Catalan designer Eugeni Quitllet has used plexiglass to create the backrests for wooden chairs in this collection for Italian brand Alias. More about Eugeni Quitllet joins plexiglass backrests to Tabu chairs for Alias
Alternating cubes of timber and glass cover the back of this Sydney house extension by Australian office Panovscott, offering a balance of light, shade, views and privacy. More about Panovscott creates Sydney extension with alternating timber and glass facade
New York 2014: New York design gallery and shop Espasso is launching a collection of re-issued furniture by late Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and Polish-Brazilian architect Jorge Zalszupin (+ slideshow). More about Espasso launches Oscar Niemeyer and Jorge Zalszupin furniture re-editions
Clerkenwell Design Week 2014: five teams from London design collective Okay Studio have created furniture and products from different hardwood varieties for this year's Clerkenwell Design Week in London (+ slideshow). More about Okay Studio to exhibit hardwood designs at Clerkenwell Design Week
British designer Sebastian Cox has used coppiced timber sourced from cultivated woodland to create this collection for UK furniture brand Benchmark (+ movie). More about Sebastian Cox pairs coppiced chestnut and ash for furniture collection
Small triangular windows puncture the faceted roof and walls of this Italian restaurant in Japan designed by Kyoto studio Geneto (+ slideshow).
More about Geneto adds pointed roofline to Italian restaurant in Japan
Canadian designer Geof Ramsay has used the notion of staircases that double as seating areas to create a wooden bench from a set of steps. More about Geof Ramsay provides an alternative to sitting on stairs with Steps bench
Milan 2014: Swedish design group Front has created a combined coat rack and bench, and two tables from bent wood for design brand Gebrüder Thonet Vienna. More about Front revisits Gebrüder Thonet Vienna's roots to design bent-wood furniture
Milan 2014: London designer Torsten Sherwood has created a range of wooden furniture influenced by the simple design principles and "common sense approach" of the 19th-century Shaker movement. More about Torsten Sherwood launches Shaker-influenced furniture collection
Undulating layers of timber create a cave-like interior inside this cafe in Indonesia by local studio OOZN Design. More about OOZN Design creates cavernous cafe in Jakarta using undulating timber slats
This wooden viewing cabin raised on stilts above the rugged landscape of southern Norway was designed by TYIN Tegnestue – the Trondheim office that also recently completed a top-heavy house extension (+ slideshow). More about Timber viewing cabin by TYIN Tegnestue overlooks a wild Norwegian landscape
This top-heavy house extension in Trondheim, Norway, was designed by local office TYIN Tegnestue to maximise space on the first floor while minimising its footprint on the garden (+ slideshow). More about TYIN Tegnestue's lopsided house extension creates extra space upstairs
An old cobblestone street paves the way to this timber building complex, designed by Architekti DRNH for the upkeep of historic gardens in the grounds of a seventeenth-century Czech chateau (+ slideshow). More about Wooden sheds by Architekti DRNH offer gardening facilities for a Renaissance chateau
Milan Expo 2015: vegetables, herbs and hops will be planted between the latticed timber structure of the pavilion representing France at the World Expo 2015 in Milan (+ slideshow). More about Herbs and hops to grow over France's pavilion for Milan Expo 2015
Milan 2014: London design duo Hannah Plumb and James Russell paired a Georgian corner cupboard with a Medieval staircase to create their latest assemblage (+ slideshow). More about JamesPlumb "marries" antique cupboard and staircase for Milan exhibition
Milan 2014: holes and tunnels in the top of this wooden desk by Hong Kong-based designer Hao Ruan of LYCS Architecture have been designed to provide a playground for cats (+ slideshow). More about CATable by Hao Ruan offers a shared work surface for cats and their owners
Students from London's Architectural Association have designed and built a lattice-framed shelter for seasoning timber at the school's Dorset campus, using short lengths of wood taken from neighbouring beech trees (+ slideshow). More about Architectural Association students build woodland shelter with a twisting lattice roof
Wooden shingles give a rough texture to the walls of this extension to a youth centre by Bernd Zimmermann – the German architect who recently completed a house clad with mirrors (+ slideshow). More about Youth centre extension by Bernd Zimmermann features a facade of wooden shingles
Gravity keeps the aluminium and timber components of these lamp shades by industrial designer Nick Sadowsky locked together. More about Aluminium and timber light shades by Nick Sadowsky use gravity to maintain shape
A wooden treehouse with circular perforations is suspended from the ceiling inside this space for a south London theatre company for disabled children, echoing round patterns on its facade (+ slideshow). More about Timber treehouse hangs inside Oily Cart theatre headquarters by Hawkins\Brown