Sidewalk Labs, the architecture and urbanism arm of Google parent company Alphabet, has unveiled a digital model for what would be the world's tallest mass-timber building, reaching 35 storeys. More about Sidewalk Labs tests possibilities for timber construction with 35-storey Proto-Model
The French government has announced plans for a sustainability law that will ensure all new public buildings are built from at least 50 per cent timber or other natural materials. More about French public buildings to be built with 50 per cent wood
Three large round windows puncture the facades of this home overlooking Austria's Rhine Valley, designed by Innauer-Matt Architekten. More about Innauer-Matt Architekten completes House with Three Eyes in rural Austria
MAAJ Architectes placed a cross-shaped courtyard for growing medicinal plants at the heart of a timber-framed health centre in the French town of Taverne. More about Timber health centre surrounds courtyard of medicinal plants
A cantilevered upper floor and a glazed gable end feature in a house in Berkshire, England, by architecture practice Spratley & Partners. More about Weathered timber cladding covers shed-like house in rural England
Ribbons of wood wrap around The Exchange by Kengo Kuma, which has opened in Darling Square, Sydney, Australia. More about Kengo Kuma completes first building in Australia
Fælledby is a sustainable housing scheme designed by Henning Larsen that will be constructed entirely out of timber and "place nature at its core". More about Henning Larsen reveals visuals for Copenhagen's "first all-timber neighbourhood"
Dive Architects has completed a lake house in isolated woodland to the north of Stockholm designed to gradually "merge with nature" as the surrounding birch and pine forest grows. More about Lakeside house in Sweden is clad with pine slats to match the forest
Moving walls and decked terraces connect the four interlinked pavilions of a holiday home in Point Lonsdale on Australia's southern coast by Edition Office – Dezeen's Emerging architect of the year. More about Timber walls pivot to open holiday home to the outdoors in Australia
Hundreds of black glass yams line the interior of this cylindrical pavilion at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), designed by architecture studio Edition Office – Dezeen's Emerging architect of the year – and artist Yhonnie Scarce. More about Black pavilion filled with glass yams examines colonisation in Australia
Zaha Hadid Architects has won planning permission for the world's first wooden football stadium, which will be built in Gloucestershire, England for football club Forest Green Rovers. More about Zaha Hadid Architects wins approval for world's first all-timber stadium
Mary Arnold-Forster Architects used planks of burnt larch to clad a cross-laminated timber house in the Scottish Highlands. More about House clad in burnt larch perches on a rocky site in the Scottish Highlands
Architecture practice Gartnerfuglen Arkitekter and architect Mariana de Delás have hidden a hut next to a secluded lake in Norway with a layer of birch branches. More about Branches disguise a secluded hideaway next to a Norwegian lake
Construction experts discuss the ways that the building industry can move towards having zero carbon emissions in this panel discussion filmed by Dezeen for Kingspan at the Building Centre in London. More about "Demolition is sometimes the best option" says Bartlett professor at Net Zero Carbon talk
Snøhetta and WERK Arkitekter have released visuals of a community centre for water sports on the coast of Esbjerg, Denmark, which will be made from wood.
More about Snøhetta and WERK Arkitekter model Lanternen maritime centre on "craftmanship of boats"
Curved wood-panelled volumes designed to recall traditional Moravian wine cellars are stacked up in this Czech wine bar to create intimate tasting rooms. More about Chybik + Kristof stack wooden balconies inside Czech Republic's House of Wine
Green shingles cover the exterior of this octagonal, flatpack garden room in south west London, designed by Studio Ben Allen. More about Studio Ben Allen designs artichoke-shaped garden room
Protruding corner windows that are set at different angles front this timber-framed, three-sided building in northern Portland designed by American firm Works Progress Architecture. More about Works Progress Architecture creates triangular Portland Flatiron building for unusual site
Flow Architecture and Maria Grazia Savito Architects have wrapped timber slats around the lightwell of a Victorian house conversion in Kensington, London. More about Flow Architecture lines stairwell of London house conversion with timber slats
Should architects ditch concrete for timber to save the planet? Dezeen's India Block and Lizzie Crook will be taking to Twitter on Wednesday 20 November at 4pm UK time to discuss whether timber is a better alternative to concrete. Join in using the hashtag #dezeenchat. More about Join Dezeen's Twitter debate on concrete vs timber with #dezeenchat