American designer Ben Pennell worked with Virginia Tech students to create an experimental house with an exoskeletal structure on a sloped site in Christiansburg, Virginia, USA. More about Ben Pennell supports DIY house in Virginia with "exoskeleton" structure
Long cedar counters wrap around Umedacho Community Centre, a public hall by Kyoto studio OHArchitecture in Japan where people can "gather naturally". More about OHArchitecture surrounds Japanese community centre with open counters
Rainfall is collected in this black-timber pavilion, created by architecture studio Aptdotapt as a rest stop for hikers on a mountain in China. More about Aptdotapt places black Drop-Stop pavilion on Chinese mountain
Danish studio BIG has unveiled its designs for a palliative care centre and hospice in Denmark, set to be built with wood and reclaimed bricks. More about BIG designs hospice in Denmark as "village for life's final days"
Hempcrete and timber form the rough-hewn walls of this south London house extension, designed by local studio Nimtim Architects with a focus on low-carbon materials. More about Nimtim Architects creates "textured envelope" for Hemp House extension
Japanese studio Nendo has created a house comprising six wooden cottages connected by a sinuous swooping roof in Karuizawa, central Japan, to evoke "a family holding hands". More about Nendo designs intertwined cottages for Hand in Hand House in Karuizawa
Local studio ROAR Architects has extended a Victorian house in southeast London with grass-topped and oak-framed living spaces that overlook a large garden. More about ROAR Architects adds oak-framed extension to heritage-listed London home
White Arkitekter's Sara Kulturhus in Sweden is next in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series, after bringing one of the world's tallest timber buildings to the small subarctic city of Skellefteå. More about Sara Kulturhus by White Arkitekter was the most significant building of 2021
A wall of timber louvres references traditional wooden beach shacks at this house in Byron Bay, Australia, completed by local design practice Son Studio. More about Son Studio draws on "sun-bleached" shacks for Bangalow Road House
Industrial designer Maruán Attia has created Cocoon Freelancer, a wooden cabin informed by Alpine houses and Japanese temples that can fit on flatbed vehicles and be used as a mobile living space. More about Maruán Attia creates cabin-like mobile home from moon wood
We continue our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series with a look at Waugh Thistleton Architects' Murray Grove, "the original timber tower". More about Waugh Thistleton Architects' Murray Grove was the most significant building of 2009
Architecture studio Schemata Architects has created Blue Bottle Coffee Toyosu Park Cafe, a wooden cafe in Japan with an open design that gives visitors an unobstructed view of the sea. More about Wooden pillars support Blue Bottle Coffee cafe overlooking Tokyo Bay
Chunky columns wrap the exterior of Wood Up, an apartment block in Paris by French studio Local Architecture Network with a glued-laminated and cross-laminated timber structure. More about LAN "deliberately exposes" mass-timber structure of Paris apartment block
Japanese studio Schemata Architects has used locally sourced timber planks to clad this series of low-lying, angular guesthouses overlooking the sea on Kouri Island. More about Schemata Architects clads Yawn Yard guesthouses in Japan with local timber
Japanese studio Sou Fujimoto Architects has released construction photos of The Grand Ring, a vast wooden structure that will encircle the pavilions at the upcoming Expo 2025 Osaka. More about Sou Fujimoto reveals construction progress at Expo 2025 Osaka site
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a chapel in the Czech Republic made using medieval construction techniques by studio RCNKSK. More about "Not a single step wrong" says commenter
Medieval construction techniques informed the stone plinth and hand-hewn timber columns of Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel in the Czech Republic, completed by local architecture studio RCNKSK. More about RCNKSK blends "medieval craftsmanship with contemporary technologies" for Czech chapel
Architectural studio CAN has extended a terraced London house with a palette of wood and hemp and a large curved window that aims to redraw its connection to the garden. More about CAN relinks Verdant House with garden using statement green window
Wood is the dominant material throughout Karaka Tower, a vertical house extension in Wellington, New Zealand, designed by local studio Arête Architects to evoke a treehouse. More about Towering house extension in New Zealand mimics "childhood treehouse"
Architecture studio Atelier Heyman Hamilton has renovated and expanded Torö, a holiday home on an island with the same name in Sweden, focusing on "the meeting between the building and the site". More about Atelier Heyman Hamilton revives 1970s summer house in the Swedish archipelago