This wooden home in Helsinki by Finnish architect Tuomas Siitonen has a roof that dips in the middle to allow views across it and a kinked plan that wraps around a secluded garden (+ slideshow). More about Timber-clad House M-M by Tuomas Siitonen wraps around a sheltered garden
Milan 2014: Japanese design studio Nendo has created a range of chairs with wood grain patterns printed onto natural timber for a forthcoming solo show in Milan. More about Nendo's solo exhibition in Milan to showcase chairs that mix printed and natural grains
This solitary wooden cottage on the Norwegian island of Vega was designed by Swedish studio Kolman Boye Architects to resemble the weather-beaten boathouses that are dotted along the island's coastline (+ slideshow). More about Vega Cottage by Kolman Boye Architects references weathered Norwegian boathouses
Barcelona designer Martin Azua has created a table that plays on the contrast in properties between wood and stone (+ slideshow). More about Martin Azua's Trees and Rocks table contrasts wood with marble
Israeli designer Haim Evgi has created versions of Anglepoise lamps in solid oak using traditional carpentry techniques. More about Haim Evgi crafts wooden balanced-arm TZAP lamps
Inspired by cigar makers in Spain, Austrian designer Helene Steiner has used thin strips of beech wood rolled into pipes to create a folding chair. More about Pepe chair by Helene Steiner made from rolled-up beech veneer
Huge sliding doors at the front and rear of this weekend house in rural Hiroshima allow residents to open out their timber-lined living spaces to the scenic mountain landscape (+ slideshow). More about Hinanai Village House opens out to a scenic mountain landscape
Hidden at the bottom of a London garden, this glowing shed by British studio Weston, Surman & Deane was designed as a writing retreat for an author (+ slideshow). More about Light glows through the cedar facade of Writer's Shed by Weston Surman & Deane
Dutch designer Daniel Hulsbergen created this intricate lamp from materials similar to those he used as a child to make model gliders. More about Lamp made from model glider materials by Studio Daniel for Odesi
Japanese studio Nendo has dressed up these wooden tables for Walt Disney Japan to look like characters from children's story books Winnie-the-Pooh. More about Nendo bases furniture for Walt Disney Japan on Winnie-the-Pooh characters
An intricate three-dimensional lattice of narrow timber slats forms a cloud-like mass around the exterior of this pineapple cake shop in Tokyo by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma (+ slideshow). More about SunnyHills cake shop by Kengo Kuma encased within intricate timber lattice
Chunky wooden columns and beams support the sloping timber ceiling of this small pharmacy by Japanese studio Ninkipen! in the city of Ogaki (+ slideshow). More about Ninkipen! exposes wooden columns and trusses inside O Pharmacy
This asymmetric Alpine cabin by Austrian architect Peter Jungmann has been named Ufogel because its owners think it looks like a cross between a UFO and a "vogel" - the German word for bird (+ slideshow). More about Alpine holiday cabin by Peter Jungmann has metal feet and a beak
Diagonal strips of wood clad the exterior of this annexe that Austrian studio Franz Architekten has added to a house in the suburbs of Vienna to make room for extra family members (+ slideshow). More about Family house extension by Franz Architekten clad with diagonal strips of larch
Portuguese architect João Branco has converted a small office building in Coimbra into a home by installing softwood joinery that functions as furniture, storage and partitions (+ slideshow). More about Wooden structures combine partitions and furniture inside home by João Branco
The Rotsee rowing regatta takes place every summer on a lake outside Lucerne, Switzerland, and this wooden tower raised over the water accommodates the officials who observe, time and marshal each race (+ slideshow). More about Wooden Zielturm Rotsee tower built for judges of Swiss rowing regatta
Three mature trees were rooted to the centre of this site in Western Australia, but architecture firm MORQ managed to convince the owners to build their family house around the peeling trunks and burgeoning foliage (+ slideshow). More about Karri Loop House by MORQ folds around three indigenous Australian trees
This six-sided wooden cabin by Estonian designer Jaanus Orgusaar has walls that zigzag up and down and two circular windows resembling fisheye camera lenses (+ slideshow). More about Six-sided modular cabin by Jaanus Orgusaar with wooden walls and fisheye windows
Huge round cushions in shades of mustard yellow and cornflower blue add colour to the pale concrete and timber interior of this kindergarten in western Austria by local studio Bernardo Bader Architects (+ slideshow). More about Kindergarten Susi Weigel by Bernardo Bader built from timber and concrete
Stockholm 2014: design duo Färg & Blanche created this furniture collection by sewing pieces of plywood together (+ slideshow). More about Färg & Blanche stitch wood together to form furniture