Canadian design duo Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster have created a playful all-blue cafe in a century-old house in Buffalo, New York, with an optical illusion staircase. More about Sky-blue cafe in Buffalo features "Alice in Wonderland" staircase
Mexican firm V Taller drew upon hacienda architecture while designing a stucco-clad house filled with lush gardens and "unexpected encounters" at every turn. More about V Taller creates fragmented layout for Casa Duraznos in Jalisco
Seminal furniture designs by Brazilian modernists sit alongside contemporary art in a shoppable exhibition within the 40th-floor penthouse of a recently-opened San Francisco residential tower by architecture firm SOM. More about Penthouse of SOM-designed tower transformed into collectible design gallery