Mint-green metal signals the transformation of this former industrial shed in the Czech Republic into Šmeral Art Factory, carried out by local architecture studio KOGAA. More about KOGAA transforms former industrial hall in Czech Republic into art gallery
Skylights, an internal light well and silver-painted ceilings pull light deep into House in Shichiku, a home in Kyoto designed by local studio Tato Architects. More about Tato Architects uses silver-painted ceilings to draw light into Kyoto home
Los Angeles studio Waka Waka has designed Ribbon, an undulating furniture collection made from steel and aluminium decorated with saturated colours, for Japanese manufacturer Benex's Eetal project. More about Waka Waka curls colourful metal into curved shapes for Ribbon furniture collection
Local architecture studio DoDesign has completed the Nanhai Buddha Pavilion in Chongqing, China, creating a shelter with gridded metal walls that are filled with thousands of loose cedar logs. More about Rearrangeable cedar logs fill walls of Nanhai Buddha Pavilion in China by DoDesign
German hardware specialist Franz Schneider Brakel has updated and relaunched a door handle designed 40 years ago by influential industrial designer Dieter Rams, replacing its plastic parts with an all-metal design to make it more durable. More about FSB relaunches 1986 Dieter Rams door handle with "effortless grip"
Dezeen Showroom: whether colourfully anodised or powder-coated, or left in a brown- or silver-toned state, the following products are all made from metals. More about Eight products that weld thoughtful design with metal materiality
Architect Kenta Hirayama has designed an "unpretentious house" in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward, which features a metal facade and deliberately simple gabled roof. More about Kenta Hirayama clads House in Kinuta in steel-sheet facade
Colombian designer Nicolas Riano Guerrero of Studio NRG has unveiled the Lilium chair made using aluminium salvaged from car rims. More about Studio NRG designs Lilium Chair out of recycled metal car rims
Designer Annabel Colterjohn and architecture office Red Deer used a palette of industrially inspired materials to evoke the gritty yet welcoming feel of Berlin kebab shops at this restaurant in west London. More about Curving communal table forms "archipelago of steel" at centre of Kiez Kebab restaurant
A monochrome palette of wood and metal marks out this low-lying house in Britain's only desert, designed by architecture practice Hollaway Studio as an evolution of its dilapidated predecessor. More about Hollaway Studio continues "story of Dungeness" with Westview Cottage
Local studio Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados has designed Barrancas, an off-grid minimalist concrete home that sits on a metal base with reflective window shutters in Mexico City. More about PPAA designs Mexico City concrete house to rest on metal base
Local studios Jaime Prous Architects and Pineda & Monedero have completed Casa 144º, a corrugated metal-clad home near Barcelona that is raised above a steeply sloping site on skinny steel stilts. More about Metal-clad home perched on steel supports above Barcelona coast
Angular forms cloaked in green-toned metal make up Camp Alliances, a family home in Spain by Madrid studio OF Architects and architect Ignacio G Galán. More about Camp Alliances house has "reciprocal relationship" with Spanish forest
A built-in "cabinet of curiosities" housing a collection of records, books and artworks forms the spine of this outhouse extension in London by local studio Neiheiser Argyros. More about Neiheiser Argyros adds steel "cabinet of curiosities" to London outhouse
Denver-based studio Tres Birds Inc has completed a compact, gabled home using salvaged library fittings and material from a bowling alley in Boulder, Colorado, revealed exclusively on Dezeen. More about Tres Birds outfits energy-efficient Colorado house with reclaimed materials
Black-metal panels cloak the sloping form of The Mountain Chamber, the entrance to an artificial cavern in Gothenburg designed by local studio Erdegard Arkitekter. More about Erdegard Arkitekter creates entrance for cavern in Gothenburg
Colourful metalwork contrasts with the worn bricks of this former industrial courtyard in Riga, Latvia, which has been converted into a residential complex by local studio Sampling. More about Sampling transforms industrial site in Latvia into colourful residential complex
For our latest roundup, we look at seven homes across the UK and Australia, ranging from new builds to extensions, that are finished with shiny, metal exteriors. More about Seven homes characterised by shiny metal exteriors
Local studio Schemata Architects drew on historic townhouses when creating this office along Japan's Tōkaidō road, which features a corrugated metal facade with window shutters that open "as if breathing". More about Schemata Architects reimagines machiya house with metal awnings for Uchida Shōten HQ
Architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has unveiled plans to relocate and expand French manufacturer Michelin's interactive museum in Clermont-Ferrand, France. More about Kengo Kuma to create new Michelin museum on industrial site in France