Local studio Waelgaard Salim Arkitekter has completed House Grimstad, a barn-like dwelling in Norway that contrasts black tar-stained timber cladding with warm interiors lined in spruce. More about Waelgaard Salim Arkitekter designs Norwegian holiday home as "a test of reduction"
Local studios Johan Sundberg Arkitektur and Tengbom used an exposed structure of pine and spruce to create a "sensory experience" at Kursgården Kämpasten, a campus of the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden. More about Timber-framed Stockholm School of Economics hub added to forest campus
A cantilevered first floor marks the entrance to the timber-framed Robert Badinter Secondary School in Cambrai, France, completed by architecture studio Coldefy with Relief Architects. More about Coldefy completes timber-framed school in northern France
Reclaimed spruce and oak from the construction industry are paired together in this collection of minimalist furniture by Swiss design studio Gini Moynier. More about Gini Moynier turns salvaged timber into two-tone Formwork furniture series
Italian studio Senoner Tammerle Architekten has created a mountain shelter in the Alps, distinguished by galvanised steel cladding chosen to reflect the hues of the sky. More about Senoner Tammerle Architekten places reflective mountain shelter in Italian Alps
Local studio Erling Berg has created a holiday home overlooking the ocean in Risør, on Norway's southern coast, which is clad in locally sourced spruce. More about Erling Berg creates I/O Cabin as a summer house for "inside-outside" living
Chunky misshapen stools and a lampshade made of wood shavings feature in this hand-carved timber furniture collection by emerging designer Didi Ng Wing Yin, which is on display at Helsinki Design Week. More about Didi Ng Wing Yin presents "down to earth" timber furniture at Helsinki Design Week
Rough textures and a blocky interior define Residential Barn in a Hamlet Zone, a home that Swiss studio BE Architektur has completed in a small agricultural town near Zurich. More about Sculptural blocks intersect to form barn-like house in Switzerland
Timber battens and mullions cover the facade of the cross-laminated-timber Spruce House in Walthamstow, London, which was completed in 2021 and is the first built project by local practice Ao-ft. More about Ao-ft inserts mass-timber home into London terrace
Architecture practice Studio AX has showcased the potential of biomaterials with a timber and hemp pavilion at Chart Art Fair, which is captured in this video created as part of the Dezeen x Chart Art Fair 2022 collaboration. More about Studio AX aims to highlight potential of biomaterials with Danish fairytale-informed pavilion
Swiss designer Fabien Roy has created a temporary circular installation made from spruce wood in the middle of the Swiss countryside for the cycling race Tour de France. More about Fabien Roy creates clock-shaped wooden installation to mark Tour de France
Only a handful of spruce partitions carve up the pared-back interior of this London office, which McLaren Excell has created for Samsung's European design studio. More about McLaren Excell unveils minimalist London headquarters for Samsung Design Europe
Architect Mark de Reus took cues from barns and ranch buildings when designing his own house, Bigwood Residence, for a wooded site in Idaho, northwestern America. More about Architect Mark de Reus designs spruce-clad home for his family in rural Idaho
Norwegian architecture studio Helen & Hard has built a 1:1 cross-section of a co-housing project made from spruce wood in the Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Nordic Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale is a full-scale co-housing model
Architect Pekka Littow has used Finnish spruce and birch plywood for off-grid holiday home Majamaja, which is perched on a rocky outcrop by the sea just outside of Helsinki. More about Majamaja is an off-grid seaside cabin near Helsinki
Sinuous spruce-wood walls wind around this cosy cave-like suite that Tenon Architecture has created for a resort hotel in southern Greece. More about Wooden Cave hotel suite in Greece is made from over 1,000 pieces of hand-cut spruce
Architecture firm Caruso St John has transformed a Copenhagen warehouse into a wood-panelled studio, where the Kvadrat design team can develop their range of acoustic panelling. More about Caruso St John uses spruce lumber boards to create design studio for Kvadrat Soft Cells
Architecture studio Mer Arkkitehdit has integrated the surrounding rocky terrain into its design for this spruce-clad villa in the historic Finnish seaside town of Hanko. More about Mer Arkkitehdit sets spruce-panelled villa into cliff face in Finnish seaside town
Architect Teemu Hirvilammi has completed a wooden house for his own family in the Finnish city of Seinäjoki, featuring dark external walls and a contrasting interior of pale spruce wood (+ slideshow). More about House H by Teemu Hirvilammi features a black exterior and pale wood interior
This movie offers a closer look at the spaces of OFIS Arhitekti's Alpine Barn Apartment – a deserted cattle shed converted into a holiday home in Slovenia. More about Movie: tour the spruce-lined interior of OFIS Arhitekti's Alpine Barn Apartment