Brooklyn studio GRT Architects has completed a second location for maximalist restaurant Bad Roman, creating an "evolution" of the New York original in Beverly Hills. More about "Exuberant" tiled facade fronts Bad Roman Beverly Hills by GRT Architects
UK architecture firms Pearce+, Invisible Studio and Lean Structures have completed the Silk Wood Playscape in Gloucestershire, using oak from the surrounding forest to create "informal, unprogrammed" play structures. More about Woodland playscape in Gloucestershire crafted from surrounding trees
Local architecture studio CIAO has completed a 25-square-metre micro flat in Islington, London, separating the open interior with a room divider that incorporates a table, TV console and wardrobe. More about CIAO organises London micro flat around multifunctional plywood wall
Fluid forms and curved geometries define this art-filled residence in New Delhi, designed by architecture practice Spaces Architects Ka. More about The Art House in New Delhi is defined by "intense level of customisation"
London architecture studio TYPE has transformed two derelict cottages in Dorset into a rural retreat that celebrates their weathered stone and timber structures. More about TYPE rejects anything "brand new or flashy" in Purbeck Cottage renovation
A dark cedar screen wraps the exterior of Forest Studio, a compact, gable-roof building by Canadian architecture studio Little Giant that can serve as a workspace or a domestic dwelling. More about Little Giant draws on "spirit of a treehouse" for Forest Studio on Vancouver Island
US architecture studio OPAL has created a farming research and education centre made with mass timber and modelled after the local barns on its site in Maine, weaving together "tradition and modern sensibility". More about OPAL "superinsulates" mass-timber farming education center in Maine
Indian studio Mindspark Architects has created a house overlooking a cardamom plantation in Kerala, using sliding glass doors to connect its concrete interiors and the surrounding landscape. More about Summer Home by Mindspark Architects overlooks cardamom plantation in India
Dutch design studio Barde vanVoltt has completed a building in San José del Cabo, Mexico, which includes a chukum-lined community cafe at street level and residences above. More about Mixed-use building by Barde vanVoltt reflects "slower rhythm" of Baja California
Local studios Svendborg Architects and Wohlert Arkitekter have completed Ishøj Theatre in Denmark, designing a timber-clad facade with curved openings that evokes stage curtains. More about Timber wraps around "magical and out-of-the-ordinary" children's theatre in Denmark
Researchers at Finland's Aalto University have salvaged 300-year-old wood from the wreckage of a cargo ship in Oulu, which was transformed into yarn and knitted into a zero-waste dress. More about This dress is made from the remains of a 17th-century shipwreck
Argentina studio Además Arquitectura has completed a blocky concrete house protected by a rounded privacy wall in a suburban area of Buenos Aires. More about Además Arquitectura encloses Buenos Aires house with wall for "introspective approach"
Chinese architecture studio Büro Ziyu Zhuang has created Prairie Ark, a public gallery resembling a flying saucer that has touched down on grassland in Inner Mongolia, accompanied by a viewing tower. More about Büro Ziyu Zhuang creates UFO-shaped gallery in grassland in Inner Mongolia
Ignacio Rojas Hirigoyen and Leonardo Gúzman Valencia in Chile have collaborated on a prototype for modular housing lifted on stilts with clearly separated building components that respond to changing site conditions and allow for flexibility. More about Chilean modular housing protoype uses stilts to traverse difficult site
Local architecture studio YNAS has renovated and extended a traditional timber home in southern Japan, opening up its interiors and improving its connection to the surroundings with corrugated-metal canopies. More about YNAS uses timber-framed canopies to reconnect Japanese home with the outdoors
Architecture studio Kuma&Elsa has renovated the top two floors of an apartment block in Japan, creating enclosures that aim to re-create the spatial conditions of a traditional Japanese engawa. More about Kuma&Elsa arranges Japanese apartments around translucent "huts"
Spanish architect Laura Vela Lasagabaster and designer Manu Bañó have used copper as an accent material inside a luxury concept store Colima 162 in Mexico City's Roma Norte neighbourhood. More about Recycled-copper elements accent "purist interior design" of Mexico City fashion boutique
Danish architecture studios Arcgency and MAST have completed Bedding 1 in Copenhagen, a floating community space and guesthouse that is moored alongside the artificial island of Christiansholm. More about Floating community space in Copenhagen by Arcgency and MAST "makes water an active part of everyday life"
A skylit pool sits at the centre of the House of Quiet Raga, a home in Indore, India, designed by local practice Otlo Studio to provide a calm atmosphere for its residents. More about Otlo Studio designs skylit home in India to provide "meditative experiences"
The Miller Hull Partnership has completed a renovation of a library at a university in San Luis Obispo, California, working to restore the original design intent of the brutalist building. More about Miller Hull renovates brutalist university library in California