Hempcrete and timber were used to create this compact chicken coop in Portugal, designed by local architect Ricardo Leal to demonstrate that "even the most modest structures deserve careful thought". More about Ricardo Leal perches hempcrete chicken coop alongside Portuguese home
A playful chicken coop cloaked with timber shingles is set to be built at the Grizedale Arts centre in the Lake District, UK. More about Giant hen-shaped chicken coop set to be built at Lake District arts centre
Balinese architecture studio RAD+ar has hidden a bamboo chicken coop under an artificial hill in a park in Jakarta, Indonesia. More about RAD+ar hides bamboo chicken coop under hill in Jakarta
Architecture studio 2m26 has used traditional Japanese carpentry to create a chicken coop built from cypress and cedar bark in the mountains surrounding Kyoto, Japan. More about Niwatorigoya is a chicken coop inspired by Japanese shrines
American poultry producer Pasturebird has invented a solar-powered robot chicken coop on wheels, which it says fosters regenerative farming while allowing the animals to "live their best life". More about Pasturebird introduces solar-powered robot chicken coop
In this week's comments update, readers are envious of the chickens who get to call a Kengo Kuma-designed chicken coop in Mexico home. More about "We need more of this in our lives" say commenters
We've rounded up five coops where chickens rule the roost, from a wooden hut in Turkey to Kengo Kuma's black pavilion at Casa Wabi. More about Five chicken coops around the world
Architecture studio Goldsmith has revealed the design for its floating chicken and cress farm, which is set to be built alongside its existing waterborne dairy farm in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. More about Goldsmith unveils design for urban floating chicken farm in Rotterdam
Kengo Kuma's firm has designed a coop for chickens living at the Casa Wabi arts foundation in Mexico to be like a collective housing project. More about Kengo Kuma builds blackened-wood chicken coop at Casa Wabi artist retreat
House of Chickens, designed by architecture studio SO?, is a modular coop for 800 chickens on an artist's farm in Turkey. More about SO? builds modular House of Chickens on a farm in Turkey
This wooden chicken coop, installed in the grounds of summer house in rural Finland, is styled like a miniature log cabin perched above the ground on granite rocks. More about Chan Brisco Architects builds wooden chicken coop that looks like a log cabin in rural Finland
Vietnamese studio Tropical Space has created an elaborate coop that features a network of boxes, platforms and stairs, which can be used by both chickens and children. More about Tropical Space creates playground for chickens and children in Vietnam
Dutch Design Week 2015: Dutch designer Emilie van Spronsen harvested feathers and bones from the corpses of bird flu-infected chickens to create this stool and urn. More about Slaughtered bird flu-infected chickens transformed into furniture by Emilie van Spronsen
Asked to design a New York home for chickens rather than people, Architecture Research Office has completed a metal-clad bunker featuring wooden nesting boxes and underfloor heating (+ slideshow). More about Sheffer Chicken Coop is a metal-clad New York home for eight hens
Detroit studio Rootoftwo has installed weather vanes shaped like headless chickens on five buildings in Folkestone, England, which spin around and change colour in response to fear levels on the internet rather than the climate (+ slideshow). More about Headless rooftop chickens by Rootoftwo respond to internet panic levels
Battery-farmed chickens could be tricked into thinking they are roaming free if dressed in virtual reality headsets designed as a tongue-in-cheek proposal by US company Second Livestock (+ interview). More about Virtual reality headsets create "pastoral" illusion for battery-farmed chickens
Wooden structures and traditional joinery are used in this Melbourne takeaway chicken shop by local interior designers Hecker Guthrie to evoke the appearance of a chicken coop. More about Foxes Den cafe by Hecker Guthrie references a chicken coop
This chicken coop by Swedish architect and designer Torsten Ottesjö is designed to look like the protective wing of a mother hen. More about Hönshus-1 by Torsten Ottesjö
In this movie filmed by Dutch design organisation Premsela during their symposium Me Craft/You Industry in January, Welsh designer Kieren Jones explains how he constructed a miniature factory to transform the uneaten parts of a chicken into a gold leather flying jacket and a bone china eggcup and spoon. More about The Chicken Project by Kieren Jones
Milan 2010: Dutch designer Frederik Roijé will present a home for chickens called Breed and Retreat in Milan next month. More about Breed and Retreat by Frederik Roijé