Wood
Huge timber steps form bridge built by students across a river in rural China
Giles Miller’s Penny-Half Sphere sculpture is a “double-sided portal” hanging above a stream
Shakespearean-style wooden theatre by Studio Andrew Todd opens in France
Inward-facing Iranian home lets light filter in through a facade of wooden slats
Liam Treanor adds to collection of handcrafted minimal furniture
LP2 completes Tehran office block with louvred wooden facades
Peter Zumthor creates buildings on stilts for tourist trail at a Norwegian mine
Snøhetta creates curving wooden amphitheatre for Aesop’s Düsseldorf store
Flea Folly Architects designs high temple of timber in a monastic archway
Dekleva Gregorič transforms Slovenian Pavilion into cocooning library dedicated to home design
Mork-Ulnes completes California ski chalet coated in black tar
Mariusz Wrzeszcz completes house in Poland with cedar walls inside and out
Noah’s Ark theme park opens in Kentucky as flash floods hit the US
Avanto Architects builds coastal sauna in Helsinki with a faceted timber “cloak”
Timber and glass dormitory building nestles among trees in a Paris park
Xylophone-like pavilion built for London Festival of Architecture
Atelier Bow-Wow and Didier Faustino create glowing wooden shelters for Paris exhibition
Jaime Hayón installs Tiovivo animal-shaped play equipment at Atlanta museum
Forests of Venice pavilion offers a peaceful retreat from the Biennale crowds
Hemsworth creates all-wood Passivhaus factory in a mountainous region of Canada
Domino Architects divides J House with wooden storage partitions
Hollow installation by Zeller & Moye and Katie Paterson brings together 10,000 tree species
Casa No Muro is a treehouse built on a wall instead of in a tree
