Silicon Valley-backed company Life House has launched the first in a series of technology-driven hotels in Miami, which offers a social-media network that connects guests before their trips. More about Life House Little Havana hotel operates through bespoke tech platform
Australian studio Alexander & Co has set sumptuous furnishings against worn brick walls to channel faded opulence throughout this Sydney dining venue. More about The Imperial restaurant in Sydney is designed to look like "lost palace"
Creative agency Futura has decorated a cafe in Mexico City using cobalt and pink surfaces, and designed playful branding to match. More about Futura pairs pink and blue at Mexico City coffee shop Motín
Spanish-German firm YLAB Arquitectos has transformed a gloomy Barcelona apartment into a light-filled holiday home with plenty of hidden storage. More about YLAB Arquitectos creates holiday apartment with indoor garden and hidden kitchen
The Nova mobile office pod supports the flexible working needs of the modern nomad with fast wifi, a minibar and a daily changing view. More about The Nova pod is a solar-powered co-working office on wheels
Curved partition walls and ceiling panels hint at the research underway inside this Tel Aviv office, which Roy David Architecture has designed for a tech company specialising in prenatal care. More about Roy David Architecture references maternity for interiors of Tel Aviv office
This townhouse in Brooklyn was renovated by New York studio Kalos Eidos to include designated floors for "extroverted" and "introverted" activities. More about Extro-Intro is a Brooklyn townhouse refurbished by Kalos Eidos
Photographer Marc Goodwin has taken his tour of architecture studios around the world to the US, kicking off with 15 workspaces in Los Angeles that are packed with models and photographs. More about LA architecture studios captured in photos by Marc Goodwin
Note Design Studio and Open Studio sampled from a wide material palette to complete the interiors of this clothing store in Stockholm, which combines metal, coloured glass, and terrazzo-style surfaces. More about Stockholm's Gina Tricot store features medley of materials
Co-working company WeWork, which recently rebranded as The We Company, has opened a store and public workspace in New York City and is exploring more real-estate ventures. More about WeWork parent company The We Company opens New York retail space
California studio Blitz has used light colours and earthy materials to create a "home-like atmosphere" within a bed-and-bath boutique. More about Blitz creates cosy ambiance for Parachute's first San Francisco store
Food design studio Bompas & Parr has created the "world's first" vegan guest suite inside a London hotel, omitting the use of leather, wool and feathers throughout its interiors. More about Bompas & Parr creates "world's first" vegan hotel suite
A display rack for winter coats is covered in fur and suspended from leather straps inside this Toronto store, designed by local studio Burdifilek. More about Burdifilek evokes Canadian winters at Toronto outerwear store Moose Knuckles
Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has fitted out the BMW Welt exhibition space with a swirling blue and green terrazzo floor, created by flooring brand Aectual within a 3D-printed frame. More about Patricia Urquiola uses 3D-printing to create terrazzo floor for BMW
Biasol has designed the interior of this Melbourne home to evoke a classic Parisian apartment, placing a plant-filled light well at its centre. More about Biasol looks to Parisian apartments for interior of Melbourne home Casa Atrio
Charleston interiors firm Basic Projects has created cosy apartment-like suites inside a refurbished brick building, during its conversion into a hotel in nearby Savannah. More about Basic Projects and Christian Sottile include "creature comforts" at Savannah's Windrose hotel
A copper facade frames the grey stone interior of this dining and retail space in Shanghai designed by local firm Office Coastline. More about Genshang's Shanghai restaurant designed by Office Coastline as "gentle sequence of spaces"
An abstract mural is just one of the vivid features that Amber Road and Lymesmith have incorporated in the extensive overhaul of this Sydney home, which has been finished in a variety of "joyful" colours. More about Sydney's Polychrome House has pops of colour in every room
Architect Eduard Eremchuk looked to visuals from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey when designing the Guapa Flower Shop in a historic building in Rostov-on-Don. More about Sci-fi ceiling illuminates Russian florist in constructivist building
Cement surfaces, wooden joinery, and copper detailing appear inside this Barcelona apartment, which Cometa Architects has designed to subtly draw upon maritime imagery. More about Barcelona apartment by Cometa Architects takes cues from nearby marina