Firewood logs were used as modular stackable elements for the scenography of the BIO27 Super Vernaculars design biennial in Ljubljana, Slovenia, which has been shortlisted for a 2023 Dezeen Award. More about Medprostor stacks firewood for Ljubljana design biennial exhibition
Japanese studio Kei Kaihoh Architects has completed a timber-framed storage facility in Joetsu City that offers rice farmers a way to refrigerate their harvest without relying on gas or electricity. More about Local cedar forms snow-cooled rice warehouse in Niigata Prefecture
The strength and availability of bamboo give it the potential to be as dominant in construction as concrete and steel, argues Atelier One engineer Chris Matthews in this interview. More about Bamboo will "be a major player" in future of architecture says expert Chris Matthews
Chinese interiors studio RooMoo has used nearly 6,000 pieces of oak from discarded distillery barrels to adorn this whiskey bar in Shanghai. More about RooMoo reuses distillery's old whiskey barrels to decorate its bar
A floating sauna and a cavernous coastal grotto feature in our latest lookbook, which collects eight sauna interiors that provide a warming antidote to colder months. More about Eight immersive saunas in peaceful settings
Chilean architecture studio Stanaćev Granados has created a seaside house with a concrete and wood-clad exterior and a cargo net in the floor in Chorrillos, Chile. More about Stanaćev Granados divides levels of Chilean beach house with cargo-net floor
New York design studio Stickbulb has launched Treeline, a series of lighting created using wood sourced from trees that had been removed from New York City's "urban forest". More about Stickbulb creates light fixtures using wood from salvaged New York trees
Promotion: a treehouse-like holiday home and a sauna on wheels are among the four wooden architecture projects named winners at the Thermory Design Awards for 2023. More about Thermory Design Awards names best wooden architecture projects for 2023
Indian practice Studio Hinge has completed Forest of Knowledge, a library in Mumbai that sits beneath a tree-like canopy of latticed wood. More about Studio Hinge creates library spaces beneath tree-like wooden columns
Design and fabrication firm Madera has unveiled its latest showroom in Los Angeles, which was designed to showcase wood flooring and millwork products and has been captured in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen. More about Madera displays contemporary flooring and millwork products in Los Angeles showroom
Architecture practice Prior Barraclough has expanded a modest workers' cottage in Melbourne to include an extension panelled entirely in Australian hardwood. More about Australian hardwood lines Melbourne cottage extension by Prior Barraclough
Local studio Architecture for London has designed an interior for stationery store Present & Correct in London, which features gridded joinery and draws on "wunderkammer" cabinets of curiosities. More about Architecture for London creates demountable wood interior for Present & Correct store
Architecture studio Ingenhoven Architects has created a series of buildings topped with large, overhanging thatched roofs for the Lanserhof Sylt health resort on the Germany island of Sylt. More about Ingenhoven Architects tops island health resort with Europe's largest thatched roof
Japanese studio Kurosawa Kawara-Ten has used local and recycled materials to transform a vacant house into a workspace named Ichihara Life and Work Commission Office. More about Kurosawa Kawara-Ten turns disused Japanese house into wood-clad office
Local architecture studio Dellekamp Schleich has created an office building in Mexico City that it says is the country's largest and tallest mass-timber structure to "set an example for innovative construction methods". More about Dellekamp Schleich uses trusses for "Mexico's largest mass-timber building"
Designer Giles Tettey Nartey has presented a communal bench as part of a POOR Collective exhibition at the London Design Festival, with an intricately carved surface that doubles as a game board. More about Giles Tettey Nartey reimagines traditional West African bench as giant game of Oware
Architect Daisuke Motogi is presenting his Hackability of the Stool exhibition featuring one hundred alternative ideas for Finnish designer Alvar Aalto's Stool 60 as part of London Design Festival. More about Daisuke Motogi reimagines Alvar Aalto's iconic Stool 60 a hundred times over
Salvaged wood and colourful murals by local artists are among the decorative features in the NBBJ-designed Odessa Brown Children's Clinic, which combines medical services with public amenities like a basketball court and community kitchen. More about NBBJ creates pediatric clinic in Seattle with "no blank walls"
Chunky misshapen stools and a lampshade made of wood shavings feature in this hand-carved timber furniture collection by emerging designer Didi Ng Wing Yin, which is on display at Helsinki Design Week. More about Didi Ng Wing Yin presents "down to earth" timber furniture at Helsinki Design Week
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects has designed a school building that prioritises low-carbon solutions and water retention on restored woodlands outside of San Francisco. More about Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects creates low-energy school expansion in California