The Honest Chair’s organic shape was inspired by the curvaceous designs of Frank Gehry. The complex construction process starts with a hand-cut foam prototype that provides the mold for the plywood ...

Dezeen Showroom: the Upon chair, created by Belgian designer Sylvain Willenz for Zilio A&C, features a curved plywood backrest that appears to rest atop its tubular metal frame without screws or ...

A flat dome of curved plywood stretches over the synagogue in Regensburg planned by Staab Architekten. It is square in plan and has a span of 12.13 m. The shell consists of 20 individual segments, ...

Woodturning is often associated with bowls, spindles, and classic forms — but this project challenges convention. The woven plywood stool pushes the limits of what’s possible when wood is shaped, bent ...

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a house in Melbourne with a curved roof and textured concrete walls designed by LLDS Architects. Called Northcote House, the home is slotted into ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Plywood is cheap. That, along with its strength, is its strength, but also, ironically, its weakness. The history of ...