Architecture firm Waugh Thistleton has unveiled plans to build a timber-framed office block in London's Shoreditch that will reveal its state-of-the-art structure through a series of vertical slices. More about Shoreditch office by Waugh Thistleton will show off innovative timber structure
French architect Jean Paul Viguier has won a competition to design a new housing and office complex in Bordeaux, proposing a trio of timber-framed towers that will be among the tallest of their kind in the world. More about Jean Paul Viguier selected ahead of Sou Fujimoto for timber-framed tower complex in Bordeaux
DesignMarch 2016: students from the Iceland Academy of the Arts have created a range of materials including paper, glue and string by adding nothing but heat and water to willow (+ slideshow). More about Iceland students turn willow branches into range of materials
Handmade knifes are displayed on a custom-built wooden shelving system inside this shop for Japanese brand Tadafusa, designed by Tokyo designer Yusuke Seki. More about Yusuke Seki combines "danger and precision" for Japanese knife shop interior
Five years after the devastating Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, Klein Dytham Architecture has unveiled a community hall for recovering city Sōma, designed to look like a huge straw hat (+ slideshow). More about Klein Dytham builds latticed community hall for Toyo Ito's post-earthquake recovery programme
The tall gabled form of this house in the Czech countryside is based on archetypal local barns and accommodates living areas with a height of nine metres (+ slideshow). More about Mjölk Architekti references agricultural architecture for barn-like house
Most Loved: New York designer David Weeks reflects on how the simple toy robot he designed became a social media sensation in the next movie from our exclusive video series. More about David Weeks' folding wooden Cubebot toy "has a life of its own" on Instagram
A pair of conference rooms are housed within a sculptural glass and plywood volume at the centre of this Los Angeles office, created by California studio Domaen in a converted warehouse (+ slideshow). More about Converted warehouse office by Domaen features sculptural plywood meeting rooms
Students from London's Architectural Association have completed a robotically fabricated barn in a wood in Dorset, England, using timber harvested from the surrounding trees. More about AA Design & Make students use a robotic arm to build a woodland barn
To allow parents more time in bed, Russian architecture studio Ruetemple has added a play area above the master bedroom at this summer house to keep the children occupied (+ slideshow). More about Ruetemple adds children's playhouse to bedroom in Russian summer house
Stockholm 2016: Norwegian designer Kristine Five Melvær has created a stackable stool with legs that form an undulating wooden support around its seat (+ slideshow). More about Kristine Five Melvær's Vava stool features zigzag legs
Stockholm 2016: a group of students from Helsinki's Aalto University have designed and built a collection of chairs using a single material: black-stained solid ash wood. More about Aalto University students experiment with stained-black wood to create chairs
Giant wooden shingles cover the curving walls of this woodland trail centre by Swedish architecture firm Tengbom, designed to mimic the form and texture of a pine cone (+ slideshow). More about Tengbom's completes pine cone-inspired trail centre in a Swedish nature reserve
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
Vertical logs cover the gabled elevations of this rural hotel in southern Portugal, designed by Lisbon studio Future Architecture Thinking (+ slideshow). More about Alentejo Country Hotel features log facades to match the surrounding cork trees
Australian architect Adrian Bonomi used a combination of blackened and pale wood to clad this summer residence for a couple who spend the winters sailing their yacht around Queensland (+ slideshow). More about Adrian Bonomi builds wooden summer house for a couple who also live on a yacht
A wooden volume conceals the bedroom, bathroom and sauna inside this Berlin hotel room, which was recently overhauled by Danish architect Sigurd Larsen. More about Sigurd Larsen adds plywood playhouse to Michelberger hotel room
This bathtub by Israeli designer Tal Engel is woven from thin strips of wood veneer using a traditional Asian boat-building technique. More about Tal Engel's Otaku bathtub is woven from wood
US design-and-build firm Go Logic has completed a summer house on the rocky coastline of Maine made up of three wooden cabins, each linked by terraced decks (+ slideshow). More about Trio of wooden cabins forms Little House on the Ferry in rural Maine
The wooden desk accessories in this collection by Russian designers Nasya Kopteva and Sasha Braulov are based on architectural landmarks in their home country, including Melnikov House and the Red Banner Textile Factory (+ slideshow). More about Russian Avant-Garde architecture influences wooden desk accessories