Pale oak surfaces contrast with dark timber beams inside Random Art Space, a gallery and cafe that Air Architects created in Hangzhou, China. More about Air Architects lines Hangzhou's Random Art Space in light-hued oakwood
Dezeen Showroom: Danish brand Muuto has introduced a new version of the 70/70 table by TAF featuring a solid oak top. More about 70/70 Table with solid oak top by TAF for Muuto
Dezeen Showroom: the Workshop Table for Muuto "has an almost archetypal appearance," according to designer Cecilie Manz. More about Workshop Table by Cecilie Manz for Muuto
Canadian studio Odami has used wood from a 130-year-old red oak tree to design furniture and lighting. More about Odami creates a furniture collection from one dying tree
Paris-based agency JCPCDR Architecture has invented an oak table that raises and lowers from the ceiling using a mechanism that looks like seat belts to save on space. More about Flying Table by JCPCDR Architecture hangs from seat belt-style mechanism
Pan-Projects and Mok Architects drew upon Nordic and Japanese aesthetics to design this restaurant in Copenhagen, which features oak surfaces, translucent screens and paper lanterns. More about Izumi's latest Copenhagen restaurant is designed to reflect its Nordic-Japanese menu
Architecture practice Thomas-McBrien extended a London house, adding a oak-lined reading nook and a utility room hidden behind a secret door along with a kitchen and dining space. More about Reading nook and a hidden room added in London house extension
Belgian designer Casimir is celebrating three decades in the industry with the production of six wooden objects that straddle the line between furniture and art, and another six to follow. More about Casimir celebrates 30 years as a designer with oak and walnut furniture collection
This movie by photographer Jim Stephenson offers a look behind the scenes at this year's Studio in the Woods, an annual architecture workshop that invites students to design and build wooden structures in a forest. More about Students build giant speaker and human-scale bird's nest in Studio in the Woods workshops
Recessed windows lined in oak interrupt the homogenous brick facades of this house in Warsaw, which local architecture studio MFRMGR designed to make the most of an awkward site. More about Oak-lined windows contrast pale brick facades at MFRMGR's house in Warsaw
A smoked-oak staircase suspended from steel poles joins a flight of tapered terrazzo steps in this Copenhagen apartment, which has been overhauled by local practice Jac Studios. More about Smoked oak and terrazzo steps feature in renovated Copenhagen apartment
Francisco Sutherland Architects has slotted a timber structure containing a bathroom, mezzanine and wardrobes into a triplex apartment in London's brutalist Barbican Estate. More about Francisco Sutherland Architects inserts an oak structure into a Barbican flat
Korean firms By Seog Be Seog and MMOA Studio made oak the focus of their interiors for 70-year-old Seoul restaurant Chosunoak's second location. More about Seoul restaurant panelled with wood in ode to former owner's love of oak trees
Toronto firm Studio AC has transformed a cramped local residence into a light-filled, spacious interior with natural stone and pale wood throughout. More about StudioAC renovates Toronto home to mimic owner's former New York apartment
Light colours and glass walls create the illusion of extra space within this Bauhaus apartment in Tel Aviv, which has been refurbished by architect Amir Navon of Studio 6b Design School and interior designer Maayan Zusman. More about Amir Navon and Maayan Zusman employ space-saving tricks for tight Tel Aviv apartment
Irish furniture workshop Joseph Walsh Studio has showcased new commissions at an exhibition in New York, including a towering watch cabinet and intertwined bench for the private collection of a father and son. More about Joseph Walsh designs bespoke watch cabinet to mirror the intricacy of clockwork
Minneapolis firm D/O Studio has taken cues from Minnesota's Scandinavian climate and heritage when designing a home that "warms the blue light to pure white", while cultivating vegetation native to the site. More about White finishes and oak panelling warm winter light in Minnesota home by D/O Studio
Layers of coarse clay line the walls of this London apartment, which has been overhauled by architect Simon Astridge to include a bathing area with tatami matting and smoked-oak panelling. More about Smoked oak and rustic clay line walls of Japanese-styled apartment by Simon Astridge in London
British firm Out of the Valley has developed an oak-framed cabin with burnt-cedar cladding that can be installed anywhere to provide a simple place to escape the stresses of modern life. More about Out of the Valley offers escapism with off-grid cabin made of oak and cedar
Oh Geon is the latest designer to experiment with unusual materials, using leftover sawdust from a woodworking studio to create this blocky stool. More about Oh Geon creates sculptural chair from resin and sawdust