To coincide with the opening of an exhibition dedicated to plywood at London's V&A museum, we've rounded up 10 projects from the Dezeen archives that push the material to its limits.
Plywood: Material of the Modern World charts the history of plywood from the 1850s to present day, showcasing examples of how the material has contributed to significant developments in the design industry, from transport to housing and furniture.
Objects on show range from planes to skateboards, to now-iconic furniture designs by Ray and Charles Eames, Alvar Aalto and Marcel Breuer, and innovative high-rise housing built with one of the most high-tech forms of plywood ? cross-laminated timber.
Inspired by the exhibition's theme, we delved into the Dezeen archives to find some of the most impressive uses of the material. Here's our top 10:
Research Pavilion 2015/16 by University of Stuttgart
This pavilion by researchers and students from the University of Stuttgart was constructed by an army of robots, which moulded and stitched together sections of laminated plywood to create a structure based on the anatomy of a sea urchin.
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Wood Layer Armchair by Färg & Blanche
To create the shell of this chair, design duo Färg & Blanche used a heavy-duty sewing machine more commonly used for making cars to stitch together sections of tonal plywood.
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