A windowless wall punctured by a giant void projects from this steel-clad Japanese house near Tokyo, creating a secret "exterior living room". More about Apollo Architects & Associates hides courtyard behind Cover House's metal facade
The founders of studio MÁS have built a minimal chapel from pieces of curving steel, for their own wedding in rural Hungary. More about MÁS founders weld their own minimal wedding chapel from steel
Blown glass lights that look like bubbles of magma and blown glass vessels slumped over steel and brass stands feature in Nouvel Limited's latest collection. More about Nouvel Limited push the possibilities of blown glass with latest collection
A ribbon of bright, polished steel wraps around the curving roof of this sports centre by British practice Faulkner Browns in The Hague, Netherlands. More about Twisting band of copper-hued steel encircles sports centre in The Hague
This extension to an historic villa in the Swiss town of Arlesheim by Basel-based studio HHF Architects features an expressed steel frame intended to provide a contemporary counterpoint to the house's traditional architecture. More about HHF Architects adds pergola-like extension to traditional Swiss villa
This family home by Narch is crafted from concrete slabs, steel columns and sliding glazing that permits views out over a Spanish nature reserve. More about Sliding glass doors open concrete house by Narch to views of national park near Barcelona
Spanish designer Max Enrich has contrasted simple, geometric panels with bulky, tubular legs to create a trio of nesting steel coffee tables. More about Max Enrich pairs bulky legs with slender surfaces to create nesting coffee tables
OMA's research and design studio AMO has created a display system made up of 43 slim free-standing steel walls for the permanent collection of Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum. More about AMO creates "open-ended" display system for Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum
French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have installed a modular sun shade and seating system made from steel and coloured glass in Miami Design District. More about Bouroullec brothers insert cloud-like canopy into Miami Design District
London designer Paul Cocksedge has unveiled plans to build a structure in one of the world's largest botanic gardens in Oman, which is based on the sun's path across the sky. More about Paul Cocksedge designs 33-metre-long garden canopy that mimics the path of the sun
Utopia Arkitekter has designed a tent-like shelter that could provide a cosy retreat for trekkers in the mountains. More about Skýli mountain shelter is designed to withstand extreme weather conditions
London-based designer Philippe Malouin has created a freestanding mirror from a single metal cylinder that has been flattened and polished at one end. More about Philippe Malouin's Press mirror is made from a single metal tube
Over 40,000 shards of polished steel make up this installation by Nendo, which is designed as an "ivy of mirrors" spreading across a Japanese flower-arranging school. More about Nendo scatters mirrors across flower-arranging school for Kaleidoscopic Ivy installation
An angular roof folds over this business centre for startups in western Spain, which Seville-based NGNP Arquitectos has split into two blocks by a narrow courtyard. More about NGNP Arquitectos uses faceted roof to define offices for startups in western Spain
Andy Martin Architecture gutted this five-storey Georgian townhouse in Belgravia, adding glass pavement lights to the ground floor to allow natural light to filter down to the basement. More about Perforated steel and pavement lights let the sun pierce London townhouse by Andy Martin Architecture
Mimesis Architecture Studio designed this bamboo-lined bridge in China's Jiangsu Province to celebrate the region's ancient craft industries. More about Latticed bamboo bridge by Mimesis Architecture Studio references Jiangsu's craft traditions
Blackened steel, plywood and local stones were used to construct this modern country home in the American Midwest by Bamesberger Architecture. More about Bamesberger Architecture builds compact dwelling next to Indiana wetland
Cubes made from white-painted reinforcing rods form frameworks that support staircases and climbing plants at this renovated house in Ho Chi Minh City. More about Block Architects adds trellises and steel-bar walls to Vietnamese house
Stepped skylights twist up to a peak at one side of this extension designed by Nick Bell Design for the rear of a Sydney residence. More about Concertina rooflight illuminates Sydney house extension by Nick Bell Design
NEXT Architects has completed an undulating red footbridge in Changsha, China, that offers pedestrians a variety of different routes across the Dragon King Harbour River. More about Wavy red ribbons form Lucky Knot bridge by NEXT Architects