Portuguese architecture studio Fala Atelier has transformed an old house in Porto into five studio apartments that feature matching dark blue shutters and a facade patterned with blue and red tiles. More about Deep-blue shutters conceal kitchens, windows and wardrobes in Porto flats by Fala Atelier
Behind a charred larch exterior, this London loft extension contains a pair of plywood-lined bedrooms that double up as quiet study spaces. More about Plywood-lined bedrooms feature in London loft conversion by Widger Architecture
Architecture and engineering studio Interrobang has fitted out its east London office with freestanding plywood furniture units, painted in the same pastel hues as insulating foam typically concealed within a building's walls. More about Interrobang fills its office with custom plywood furniture painted the colours of insulating foam
London-based architectural practice HÛT designed and built this movable gin trolley as office furniture for its new workspace. More about HÛT creates mobile plywood gin trolley to serve its architecture office
Nearly 2,000 pieces of plywood slot together like a puzzle in this staircase, which features in a London home that has been overhauled by local studio Tsuruta Architects. More about Tsuruta Architects designs staircase in London house from hundreds of plywood pieces
With a new exhibition on at the V&A spotlighting plywood, we've updated an existing Pinterest board to show the how adaptable the material is, with projects including IKEA hacks, curvy roofs and stitched wooden furniture. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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To coincide with the opening of an exhibition dedicated to plywood at London's V&A museum, we've rounded up 10 projects from the Dezeen archives that push the material to its limits. More about 10 of the most ground-breaking uses of plywood in architecture and design
French office Studio mAAb has transformed a single-storey apartment in the city of Rennes into a duplex by incorporating a pair of wooden volumes and a mezzanine walkway into the former attic space. More about Studio mAAb slots plywood wedges into roof space of renovated Rennes apartment
The social history of plywood – as an innovator in the furniture and transport industries, and a maligned everyday material – is explored in a new exhibition at London's V&A museum, which opens this weekend. More about V&A exhibition charts the rise and fall of humble plywood
American studio Desai Chia Architecture wanted to capture the "intellectually playful aspects" of Quartz in the design of the digital media outlet's new headquarters in Manhattan. More about Desai Chia captures "quirky" character of media brand Quartz for its New York office
Birch-plywood cabinets completely surround a set of windows in this renovated 1930s home in Prague, creating a cosy lounge space framed by space-saving solutions. More about Clever storage surrounds window seat in Prague flat renovated by Atelier 111 Architekti
A display system made of stacked and suspended wooden boxes forms a signature feature in this new Blue Bottle Coffee cafe, which occupies part of a 1920s brick building in downtown San Francisco. More about Bohlin Cywinski Jackson creates Blue Bottle Coffee cafe within historic San Francisco building
For this year's Clerkenwell Design Week, London designer Giles Miller worked with watch brand Shinola to create a pavilion made from 8,000 lightning-bolt-shaped pieces of plywood. More about Giles Miller installs louvred plywood pavilion in London's Clerkenwell
Startup company Plykea has launched a series of birch ply doors and worktops that can be attached to IKEA's Metod kitchen cupboards. More about Plykea hacks IKEA's Metod kitchens with plywood fronts
Studiomama has overhauled this tiny single-storey house in north London with adjustable plywood furniture including a fold-out bed, a standing desk and extendable dining benches with pink cushions. More about Studiomama uses adaptable furniture to create what might be London’s smallest house
A wavy plywood roof undulates above the glass-walled rooms of this nursery in Japan's Yamanashi prefecture. More about Takashige Yamashita creates nursery with curving timber roof near Mount Fuji
Dutch architects Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman designed this skinny house in Rotterdam for themselves, incorporating hidden windows into the black brick walls and adding a large indoor hammock. More about Skinny Rotterdam house for two architects features black brickwork and concealed windows
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
A plywood box hosts the kitchen and staircase in this minimal maisonette in Islington, which has been reconfigured and extended by local architect Larissa Johnston. More about Larissa Johnston arranges minimal London home around plywood box
San Francisco studio ArcHive's remodel of this 1900s structure into a workspace for a seamstress involved sheathing the walls and ceiling in birch plywood. More about ArcHive turns Californian carriage house into plywood-lined sewing studio