Danish studio ReVærk has completed House of Nature, a school building designed to promote learning about nature through its traditional timber structure and wooden shingles, which has been shortlisted in the civic building category of Dezeen Awards 2021. More about ReVærk's all-timber school building in Denmark is a lesson in natural construction
One of the largest timber-framed roofs in the world spans 90 metres over the arena of the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo, designed by Japanese practice Nikken Sekkei for the delayed 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. More about Nikken Sekkei's Ariake Gymnastics Centre celebrates timber construction
A facade of woven wood screens filters light and air into this timber-framed home in Colombia, designed by architect Santiago Pradilla with architecture collective Zuloark as a prototype for more sustainable, local forms of construction. More about Woven screens cover cabin in Colombia by Santiago Pradilla + Zuloark
Brazilian architect Gui Paoliello has completed a semi-circular house elevated above the Morro Cavado valley, using simple construction techniques that are suited to the remote site. More about Gui Paoliello Arquiteto completes curved wooden house in Brazil's Morro Cavado valley
A three-storey cross-laminated timber and glulam pavilion designed by London studio Alison Brooks Architects is set to be built as the entrance to Homerton College at the University of Cambridge in England. More about Alison Brooks Architects unveils mass timber entrance block for Cambridge college
Architect Marc Thorpe has revealed designs for a cabin hotel in Romania, featuring off-grid wooden lodges informed by rural vernacular architecture. More about Marc Thorpe designs off-grid cabin retreat in the Romanian mountains
Tokyo studio Nikken Sekkei has designed a timber communal building at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games' athletes village, which was built using 40,000 pieces of Japanese wood. More about Olympic Village Plaza built using 40,000 pieces of donated Japanese timber
Studio Puisto has designed a lakeside wellness centre in the town of Ähtäri, Finland, incorporating a large area of stepped wooden seating and jetties that aim to reconnect the local community with the waterfront. More about Studio Puisto completes wellness centre that steps down towards a lake
3XN and SLA have completed a climate centre in Lemvig, Denmark, featuring a wavy wooden facade influenced by the port town's boat-building history. More about Klimatorium is a landmark climate centre in a Danish harbour
Construction of SAWA, Rotterdam's first wooden residential tower, has been put on hold due to a shortage of timber and other construction materials. More about Wooden residential tower in Rotterdam by Mei Architects delayed due to "explosively high" timber prices
The combination of digital technology and mass timber is revolutionising the way we design and build buildings, according to the panellists of our recent talk with Dassault Systèmes. More about Advances in digital design and mass timber are leading us to "a new Bauhaus"
Designer Jordan Ralph has created an off-grid artist's cabin called Studio Drop on an island off the west coast of Galway, Republic of Ireland. More about Jordan Ralph perches off-grid artist's retreat on the coast of Inis Oírr island
American architects Paul Andersen and Paul Preissner have built a four-storey pine frame in front of the US pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Wooden frame built in front of US pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale
French studio Mars Architectes has built a Japanese-informed wooden apartment building within the courtyard of a 1970s housing complex in Paris. More about Mars Architectes creates wooden apartment block enclosed by 1970s housing
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes a caste entrance modelled on a siege engine. More about A castle entrance features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Siege engines and market halls informed the design of the Auckland Tower, a larch entrance building and viewpoint that Niall McLaughlin Architects has created for a castle in England. More about Niall McLaughlin Architects models castle entrance tower on siege engine
A team of students and researchers from Barcelona's Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia have designed and built a cabin for self-isolation, using wood harvested from within one kilometre of its site. More about The Voxel is a "quarantine cabin" made entirely from locally sourced materials
Wood takes centre stage in this riverside dwelling in Oregon by American office Landry Smith Architect, complete with black cedar siding and an interior made from white oak boards. More about Landry Smith Architect builds wooden bungalow overlooking Oregon river
Amsterdam studio Woonpioniers has hidden a prefabricated wooden cabin with large windows and tall, curving interiors within a forest glade in the Netherlands. More about Woonpioneers hides prefabricated Indigo cabin within Dutch forest
Architecture and design office Out of the Valley has completed a wooden holiday cabin on a farm in Devon, England, featuring a mono-pitched roof and sliding doors that open onto a sheltered veranda. More about Out of the Valley designs and builds a cedar-clad cabin on an English farm