Italian studio Peter Pichler Architecture has designed the angular headquarters for manufacturing company Bonfiglioli in Bologna, with a slanted roof covered in pleated mesh. More about Peter Pichler Architecture encloses geometric office block with pleated facades
Dutch design firm Studio ThusThat has developed a series of furniture and homeware that was cut from a single sheet of aluminium "crust" – an offcut of the smelting process. More about Furniture made from scrap aluminium carries "traces of giant factory saws"
Although more commonly associated with industrial applications, furnishings made of cool-toned steel, aluminium and chrome are infiltrating every room of the home. This lookbook rounds up eight living spaces that show how it's done. More about Eight living spaces that go heavy on metal furniture
American studio SOM has created a "vertical campus" for the US Department of Transportation in Massachusetts that features aluminium fins on its sides and a landscape installation by designer Maya Lin. More about SOM puts Department of Transportation "on display" at Cambridge building
Perforated metal sheets form the facade of this renovated bookshop in Shanghai, China, which local studio Wutopia Lab has filled with 10,000 metres of shelving. More about Wutopia Lab wraps Shanghai Book City in perforated aluminium
Designer David Taylor has created Knuckle, a duo of lighting designs for Swedish furniture brand Hem that are characterised by their crimped corners made by forcibly bending square aluminium tubing. More about David Taylor forms "the world's most anonymous material" into aluminium lighting
Australian designer Tom Fereday has created a chair made out of recycled aluminium that aims to celebrate the industrial aesthetic of the material. More about Tom Fereday casts Cove Lounge chair out of aluminium waste
New York architecture studio REX has completed the "most automated" performance building in the world at Brown University's campus in Providence, Rhode Island. More about REX creates "holy grail" combination of performance spaces in Providence
Promotion: metal-chain manufacturer Kriskadecor is challenging the perception of aluminium as a cold material with a series of projects where it is used to brighten an interior. More about Kriskadecor uses aluminium to create "warm and inviting" interiors
Norwegian designer Lars Beller Fjetland explains how his fully recyclable Bello! bench created for Hydro aims to showcase the possibilities of extruded aluminium in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen. More about Lars Beller Fjetland designs "100 per cent recyclable" aluminium bench for Hydro
German architects Julian Krüger and Benjamin Kemper have created Digital House, a micro home that can be built without using nails or screws and was designed to be easy to disassemble. More about Digital House is an aluminium-clad micro home in Germany
Promotion: aluminium and renewable energy company Hydro is exhibiting its collaboration with designer Lars Beller Fjetland at the London Design Festival, exploring how partnerships can help make the metals industry more sustainable. More about Hydro celebrates sustainable designer partnerships at London Design Festival
Local architecture studio Juan Campanini, Josefina Sposito has concealed an urban apartment building behind a simple aluminium facade in Buenos Aires, Argentina. More about Juan Campanini and Josefina Sposito clad Buenos Aires co-op in aluminium
Dezeen Showroom: we've selected 10 products and furniture designs made from stainless steel, aluminium and chrome-finished metal listed on Dezeen Showroom. More about Ten functional and elegant products and furniture designs made from metal
Architecture studio ElasticoFarm has created a house on stilts around a suspended void nestled in the trees of a private park in Cambiano, a town to the southeast of Turin in northern Italy. More about ElasticoFarm raises house on stilts around central void in Italian park
Dutch design studio Loop Loop has pioneered a process of adding colour to aluminium using pigments made from plants rather than petroleum. More about Loop Loop develops "world's first plant-based aluminium dying process"
A steel frame clad with aluminium and polycarbonate panels was designed to add an industrial feel to Bradbury Works, a retail and office building in Dalston, London, by local studio YN Studio. More about YN Studio wraps Dalston workspaces with translucent "X-ray" facade
Local architect Fernanda Ahumada and studio FR-EE have completed The National Biodiversity Pavilion in Mexico City with a facade of moving aluminium panels that responds to light and wind. More about Mexico City museum features "living facade" made of thousands of aluminium panels
Local architecture firm In Situ Studio wrapped an art museum visitor centre in Raleigh, North Carolina with darkened steel and cantilevered a roof with an aperture over its patio. More about In Situ Studio cuts "hoop" opening in cantilevered welcome centre roof
Promotion: Italian door brand Lualdi says that 2023 marks a new focus in its design process as it aims to create products with experimental combinations of textures and materials. More about Lualdi's design process opens up "creative possibilities with materials and textures"