanding plywood bathtub for Agape
A monochrome palette of wood and metal marks out this low-lying house in Britain's only desert, designed by architecture practice Hollaway Studio as an evolution of its dilapidated predecessor. More about Hollaway Studio continues "story of Dungeness" with Westview Cottage
A pair of apple-sized fruit bowls were built into Helsinki designer Didi Ng Wing Yin's latest coffee table, which was on display at Spazio Rosanna Orlandi during Milan design week. More about Didi Ng Wing Yin adds "humorous approach" to furniture made from construction lumber
Dezeen Showroom: Italian furniture brand UniFor has launched a range of furnishings with angled wooden legs designed by architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron. More about Made to Measure collection by Herzog & de Meuron for UniFor