Japanese studio Tono Mirai Architects has used soil and wood to create Toiletowa, a curving structure in Saitama prefecture containing a public toilet that reuses wastewater. More about Tono Mirai Architects encloses toilet in Japanese park with rammed earth
A wooden structure will be left exposed throughout this children's daycare centre at the Technical University of Munich, on which Berlin-based studio Kéré Architecture has started construction in Germany. More about Work begins on timber daycare centre by Kéré Architecture in Munich
Finnish studio MNY Arkitekter has completed Two Sisters, a timber holiday home in Salo that is designed to allow two siblings to live "together separately". More about MNY Arkitekter completes "down-to-earth" house for two sisters in Finland
An official report into the collapse of a 10-year-old mass-timber bridge in Norway in August 2022 has criticised the structure's design and construction. More about "Strong focus on aesthetics" contributed to collapse of Norway timber bridge
Students from London's Architectural Association have used timber battens and foraged waste wood to build a demountable forest pavilion called Field Station. More about Architectural Association students use foraged wood to build "open-air laboratory"
Amsterdam studio Woonpioniers has used natural materials and prefabricated elements throughout the Sprout Ruben & Marjolein house, which includes an open, greenhouse-like volume. More about Timber structure defines compact bio-based home in the Netherlands
Local spruce wood is used throughout Markolfhalle Markelfingen, a multipurpose hall that architecture studio Steimle Architekten has added to the edge of a lake in Germany. More about Overhanging roof shelters wooden hall in Germany by Steimle Architekten
Hungarian practices Hetedik Műterem and Studio Konstella have revamped and extended the Normafa Ski Lodge restaurant in Budapest with the shingle-clad pavilion, which aims to evoke "the purity of a mountain hut". More about Hetedik Műterem and Studio Konstella extend old ski lodge in Budapest
A sedum roof designed to "change colours with the seasons" tops Heatherhill Beach House, a wooden holiday home burrowed among the hills on the Danish coast by local studio Norm Architects. More about Norm Architects creates cedar-clad summerhouse that nods to traditional barns
Danish studio Norm Architects has created a retreat for gastro-tourists on an old farm in Sweden, positioning seven wooden villas around a lake and using glass corridors to amplify "connections with the surroundings". More about Norm Architects references Japanese temples for Sjöparken retreat in Sweden
Wooden shingles cloak this stilted sauna, which architecture studio Oslo Works has elevated over the rocky shore of Nesodden peninsula, Norway, for the local community. More about Oslo Works perches The Hotspot sauna on coast of Norway
Large wooden beams frame the interiors of L'échappée, a multimedia library in France designed by local practice Atelier WOA as an alternative to "institutional and cold" public buildings. More about Atelier WOA creates long timber-framed library in France
Architecture practice THISS Studio has reconfigured the dark interior of an interwar house in east London, adding an extension characterised by timber joinery and a curved aluminium roof. More about "Fried-egg" canopy tops Sunny Side Up extension by THISS Studio
Local studio Erling Berg has created a holiday home overlooking the ocean in Risør, on Norway's southern coast, which is clad in locally sourced spruce. More about Erling Berg creates I/O Cabin as a summer house for "inside-outside" living
Architecture studio Snøhetta has shared construction photos of Čoarvemátta, an angular educational facility nearing completion in Norway's Sápmi region. More about Snøhetta's antler-shaped Reindeer Husbandry School takes form in Norway
Architecture firm Studio Bower has created a wood-clad extension for a 1940s cottage that preserves the house's charm and has interiors like a "generous treehouse". More about Studio Bower creates gabled annexe for Washington DC residence
An architecture team of Nicolás Norero, Leonardo Quinteros and Tomás Villalón has created a community theatre out of glued laminated timber along a lake's shoreline in Panguipulli, Chile. More about Lakeside mass-timber theatre in Chile features "box within a box" construction
Norwegian consulting agency Oslotre has completed HasleTre, an office building with a timber structure that was designed to be easily disassembled and reused in the future. More about Oslotre designs timber office in Norway as a demountable "materials bank"
Chilean studio WMR Arquitectos has balanced a slanted wooden house with open interiors on a hillside overlooking the sea in Matanzas, Chile. More about WMR Arquitectos runs wood-framed house down a Chilean cliffside
Japanese studio Unemori Architects has used cypress wood to create Father & Son House, an extension constructed above and around a self-built annexe in Saitama. More about Unemori Architects envelops existing building with Father & Son House