Fireplace manufacturer Escea has created a flat-pack cooking stove that provides a more efficient and less harmful alternative to the open fires generally used by people in refugee camps and others without access to the grid. More about Escea develops flat-pack cooking stove for displaced people
Corrugated panels of bushfire-resilient steel wrap the exterior of this family home in Australia, designed by local practice Klaus Carson Studio in line with "strict environmental controls". More about Bushfire-resistant metal wraps Ironbark House in Australia by Klaus Carson Studio
Architecture studio Heatherwick Studio has updated its Longchamp store in Downtown Manhattan, recolouring the sculptural steel staircase and adding "three-dimensional carpets". More about Heatherwick Studio gives New York Longchamp store Energy Green makeover
Architecture studio Furman & Keil Architects has replaced a small dwelling with a lightweight, two-level pavilion for birdwatching alongside a waterway near Austin, Texas. More about Furman & Keil adds lightweight birdwatching pavilion to dockside near Austin
A concrete dining room cast in situ and framed by red steelwork forms the heart of this Hackney home, remodelled and extended by London studio Archmongers. More about Archmongers revamps 1970s London home with rough concrete and red steel
Architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has used steel and mesh to form a web-like canopy around its Cs Somme Cafe in Fukuoka, Japan. More about Kengo Kuma cloaks "ethereal cafe" in Fukuoka with mesh canopy
Architecture educator Matt+Fiona worked with local young people to create this steel pavilion and performance space in Camden, London, which is topped with angled mirrors that reflect its surroundings. More about Matt+Fiona works with local children to create Reflect pavilion in London
Melbourne designer Robbie Walker has completed a raised steel cabin resembling a "sculpture in the trees" of a dense forest in Victoria, Australia. More about Robbie Walker covers Sawmill Treehouse in Australia with slatted steel
A facade of glimmering steel surrounds this concert hall in southern Poland, designed for a state music school by local studio SLAS Architekci. More about SLAS Architekci wraps Polish concert hall in mirror-like steel facade
Chinese studio Muda Architects has added a series of glazed commercial spaces topped with snaking rooftop walkways to the Lujiatan Wetland Park in Chengdu. More about Muda Architects punctures sinuous retail centre in China with double-helix viewpoint
Industrial design duo SF-SO has developed a range of modular bent-metal storage that is only 1.6 millimetres thick but can support the equivalent of a baby elephant in weight. More about SF-SO folds steel sheets to create "paper-like" shelving system
An exposed grid of structural steel was used to bring a feeling of "industrial elegance" to House XO in Kerala, India, which has been designed by local architecture studio 3dor Concepts. More about Gridded steel frame envelops Indian home by 3dor Concepts
Australian studio Adam Kane Architects has designed an all-grey house in the southeastern state of Victoria, blanketing its surfaces in fog-like polished plaster. More about Adam Kane Architects banishes colour to create Grey House in Australia
A steel-framed box has been perched across large concrete supports like a bridge to form Villa Sidonius, a home in the Czech Republic by local studio Stempel & Tesar. More about Stempel & Tesar perches black-steel villa on hill overlooking Prague
Czech design brand Two Hundred Tons has developed a furniture collection made from standard steel tubes that are laser-cut and unfolded to create lightweight structural components. More about Two Hundred Tons deconstructs steel tubes to create Unroll furniture collection
Belgian studio Studio Okami Architecten has completed Patio House, a home in East Flanders wrapped in brick walls punctuated with a cross-shaped pattern. More about Studio Okami screens low-lying Belgian house with patterned brick walls
Austrian studio Delugan Meissl Associated Architects has completed the Expo Cultural Park Greenhouse in China, engulfing a disused steelworks with a mass of curved glass pavilions. More about Delugan Meissl transforms disused steelworks in China with "organic curved pavilions"
Deep red accents and a redbrick facade define the renovation and extension of this duplex in Montreal, which has been completed by local architecture studio Naturehumaine. More about Naturehumaine uses Merlot red palette for duplex renovation in Montreal
Vancouver-based creative studio Zenga Bros has created a series of furniture pieces that convert into skate ramps, rails and quarter pipes as a "radical way to transform office space". More about Zenga Bros creates convertible office furniture for skateboarding breaks
Mexico City architecture studio HEMAA utilised a steel structure and green-coloured eaves for Pabellón de la Reserva, a meeting place sited on the marshy shores of a lake in the mountains of central Mexico. More about HEMAA integrates "nuanced structure" into Mexican wetlands pavilion