A rocking horse and a basketball hoop are among the items that designers have reimagined for this London Design Festival exhibition, which includes pieces from 2LG Studio, Pearson Lloyd and more. More about Designers turn discarded objects into one-off furnishings for Unbroken exhibition
Weathered wood salvaged from disused farm buildings has been repurposed in Barn Again, a pavilion at Copenhagen Architecture Biennial designed and built by British practice THISS Studio and architectural designer Tom Svilans. More about Deconstructed barns become cocooning pavilion at Copenhagen Architecture Biennial
Climbing ropes, tall grass and a balloon pump were among the things Norwegian designers used to modify USM Haller's famous modular furniture for an exhibition at Designers' Saturday in Oslo. More about Norwegian designers use reclaimed materials to customise USM Haller furniture
Passenger handles from a defunct Japanese train line stack up to form this minimalist ring-shaped lamp by design studio Akasaki & Vanhuyse. More about WA lamp by Akasaki & Vanhuyse is crafted from decommissioned Tokyo train parts
Reclaimed bricks, timber and ventilation pipes determined the form of the Inside Out, Downside Up pavilion, hand-built by architecture studio Slaatto Morsbøl for the inaugural Copenhagen Architecture Biennial. More about Reclaimed materials shape Copenhagen Architecture Biennial pavilion by Slaatto Morsbøl
Local studio Nina+Co used responsibly sourced materials, including clay plaster and recycled plastic, to create a layered interior for east London restaurant Ara. More about Nina+Co combines natural and salvaged materials in London restaurant Ara
Architecture practice THISS Studio avoided contract furniture when designing this London office, instead opting to use reclaimed materials sourced second-hand or found on-site. More about THISS Studio takes "strict approach to material reuse" in flexible office
Indian architecture studio Iki Builds has completed Soil and Soul Studio, a home in Hyderabad crafted with a palette of natural, local materials and construction rubble. More about Iki Builds critiques "disposable nature of modern construction" with rural Indian home
Design studio Material Cultures and architecture practice Studio Gil have used a mix of local, bio-based and recycled materials to create a home for a community food-growing hub in London. More about Material Cultures and Studio Gil use biomaterials for London community hub
Surf Block Maui has developed a system that converts foam from surfboard-shaping into building materials for local construction to ameliorate multiple problems in Hawaii. More about Hawaii company converts surfboard waste into construction blocks
Australian studio Second Edition has completed the Love Shack, a flexible extension to a family home in Sydney made almost entirely from salvaged and repurposed materials. More about Second Edition uses reclaimed materials for Sydney home extension
Dutch studio V8 Architects has created a pair of semi-detached homes in the Netherlands using recycled and reused materials above all else to demonstrate how circular design principles can be applied to housing. More about V8 Architects builds Rotterdam homes almost entirely from reused and recycled materials
Artificial intelligence supercharges Ukraine's reconstruction effort in a project called Circularity on the Edge, which analyses drone footage of bombed-out buildings to identify reusable materials. More about Circularity on the Edge AI finds reusable materials in rubble of Ukrainian buildings
New York design studio Earth to People has swapped synthetic glue for tree sap to bind its debut furniture collection, which features monolithic chairs hand-crafted from centuries-old cedar. More about Earth to People binds timber furniture with tree sap
Architecture practice Studio Saar has built a dairy facility in south Rajasthan, India, using 560 tonnes of reclaimed material including steel and rubble. More about Studio Saar uses reclaimed materials for Gaushala dairy facility in India
French studio Warm Weekend teamed up with designers Mathias Palazzi and Robinson Guillermet to create a demountable steam room that was presented at the Alcova design event during Milan design week. More about 18 Drops of Sweat is an inflatable hammam designed to "explore water consumption and rituals"
Czech studio Ika Architekti used second-hand and scavenged materials to create this self-built sauna in Brno, which stands on railway sleepers and is clad in corrugated fibreglass panels. More about Ika Architekti uses salvaged materials for Upcycled Sauna in Czech Republic
Architecture firm MVRDV has blanketed the square outside Bangkok's city hall with a woven floor mat made from recycled rice bags, inviting residents to sit, congregate and consider Thailand's plastic pollution crisis. More about MVRDV creates public seating area that doubles as "860-square-metre infographic" in Bangkok
Chinese architecture studio Spactrum has repurposed construction-site tools and materials to furnish its own office in Shanghai. More about Spactrum transforms construction materials into furniture for own office
Danish studio BIG has unveiled its designs for a palliative care centre and hospice in Denmark, set to be built with wood and reclaimed bricks. More about BIG designs hospice in Denmark as "village for life's final days"