A gridded timber roof shelters the interiors and external terraces of Casa Colmeia, a low-lying home outside São Paolo designed by local studio Sabella Arquitetura. More about Sabella Arquitetura crowns Brazilian house with gridded timber roof
Dublin studio Architectural Farm has renovated a home in Ireland called Seagull Cottage, adding a larch-clad extension informed by railway sheds and bird hides. More about Timber bird hides inform Irish cottage extension by Architectural Farm
French studio In Sinu Architectes has renovated and extended a woodland house in France, adding large windows to frame painting-like views of the surroundings. More about House at the Edge frames "living tableaux" of forest in France
Local architect Pablo Sanchez Lopez focused on the idea of thresholds for this London house extension, creating a timber-framed porch at the entrance and a large pivot door leading to the garden. More about Pablo Sanchez Lopez updates London house with timber porch
An extension built from timber, glass and limestone unites a 19th-century farmhouse with an adjacent barn at this home in Somerset, overhauled by London architecture studio Forgeworks. More about Forgeworks revamps Somerset farmhouse with low-lying stone extension
The casings of woodland seeds such as chestnuts and pinecones informed the openable facade of this pod-like pavilion in the Netherlands, designed by local architecture practice Walden Studio. More about Protective seed pods inform timber forest pavilion by Walden Studio
A colonnade of whole charred tree trunks supports the roof of Puusauna, a sauna and tea room in Finland designed by architect Jaakko Torvinen. More about Charred tree trunks support sauna on Finnish island by Jaakko Torvinen
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has unveiled the design for a timber concert hall in Altdorf, Switzerland, which will be located inside a listed historic building. More about Shigeru Ban to create wooden concert hall inside 19th-century armoury
Architect Tristan Burfield used a palette of galvanised steel and Blackbutt timber to meet bushfire regulations at No. 23, a small annexe he has added to a holiday home in Australia. More about Tristan Burfield adds bushfire-resilient annexe to coastal holiday home in Australia
A lantern-like sports court sits on the roof of this load-bearing stone and timber school in France, designed by local studio Le Penhuel & Associés. More about Le Penhuel & Associés prioritises "warm and welcoming" biomaterials at French school
London-based Studio Bark used the so-called "country house clause" to gain permission for this wooden house, which was self-built by its owners on a former orchard in the north of England. More about Studio Bark unveils larch-clad Orchard House built on green belt in Cheshire
Scottish studio WT Architecture has overhauled a Victorian boathouse in East Lothian, restoring its original storage area and adding a wood-lined studio accessed by a footbridge. More about WT Architecture carries out "purposefully simple" revamp of Scottish boathouse
Danish studio Dorte Mandrup has used a palette of exposed brick and timber to create the elliptical form of The Crafts College in Herning, which is designed for aspiring craftspeople in Denmark. More about Dorte Mandrup designs Danish crafts college as "living textbook"
Architect Hayley Pryor has created The Oculus, a tiny moveable cabin in Byron Bay that was designed to resemble a typical Australian shed. More about Australian sheds inform compact mobile cabin by Hayley Pryor
A series of "forest rooms" draws pockets of the surrounding woodland into Common Woods, a housing development in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, by Dutch studio Space&Matter. More about Space&Matter nestles timber housing blocks into a Dutch woodland
Japanese studio Akio Isshiki Architects has used details including a floor-level window and shoji screens within this wood-clad Osaka residence that aims to "set a new standard for contemporary living". More about Akio Isshiki Architects clads House in Saidera in charred cedar
Tokyo-based Klein Dytham Architecture has showcased Home for All Noroshi, a community centre that incorporates roof tiles from homes destroyed in Japan's Noto earthquake, in this video shared with Dezeen. More about Klein Dytham Architecture completes community centre post-earthquake in Noroshi
London studio Reed Watts has completed a visitor centre for the medieval Ightham Mote manor house in Kent, creating an exposed timber and hempcrete structure that mimics the Grade I-listed building. More about Reed Watts puts contemporary spin on half-timbering for visitor centre in Kent
Polycarbonate panels clad the exterior of this triangular treehouse in Switzerland's Locarno district, which was designed by Swiss architect Olin Petzold as a woodland writing studio. More about Olin Petzold nestles self-built treehouse in Swiss valley
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the news that The Grand Ring in Osaka will be mostly turned into firewood, according to its architect Sou Fujimoto. More about "To chop this structure up feels tragic" says commenter