You can build almost anything out of wood, and you should. Nobody wanted the Mosquito. The Royal Airforce wanted bigger, heavier planes made out of metal, not wood; the American government asked ...

In March, when Austrian architects announced they were going to build an 84-metre skyscraper out of wood, there were mutterings about whether this was the right material for the job. The reservations ...

There was something of the occult in the way people talked about plywood. Take the Eameses, who called their plywood-molding apparatus the “Kazam!” machine or the “magic box.” Making beautiful, ...

Only two moves are needed to transform this children's seat into a rudimentary castle, in a project that has earned Irish ...

Conversations around design often revolve around the materials used to create a certain aesthetic. Mahogany and walnut, for instance, suggest richness and elegance. Marble offers a sense of permanence ...

A plywood design will provide the function of a traditional wheelbarrow without the risk of rust or rot. Frustrated with store-bought wheelbarrows that rust and rot in Oregon’s wet coastal climate, I ...

Margaret Howell presents an exhibition that celebrates the plywood furniture designs of Isokon. Staged at Margaret Howell’s Wigmore Street HQ (until 5 November 2022), the display spans from 1936 to ...

For a long time, Ken Landauer made furniture for the 1 percent: one-of-a-kind, bespoke pieces with price tags to match. Then Occupy Wall Street happened, and the Brooklyn-based artist and woodworker ...

London-based architectural practice HÛT designed and built this movable gin trolley as office furniture for its new workspace. HÛT had recently moved to a studio in Shoreditch, and built the cart to ...

Every year, 70,000 people gather in the Nevada desert for the Burning Man Festival, a ten-day event where participants construct a temporary city built around art, music and culture. The Hayam Sun ...