The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has named a public park, renewed by studios Stallan-Brand and LDA Design, as the winner of the Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland award for 2025. More about Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen named Scotland's best new building
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Australian studio Sam Crawford Architects has renovated and extended Waverley House in Sydney, reorganising the home around a timber staircase with nooks for sitting and relaxing. More about Sam Crawford reorganises 1950s Sydney home around multifunctional staircase
EBBA Architects founder Benni Allan has renovated his own London apartment in a former tea factory, which features walls, floors, furniture and even speakers crafted from Douglas fir. More about EBBA founder's all-timber London apartment celebrates "alive and imperfect" wood
Salvaged and upcycled materials add character to Costa Rican artist Juli Bolaños-Durman's renovated Edinburgh flat, which she designed in collaboration with Architecture Office. More about Juli Bolaños-Durman's Edinburgh home "celebrates the beauty in imperfection"
Rome-based StudioTamat has designed eclectic interiors for an Italian villa, blending modernist influences with floral wallpapers and playful shapes. More about StudioTamat revamps 1960s villa in Italy's Castelli Romani
A fifty-metre-long skylight cuts through the centre of Kitaoka Group Head Office Building, renovated by Tokyo studio Wataru Architects in Mima City, Japan. More about Fifty-metre-long skylight spans length of Kitaoka Group headquarters in Japan
The renovated Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen by architecture studios Stallan-Brand and LDA Design, which are shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award, feature in this video by Jim Stephenson. More about Stallan-Brand and LDA Design revitalise Victorian garden in Aberdeen
Interiors firm UNC Studio has transformed a traditional wooden house in Kyoto into a Japanese-Mexican fusion cafe and eatery with a bold, all-red interior. More about Challe cafe in Kyoto fuses Mexican and Japanese design
British practice Studio Weave has converted a barn on the Isle of Wight, creating a home with countryside views and a spacious living area for hosting large gatherings. More about Studio Weave designs kitchen as "piece of public realm" at South Barn in England
French architecture studios Atelier 9.81 and Perrot & Richard have renovated the Palais Rameau exhibition hall in Lille, inserting a modular and demountable timber frame into its heritage-protected steel shell. More about Demountable timber structure reinvigorates Palais Rameau in Lille
Architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron and local studio PBDW Architects have completed a "quasi-invisible" renovation of Marcel Breuer's brutalist 945 Madison Avenue for auction house Sotheby's. More about Herzog & de Meuron transforms Breuer Building into Sotheby's Manhattan headquarters
LA-based Manola Studio has renovated a 1940s motel to create a boutique hotel close to the north entrance to Joshua Tree National Park. More about Manola Studio turns former motel into desert oasis near Joshua Tree
Swedish studio White Arkitekter has completed the renovation of Feskekôrka, a historic seafood market in Gothenburg, celebrating the timber-framed structure of its church-like hall. More about White Arkitekter restores Gothenburg's fish church
A 16th-century tower house by architecture studio Simpson & Brown that has been shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award is featured in this video by Jim Stephenson. More about Simpson & Brown revives 16th-century Fairburn Tower in Scottish Highlands
Architecture studio MGAO has overhauled a mid-century beach house in Victoria, Australia, enhancing the connection with its courtyard garden planted with native trees. More about MGAO centres 1950s Anglesea beach house around courtyard garden
Rome-based StudioTamat has used colour, transparency and reflection to bring a sense of spaciousness to a small house in the heart of the Italian capital. More about StudioTamat transforms Rome "villino" with glass floors and mirror ceilings
Local studios Atelier Avondzon and Macadam Atelier have renovated a derelict home in Ghent, Belgium, adding a sawtooth-roofed extension clad in corrugated-metal panels. More about Sawtooth-roofed extension with "factory-like aesthetic" added to Ghent home
Architecture practices Studio Marshall Blecher and Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter have renovated a 1960s summerhouse in Denmark, adding a standalone extension that mimics its original form and thatched roof. More about "Intricate craftsmanship" revives modernist Vejrhøj summerhouse in Denmark
London-based architecture studio Manalo & White has converted a 19th-century church into a youth arts centre for Welsh-language theatre company Frân Wen in Bangor, north Wales. More about Manalo & White transforms North Wales church into Nyth youth arts centre