Intersecting wood-clad volumes create a playground for children in a Massachusetts suburb to scurry through, clamber over and zip-wire from. More about Matter Design's architectural play equipment encourages kids to crawl, jump and fly
Israeli designer Bar Gantz has created a collection of furniture by steam-bending wood into twisted shapes. More about Bar Gantz uses steam-bending to create twisted wood furniture
Dutch designer Richard Hutten based the leaf-like form of these wooden stools on the shape of the "lucky" four-leaf clover. More about Richard Hutten designs stackable clover-shaped stools
There is only enough room for one person inside this tall skinny pavilion that Chilean studio Pezo von Ellrichshausen has built in the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris. More about Pezo von Ellrichshausen uses octagonal drums to build skinny tower
Instead of chopping down a tall tree in the middle of a Los Angeles site, American studio Anonymous Architects incorporated it into this cantilevered cedar-clad residence. More about Anonymous Architects builds LA house around existing cypress tree
Short pieces of debarked timber are stacked to form the walls of this remote wilderness retreat, designed for an active family by US studio Andersson-Wise Architects. More about Andersson-Wise creates Montana cabin with cordwood walls and green roof
Timber and glass walls slide along runners to reveal or enclose this gabled garden shed in Eindhoven, designed and built by Caspar Schols as a hobby space for his mother. More about Sliding walls create various layouts inside Garden House by Caspar Schols
Timber joints slot together in these Tetris-like gifs – the work of a young Japanese man so obsessed by joinery techniques he set up a Twitter account dedicated to the cause. More about Hypnotic gifs animate traditional Japanese joinery techniques
Estonian interior architecture students designed this floating timber pavilion to provide a shelter, sauna and campfire for visitors to the Soomaa National Park wetlands during flooding. More about Floating wooden pavilion designed by students to deal with forest flooding in Estonia
A grand window offers views of the woodland and sea in this house in Hanko, Finland, designed by Mer Architects as a contemporary update of the town's historic villas. More about Timber-clad Gamla Villan by Mer Architects offers views of Finnish meadow and sea
A long cypress-clad volume that projects from a hillside in rural Massachusetts forms this home, designed by US studio O'Neill Rose Architects for a nature-loving couple. More about O'Neill Rose creates elongated wooden home in the Berkshires
Zaha Hadid's final furniture collection for London's David Gill Gallery is made of walnut and leather, a reference to vintage furniture from the 50s and 60s. More about Zaha Hadid's final furniture collection for David Gill is based on mid-century design
London Design Festival 2016: Canadian studio UUfie has embedded metal into the growth lines of wood to create a set of textured tables (+ slideshow). More about Studio Uufie captures wood grain in metal for Echo tables
American firm Ward + Blake Architects has completed a residence and guest house in western Wyoming, which features rustic materials and sweeping views of the surrounding mountains (+ slideshow). More about Ward + Blake uses salvaged wood and weathering steel to clad rustic Wyoming house
The thin columns and wood cladding that front this educational facility in a Pittsburgh park are designed to help the building fit in with its woodland setting (+ slideshow). More about Bohlin Cywinski Jackson's nature centre in Pittsburgh "blends with the surrounding woods"
To encourage Bloomberg's Hong Kong employees to interact more, architecture studio Neri&Hu has given them a staircase with generous landings, seating areas and strategically positioned windows. More about Neri&Hu creates "stair of encounters" inside Bloomberg's Hong Kong office
Curving walls made up of vertical strips of bleached wood form the inside of this dental practice in Dublin, which was transformed by Urban Agency to make visiting the dentist less daunting. More about Dublin dental practice by Urban Agency features curved walls and pale wood paneling
This tiny slatted timber pavilion is intended as a space for contemplation, and was designed by Milanese architect Giovanni Wegher to tour Italy's largest national park (+ slideshow). More about Mobile meditation pavilion by Giovanni Wegher stands on a lake shore in northern Italy
This hillside dwelling in rural Connecticut by Allee Architecture features a copper roof and facades made of glass, cedar and teak (+ slideshow). More about Allee Architecture creates "humane and warm" modern house in Connecticut
London Design Festival 2016: skeletons and three-dimensional patterns feature in Studio Job's new parquet, the first wood products to be released by Italian mosaic brand Bisazza (+ slideshow). More about Studio Job engraves fossils in flooring for first parquet collection