U-Build is a simple modular construction system designed by Studio Bark, which encourages individuals and communities to self-build. More about Studio Bark's flat-pack U-Build system lets anyone self-build
The University of Stuttgart has continued its experiments into biomimicry and robotic construction with two pavilions at the Bundesgartenschau horticultural show in Germany. More about University of Stuttgart creates biomimetic pavilions based on sea urchins and beetle wings
Dublin practice Tierney Haines Architects has completed Library Lookout, a cedar-clad study space and library with a green roof, for two authors in Connemara, Ireland. More about Tierney Haines Architects adds lavender-topped writer's study to a house in Ireland
American firm Modus Studio has used steel and heat-treated pine to build an "alive and mysterious" treehouse in Arkansas. More about Slender pine slats enclose Evans Tree House in Arkansas by Modus Studio
The Black House by German architect studio Buero Wagner is a stack of differently sized rooms clad in blackened wood extending a house close to Lake Ammersee in Munich. More about Buero Wagner uses charred timber to clad lake house extension in Germany
The Woodhouse Hotel, located in the remote village of Tuanjie in China's Guizhou Provence, is formed of 10 wooden cabins dotted amongst a forest on a mountain. More about ZJJZ Atelier scatters 10 cabins across mountain in rural China
Architect Greg Dutton has designed this treehouse-like, off-grid retreat on his family's property in rural Ohio to be sustainable and in sync with the surrounding environment. More about The Hut by Midland Architecture operates off-the-grid in Ohio
The simple steel, wood and glass frame encasing this Costa Rican holiday home was designed by Studio Saxe to keep residents exposed to the lush jungle surrounding. More about Studio Saxe creates "tropical atrium" within Jungle Frame House in Costa Rica
New Office Works has completed a pavilion with a sloped roof and slender columns, alongside the M+ Pavilion within Hong Kong's West Kowloon cultural district. More about New Office Works unveils Growing Up pavilion on West Kowloon waterfront
American architecture studio Thomas Phifer and Partners included a pointy chapel among the tiny black buildings that form this residence in a clearing in Upstate New York. More about Tar-coated shingles cover Hudson Valley cottages by Thomas Phifer and Partners
A long run of gabled volumes clad in honey-coloured wood has been designed by Tracks Architectes for a kindergarten in France called La Ruche, which translates as The Beehive. More about Tracks Architectes designs timber-clad kindergarten with gabled forms in France
A prefabricated timber facade envelops the concrete split-level interiors of this cabin, which Atelier Oslo has slotted onto an outcrop in Skåtøy, Norway. More about Atelier Oslo wraps House on an Island in gridded timber facade
Quebec studio Anne Carrier Architecture has designed a dwelling comprising a collection of rectangular volumes, which offer a balance of privacy and views in a scenic setting. More about Residence Le Nid by Anne Carrier overlooks Quebec's Saint Lawrence River
Huge zigzagging windows tease apart these two cross-laminated timber office buildings, which Danish architecture firm 3XN has proposed for Toronto. More about 3XN unveils "tallest timber office building" in North America
Chilean firm SAA Arquitectura + Territorio has used angled stilts that gradually increase in height to raise this seaside holiday home above its sloped site and offer occupants views of Chile's coast. More about Dock House in coastal Chile by SAA rests on triangular wooden stilts
Mjøstårnet by Voll Arkitekter in Brumunddal, Norway, has been verified as the world's tallest timber building by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. More about Mjøstårnet in Norway becomes world's tallest timber tower
Medusa Group has designed Akademeia High School in Warsaw with a large central courtyard surrounded by stepped seating that leads to a herb garden roof. More about Medusa Group designs timber-clad school with herb garden roof
Sharply pointed roofs and blackened wood cladding characterise these treehouses that Peter Pichler Architecture has designed for a mountain forest in the Dolomites of northern Italy. More about Peter Pichler designs Tree House hotel rooms for forest in the Italian Dolomites
John Pawson has stacked up 61 tree trunks to create a space of rest and contemplation on a cycle route in southwest Germany. More about John Pawson builds Wooden Chapel for cyclists from huge logs
Orma Architettura has built three matching wooden viewpoints in the mountains of the Mediterranean island Corsica, for people to observe the native red deer. More about Trio of deer observatories by Orma Architettura nestle within Corsican mountains