Basalt Architects completes hotel at Iceland's Blue Lagoon resort
Guests at The Retreat at Blue Lagoon Iceland can look out onto the turquoise water of the famous lagoon from hotel suites nestled into the lava formations. More
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Bravo! carves 80 vessels from volcanic rock for Monolith Series
Design studio Bravo! has exploited the textures and hues in rock from one of Chile's volcanos in this collection of 80 home accessories, featuring block colours, swirling patterns, mottled surfaces and thick veins. More
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Davidpompa pairs pink volcanic rock and copper for Ambra lamp range
Design studio Davidpompa has carved rose-hued cantera stone mined in Mexico, and teamed it with copper to create this pair of wall and table lights. More
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Pavilion-like house offers spectacular views of India's Western Ghats mountains
Volcanic stone walls and sculptural skylights are among the features of this holiday home by Khosla Associates, which looks out over a picturesque mountain lake in southwest India. More
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Volcanic stone contrasts with white stucco at Texas desert home by Hazelbaker Rush
American studio Hazelbaker Rush has created a mountainside residence where the lower levels blend into the rocky site, while the bright white upper volume stands out in contrast. More
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GT2P melts rock from Chilean volcanoes to create Remolten furniture
Chilean studio GT2P has designed a set of boulder-like stools using re-melted volcanic rock. More
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Faye Toogood turns lava stone into fiery Magma tile collection
London designer Faye Toogood has glazed lava stone in a range of fiery colours for her tile collaboration with ceramics brand Made a Mano. More
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Sameep Padora builds Buddhist Learning Centre in an Indian forest grove
Volcanic stone dust was used to build the walls of this Buddhist education and meditation centre, designed by Sameep Padora & Associates for a woodland clearing in rural India (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). More
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Peca crafts shelves and cubbyholes from volcanic rock
Mexican design studio Peca has handcrafted a collection of shelves by carving blocks of lava stone (+ slideshow). More
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DUST uses "lava-crete" to create monolithic desert house in Arizona
Arizona studio DUST has created a desert home south of Tucson using volcanic residue to form rammed-earth walls (+ slideshow). More
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Z Lab uses volcanic stone and pale grey brick for gabled holiday home on Jeju island
Panoramic windows puncture the grey brick walls of this guest house, designed by South Korean studio Z Lab to optimise views of Jeju island's picturesque coastline (+ slideshow). More
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Max Lamb creates range of tableware from black basalt
Each of the pieces in this basalt tableware range by British designer Max Lamb has been cast from a hand-carved mould. More
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Janne Kyttanen extends Metsidian furniture collection created by explosion welding
New York 2016: Finnish designer Janne Kyttanen has continued to develop his explosion welding technique, melding volcanic stone and 3D-printed copper into two furniture pieces (+ slideshow). More
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Case-Real references snowy Japanese mountains with Aesop Sapporo store interior
Materials and colours used throughout the interior of this Aesop store in Sapporo, Japan, were designed by architecture studio Case-Real to mimic the surrounding landscape of snow-topped mountains (+ slideshow). More
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Platform_a completes reflective glass and volcanic stone cafe on Jeju island coast
Korean studio Platform_a has completed a cafe with pivoting mirrored-glass doors and volcanic stone walls on Jeju, a volcanic island off the coast of mainland South Korea (+ slideshow). More
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Janne Kyttanen unveils metal and volcanic-stone table made with explosion welding
Design Miami 2015: 3D-printing pioneer Janne Kyttanen has used explosion welding to create a sculptural table that fuses metal and volcanic rock (+ slideshow). More
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Atelier Tekuto completes crystalline concrete home for two chemists
Volcanic ash is mixed into the concrete shell of this angular house in central Tokyo, which was designed by Atelier Tekuto for a pair of chemists (+ slideshow). More
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Cella Bar by FCC Arquitectura features a volcanic stone barn and a whale-inspired extension
This restaurant and bar in the Azores comprises two buildings – a remodelled barn with volcanic stone walls, and a bulbous timber extension conceived as a cross between a whale and a wine barrel (+ slideshow). More
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Stone residence by Doojin Hwang stands among citrus trees on Jeju island
Seoul studio Doojin Hwang Architects has completed a stone house with a bowed roof for a citrus farm on the South Korean island of Jeju (+ slideshow). More
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Golden observation pod tops Jeju island holiday cottages by Moon Hoon
Modelled on the head of a windswept woman, this copper observation pod is one of three holiday homes completed by South Korean architect Moon Hoon on a stone-walled plot on Jeju Island (+ slideshow). More