Catwalk for Up [øpp] by Gartnerfuglen Architects
Models at a Norwegian fashion event walked along this looping wooden catwalk designed by Oslo studio Gartnerfuglen Architects (+ slideshow). More about Catwalk for Up [øpp] by Gartnerfuglen Architects
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Story Tower by RTU International Architecture Summer School
This timber structure clad in recycled food packaging houses a temporary library and book exchange and was designed and built by architecture students in Cēsis, Latvia (+ slideshow). More about Story Tower by RTU International Architecture Summer School
El Ray at Dungeness Beach by Simon Conder Associates
Our second project this week from British studio Simon Conder Associates is a timber-clad house built around a nineteenth-century railway carriage on Dungeness beach in Kent, England. More about El Ray at Dungeness Beach by Simon Conder Associates
"Architects are pushed away from what's happening on site" - Studio Weave
Je Ahn of London-based Studio Weave discusses how a series of design and build workshops are reintroducing architects to working on site in this movie by Stephenson/Bishop and Andy Matthews. More about "Architects are pushed away from what's happening on site" - Studio Weave
Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion world map redesigned
News: a map that illustrates global forest densities using wood textures has won a competition to reinvent the tessellated world map designed 70 years ago by American architect and visionary designer R. Buckminster Fuller (+ slideshow). More about Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion world map redesigned
Le Nuage by Zébra3/Buy-Sellf
French designers Zébra3/Buy-Sellf have designed a prefabricated holiday home in the shape of a cloud that sits next to a lake in south-west France (+ slideshow). More about Le Nuage by Zébra3/Buy-Sellf
Beach House Mornington by Clare Cousins
More architecture from Australia: architect Clare Cousins has extended a family house in Mornington Peninsula by adding a timber-framed guest house raised up on stilts. More about Beach House Mornington by Clare Cousins
HOUSE House by Andrew Maynard Architects
Andrew Maynard Architects has linked two terraced homes in the Richmond suburb of Melbourne, Australia, by adding a periscope-shaped extension with a special area for graffiti artists (+ slideshow). More about HOUSE House by Andrew Maynard Architects
Hijuela El Durazno Caretaker's House by emA
The rural Lo Barnechea commune in the north-eastern area of Santiago city is the setting for this small oak-clad house by architectural firm emA (+ slideshow). More about Hijuela El Durazno Caretaker's House by emA
Wooden Panton by Matthias Brandmaier
Design student Matthias Brandmaier spent three days in the woods carving a replica Verner Panton chair out of a tree trunk using a chainsaw. More about Wooden Panton by Matthias Brandmaier
The Cocoon by AA Design & Make
Students from London's Architectural Association have suspended a giant wooden cocoon between the trees of Hooke Park in Dorset, England (+ slideshow). More about The Cocoon by AA Design & Make
Headquarters for Swatch and Omega by Shigeru Ban
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has revealed his competition-winning design for a campus of timber buildings to house the headquarters of watch brands Swatch and Omega in Biel, Switzerland. More about Headquarters for Swatch and Omega by Shigeru Ban
CF Møller designs world's tallest wooden skyscraper
News: Scandinavian firm CF Møller has revealed proposals that could see the world's tallest timber-framed building constructed in Stockholm. More about CF Møller designs world's tallest wooden skyscraper
Footspace by Rachel Jui Chi Chang
Royal College of Art graduate Rachel Jui Chi Chang created wooden shoes based on furniture and engineering for this footwear collection (+ slideshow). More about Footspace by Rachel Jui Chi Chang
Besançon Art Centre and Cité de la Musique by Kengo Kuma and Associates
Japanese firm Kengo Kuma and Associates has completed an art and culture centre with a chequered timber facade on the banks of the Doubs river in Besançon, France (+ slideshow). More about Besançon Art Centre and Cité de la Musique by Kengo Kuma and Associates
New Fire Island Pines Pavilion by HWKN
New York studio HWKN has resurrected the nightclub of New York's popular gay resort Fire Island Pines inside an asymmetric pavilion with criss-crossing timber braces (+ slideshow). More about New Fire Island Pines Pavilion by HWKN
dRMM to install Escher-style staircase outside St Paul's Cathedral
News: architecture firm dRMM will install 20 interlocking wooden staircases outside St Paul's Cathedral for the London Design Festival in September. Update: the Endless Stair will now be constructed outside Tate Modern. More about dRMM to install Escher-style staircase outside St Paul's Cathedral
E8 furniture by Mathias Hahn for Zeitraum
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: new table sizes and a matching bench have been added to London designer Mathias Hahn's E8 range of colourful wooden furniture. More about E8 furniture by Mathias Hahn for Zeitraum
Tjirp by Cas Moor
Product news: this doorstop by Belgian designer Cas Moor is shaped like a tiny bird. More about Tjirp by Cas Moor
Teikyo University Elementary School by Kengo Kuma and Associates
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma conceived this primary school in north-west Tokyo as the modern equivalent of a traditional Japanese schoolhouse with timber-clad walls (+ slideshow). More about Teikyo University Elementary School by Kengo Kuma and Associates