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
Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma & Associates has completed Yama-Tani, a wooden residential building in Paris with a sculptural facade designed to "liven up the street". More about Pleated facade fronts Parisian housing by Kengo Kuma & Associates
A large wooden roof with a decorative structure depicting the emblem of the city Toyota tops this museum in Japan, completed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. More about Shigeru Ban uses wood "in abundance" at Toyota City Museum in Japan
Architecture studio IARA has reinvigorated an abandoned aqueduct in Huangshan, China, by attaching a sheltered timber bridge on top of its stone structure. More about IARA piggybacks stone aqueduct with sheltered timber bridge in China
British studio Foster + Partners has added a vaulted timber hall to Bodegas Faustino winery in Spain, which features an earthy material palette and overhanging roof. More about Foster + Partners expands Spanish winery with "discreet" barrel-vaulted structure
Architecture studio SO? has completed Two Face House in Turkey, a home finished with two contrasting facades to provide shelter and panoramic views. More about SO? marries timber and stone for house overlooking Turkish mountains
Architecture studio Pensaer referred to its clients' love for gardening when designing this cottage extension in Herne Hill, London, which is finished with a palette of wood and reclaimed materials. More about Pensaer revamps Allotment Cottage in London with timber-framed extension
Architecture studio Chybik + Kristof has unveiled plans for a timber and rammed-earth preschool that will feature an outdoor classroom sheltered by fabric canopies in Mulbekh, India. More about Chybik + Kristof reveals plans for "culturally sensitive" preschool in northern India
Local studio Anttinen Oiva Architects has designed the mass-timber Katajanokan Laituri building in Helsinki as the headquarters for timber supplier Stora Enso. More about Anttinen Oiva Architects "sets an example" with Finland's largest mass-timber building
Promotion: Hong Kong-based school My ArchiSchool has launched a course and competition that aim to teach children and young people about wooden architecture. More about My ArchiSchool launches Woodtectonic competition for children-designed timber high rises
Agricultural architecture informed this timber house, which architect Roman Morschett has nestled into a grass-filled orchard site in rural southwest Germany. More about Bliesgau House in German orchard takes cues from agricultural architecture
A greenhouse framed by a wooden pergola tops this home in Muiden, the Netherlands, designed by local studio Moke Architecten with landscape practice LA4Sale. More about Moke Architecten crowns wooden home in Muiden with greenhouse