Embedded in the garden of an English countryside cottage, this small studio with a green roof and patinated copper walls creates a secluded spot for deer-watching (+ slideshow). More about Copper-clad studio by Stonewood Design is also a hide for wildlife watching
Each facet that makes up the facade of this community building in Poland by OVO Grabczewscy Architekci is covered in a sheet of shiny ridged copper to create the impression of flames (+ slideshow). More about Copper panels give a flame-like appearance to Museum of Fire in Poland
Maison & Objet 2015: British designer Tom Dixon's latest range of accessories includes copper stationery and containers with magnifying-glass lids. More about Tom Dixon to launch metal home and office accessories in Paris
This lagoon-side residence featuring a green copper exterior and a warm cherry-wood interior is part of a series of architect-designed houses built in the grounds of Steven Holl's Nanjing Sifang Art Museum in China (+ slideshow). More about Copper-covered house by Sanaksenaho Architects accompanies Holl's Sifang Art Museum
This rust-coloured copper home extension by British studio Poulsom Middlehurst sits above the red-brick walls and clay-tiled roof of a Victorian terrace in east London. More about Poulsom Middlehurst adds copper-clad extension to east London attic flat
A curving copper-clad extension punctuated by portholes has been added to a house in Ghent, Belgium, by local studio Atelier Vens Vanbelle, who describe the structure as "a cocktail of science fiction and nostalgia" (+ slideshow). More about Atelier Vens Vanbelle adds "retro-futuristic capsule" to a Belgian home
Following the popularity of David Chipperfield's office building in China featuring a copper facade, we've collected together all the best copper-based projects from the pages of Dezeen and pinned them to a new Pinterest board »
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A grid of muted copper frames the large windows of this slender office building, designed by British architect David Chipperfield for a park-side site in Hangzhou, China (+ slideshow). More about David Chipperfield's Moganshan Road office building features an all-copper facade
An arched framework of curving pine ribs gives this chapel in Finland by Sanaksenaho Architects a shape more akin to a boat than a building (+ slideshow). More about Copper-clad chapel in Finland has a curving wooden frame like a ship's hull
London Design Festival 2014: this copper pendant light by London-based Paul Crofts Studio alludes to pastry-cutting utensils, a reference to the patisserie it was originally designed for. More about Paul Crofts launches Cu29 pendant light based on copper pastry-cutting tools
French studio LCR Architectes used gently patinated copper to give the exterior surfaces of this school near Toulouse a weathered, metallic appearance (+ slideshow). More about LCR Architectes clads French middle school with tarnished copper panels
Berlin studio Thomas Kröger Architekt has installed copper-clad boxes to sit above diners at this newly opened Italian bistro in the heart of Potsdamer Platz. More about Thomas Kröger Architekt suspends copper cuboids from Berlin restaurant ceiling
This clothes rack by German designer Meike Langer features a copper arc with a hinged timber frame, allowing it to slot into the corner of a room. More about Meike Langer designs copper clothes stand to nestle into awkward spaces
Copper panels and local timber clad the exterior of this houseboat in the Netherlands by BYTR Architects, which is moored beside a wooded parkland (+ slideshow). More about Copper-clad ParkArk houseboat by BYTR Architects floats on a Dutch canal
Milan 2014: Formafantasma has created a collection of engraved crystal and copper vessels, designed to purify and serve water. More about Formafantasma combines crystal and copper with ritualistic water purification range
Milan 2014: German brand e15 will launch a collection of floor, table, pendant and wall lamps at this year's Salone Internazionale del Mobile, including lights made from copper discs and X-shaped extruded aluminium (+ slideshow). More about Lighting by e15 to debut in Milan
A faceted roof made from a shimmering copper-bronze alloy covers this extension by British firm Emrys Architects to a pair of Georgian townhouses in London (+ slideshow). More about Office extension with a faceted copper roof by Emrys Architects
This museum in Warsaw, Poland, by Finnish studio Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects has a deep, cavernous entrance hall that cuts right through the building (+ slideshow). More about Museum of the History of Polish Jews by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects
Copper walls will gradually change colour from dark grey to rich brown on the exterior of this church archive in Nuremberg, Germany, by Hamburg office GMP Architekten (+ slideshow). More about State archive of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bavaria by GMP Architekten
London Design Festival 2013: Norwegian design firm Hunting & Narud is exhibiting a range of large pivoting copper mirrors with stone bases in London during the London Design Festival, which starts on Saturday (+ slideshow). More about Copper Mirror Series by Hunting & Narud