In the first of two videos about Atelier Ace produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards, Kelly Sawdon explains how the brand's Sister City hotel offers travelers a minimal refuge from the bustle of New York. More about Sister City hotel distils hospitality "down to the essential beautiful parts"
Architecture studio Sārānsh used a range of materials to create a rich sense of tactility inside this family home in Ahmedabad, western India. More about Timber and Indian stone tiles feature inside VS House in Ahmedabad
Brazilian studio Bloco Arquitetos has stripped back an apartment in Brasília built in the 1960s and added in translucent glass to reveal the existing concrete block facade. More about Bloco Arquitetos reconfigures 1960s Brasília apartment with translucent walls
As a result of social distancing rules many restaurants will have to reduce their indoor capacities when they reopen. Architect Ben Masterton-Smith believes that creating enjoyable alfresco dining areas may be key to restaurants' survival. More about Outdoor dining "last chance" for many restaurants says Ben Masterton-Smith
Ilse Crawford and her eponymous studio worked with Finnish furniture brand Artek to carry out a sensitive revamp of notable Helsinki restaurant Savoy. More about Aino and Alvar Aalto's Savoy restaurant in Helsinki restored after 80 years
Offices after coronavirus should be designed for meetings and socialising while focused work should take place at home, says Perkins and Will interior designer Meena Krenek, who has developed proposals to rethink the purpose of the workplace. More about Offices after pandemic will "balance physical and virtual work" says Perkins and Will interior design director
Interior design graduates from Falmouth University present projects that aim to create safe spaces for refugees, young mothers and recovering addicts in this VDF school show. More about Falmouth University students design interiors for most vulnerable members of society
A home for an artist, ceramic furniture and a masterplan that condenses all human activity within a city are among the broad range of student projects Aalto University is exhibiting in this VDF school show. More about Eleven architecture and interior projects by students at Aalto University
Eight interior architecture and design students from Canterbury School of Architecture present their visions of fictional embassies in dystopian futures in this VDF school show. More about Canterbury School of Architecture students imagine interiors for fictional embassies
Salvaged time-worn bricks line the interiors of this gabled house near Bratislava, Slovakia, designed by local architect Martin Skoček. More about Martin Skoček contrasts contemporary facade of House V with rustic brick interiors
Seven graduate students studying adaptive reuse at RISD have reimagined uses for the art-deco Superman Building in Providence, Rhode Island. More about Providence's art-deco Superman Building reimagined as vertical farm and senior housing
The University of Huddersfield's School of Art, Design and Architecture presents the work of 10 of its award-winning interior design graduates in this school show for Virtual Design Festival. More about Ten interior design projects by University of Huddersfield graduates that offer a "glimpse at the future"
Undulating chainmail curtains lend a stage-like quality to the open kitchen of this Mumbai restaurant designed by Serie Architects. More about Bronze chainmail curtains add drama to Qualia restaurant in Mumbai
Dezeen promotion: these visuals by Italian brand Arper show how its modular furniture and room dividers could be used to promote social distancing in offices and airports amid the coronavirus crisis. More about Back to our Spaces by Arper reimagines airport and office designs after pandemic
A tangle of red neon tubes hangs at the centre of Kink restaurant and bar in Berlin, which has been designed by owners Oliver Mansaray and Daniel Scheppan. More about Kink restaurant in Berlin is dominated by a red-neon light installation
Formica panels with circular oculi form the walls of the suites in 2020: A Spa Odyssey, a day spa in Caracas, Venezuela, that Atelier Caracas has based on the sets of a Stanley Kubrick film. More about Atelier Caracas models Venezuelan day spa on 2001: A Space Odyssey
Arched doorways, altar-like tables and a nave-style display area feature in this Los Angeles showroom that McLaren Excell has designed for bathroom brand The Splash Lab. More about McLaren Excell channels church interiors for The Splash Lab's LA showroom
Toronto-based Studio Paolo Ferrari has designed a showroom for a new development in Ottawa that appears more like a home than a sales gallery. More about Studio Paolo Ferrari creates boutique-like salesroom for Ottawa development
Hues of soft pink and bold grey are coupled with tiled surfaces in this California facial studio designed by Los Angeles firm Proem Studio. More about Proem Studio uses muted shades to design Cheeks & Co facial spa
Green walls offset a shiny steel tub in the bathroom of this Antwerp apartment, which has been updated by Belgian design studio Atelier Dialect. More about Atelier Dialect places mirrored tub in minty green bathroom of Apartment A