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  • Steam-bent timber tunnels through Melbourne showroom by Woods Bagot

    Architecture studio Woods Bagot has used sculptural timber battens to create pathways through this immersive showroom space in Melbourne, designed for local cladding manufacturer Sculptform. More

    Ali Morris | 4 October 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Trahan Architects creates curving wooden balconies for Atlanta theatre

    US firm Trahan Architects has renovated the Coca-Cola Stage at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, Georgia, using steam-bent timber to form an undulating auditorium. More

    India Block | 5 November 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Poppy Lawman designs sculptural crumb brushes to be "enjoyed in and out of use"

    Oak slats are steam-bent to form the undulating handles of the Bue Brushes, handmade by Norwegian designer Poppy Lawman to encourage a slower, more conscious way of living. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 7 October 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Samuel Wilkinson brings the Viennese bistro chair into the 21st century

    British designer Samuel Wilkinson has paired steam-bent wood with Vienna straw to create a contemporary dining chair called Latis. More

    Amy Frearson | 2 June 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Bae Se Hwa's sinuous Steam Bent Series goes on show in New York

    South Korean designer Bae Se Hwa steam bent hundreds of slender walnut slices to create the sinuous chairs, benches and desks that feature in this exhibition at New York gallery R & Company. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 25 March 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Carmody Groarke's Chair 182 nods to classic bistro seating

    London-based architecture studio Carmody Groarke has teamed up with designer Joe Pipal to produce a seat inspired by early 20th-century bentwood bistro chairs. More

    Ali Morris | 22 December 2017 | Leave a comment
  • Ineke Hans combines new and old production techniques to create chair for the Kunsthalle Wien

    Dutch designer Ineke Hans has designed a steam-bent conference chair for one of its Austria's most important art galleries, which is manufactured using both manual and digital production methods.  More

    Ali Morris | 18 December 2017 | 1 comment
  • Front designs asymmetric version of Thonet's classic bistro chair

    Swedish studio Front has put a new spin on the classic No. 14 bentwood chair by Gebrüder Thonet Vienna with its one-armed N.0 design. More

    Emma Tucker | 16 April 2017 | 1 comment
  • Bar Gantz uses steam-bending to create twisted wood furniture

    Israeli designer Bar Gantz has created a collection of furniture by steam-bending wood into twisted shapes. More

    Emma Tucker | 13 February 2017 | 2 comments
  • Steam-bent wood wraps house in the Cornish woods

    Furniture designers Tom and Danielle Raffield have used steam-bent timber to cover this extension to an old gamekeeper's lodge in Cornish woodland, which featured in UK television show Grand Designs earlier this month. More

    Jessica Mairs | 17 October 2016 | 4 comments
  • Twisted staircase features in Casa Vota renovation by 51 Architecture

    London studio 51 Architecture has combined digital fabrication with boatbuilding techniques to create a sculptural timber staircase at the centre of a family home (+ slideshow). More

    Eleanor Gibson | 27 July 2016 | 2 comments
  • GamFratesi pairs bent wood and rattan for Gebrüder Thonet furniture line

    Danish design duo GamFratesi has incorporated patterned cane panels into a collection of steam-bent furniture for Gebrüder Thonet. More

    Emma Tucker | 26 August 2015 | 4 comments
  • Cox and Bacon build wooden structure with a lower carbon footprint than an iPhone 6

    Clerkenwell Design Week 2015: British designer Sebastian Cox has collaborated with sculptor Laura Ellen Bacon to create The Invisible Store of Happiness – a large wooden installation comprising a skeletal frame and intricate ribbon-like swathes. More

    Ross Bryant | 18 May 2015 | 6 comments
  • Architectural Association students build woodland shelter with a twisting lattice roof

    Students from London's Architectural Association have designed and built a lattice-framed shelter for seasoning timber at the school's Dorset campus, using short lengths of wood taken from neighbouring beech trees (+ slideshow). More

    Alyn Griffiths | 24 April 2014 | 1 comment
  • Sculptural staircase twists through loft apartment in Melbourne by Adrian Amore Architects

    A sweeping, sculptural staircase extends through the centre of this monochrome inner-city loft apartment in Melbourne, Australia, by Adrian Amore Architects. More

    Ashleigh Davis | 22 February 2014 | 5 comments
  • Lounge Chair by David Irwin

    New Designers 07: Lounge Chair by Northumbria University design graduate David Irwin features a steam-bent timber frame with a removable cushion that is fixed in place by buttons. More

    Marcus Fairs | 13 August 2007 | 3 comments

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Tables, design chairs and stone floors at Designmuseum cafe

Tom Kundig designs Truckee home with metal "treehouse" for Faulkner Architects founder

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Studio Other Spaces creates colourful conical glass pavilion for Californian winery

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