New York design showroom and gallery Matter has outfitted a model apartment in a historic Brooklyn Heights hotel undergoing conversion into residences. More about Matter curates show home at The Standish condominiums in Brooklyn
Dezeen promotion: Pritzker Prize-winning studio RCR Arquitectes worked with Neolith Sintered Stone to create the colour-washed walls and surfaces inside the new restaurant of former elBulli chef Albert Adrià. More about RCR Arquitectes uses Neolith Sintered Stone to create watercolour surfaces for Albert Adrià's new restaurant
American firm Un.Box Studio has transformed historic structures in Austin into a high-design hostel that is meant to serve as an alternative to pricey boutique hotels. More about Un.Box Studio converts neglected stone building into progressive Austin hostel
Stacked soil walls resemble layers of cake in this chocolate and ice cream shop in Kichijoji, Tokyo, designed by Japanese studio Nendo. More about Nendo designs Tokyo store interior to look like "melted ice cream cake"
The huge skeleton of a blue whale is now the centrepiece of the entrance hall at London's Natural History Museum – but unlike the dinosaur cast there before, it is suspended from the ceiling, freeing up space below for an information desk that doubles as a bar. More about Whale skeleton suspended over information kiosk and bar in revamped Natural History Museum foyer
French office Studio mAAb has transformed a single-storey apartment in the city of Rennes into a duplex by incorporating a pair of wooden volumes and a mezzanine walkway into the former attic space. More about Studio mAAb slots plywood wedges into roof space of renovated Rennes apartment
Architecture firm Snøhetta has used microscopic studies of Copenhagen's foods and beer to develop the colour and material palette of this restaurant, which has taken over the space previously occupied by famed eatery Noma in the Danish capital. More about Snøhetta overhauls former Noma space for new casual Copenhagen restaurant
We've selected 10 popular projects from Dezeen's Pinterest boards that show how lightwells can be used to channel daylight down into parts of the home where windows are limited. More about 10 homes that make clever use of lightwells to bring daylight in
Architecture firm Caruso St John has transformed a Copenhagen warehouse into a wood-panelled studio, where the Kvadrat design team can develop their range of acoustic panelling. More about Caruso St John uses spruce lumber boards to create design studio for Kvadrat Soft Cells
The rainy climate in Bergen, Norway, was the basis for the blue-tinted interiors of the Zander K hotel designed by Stockholm studio Claesson Koivisto Rune. More about Claesson Koivisto Rune designs rain-themed interiors for Bergen's Zander K hotel
There are 78 projects contending for this year's World Interior of the Year, including a mathematics gallery designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and the office Neri&Hu created inside an old missile factory. More about World Interior of the Year 2017 shortlist announced
Klein Dytham Architecture has completed a sprawling "village" of shops, restaurants and co-working space within Amanda Levete's recently completed Central Embassy complex in Bangkok, Thailand. More about Klein Dytham creates book-lined leisure space inside AL_A's Central Embassy tower in Bangkok
Mexican architects Estudio Atemporal has paired concrete columns and cinder-block walls with black metal and glass partitions when transforming a former industrial factory in Mexico City into a co-working space. More about Estudio Atemporal converts old factory in Mexico City into co-working offices
US firm Woodhouse Tinucci Architects has spruced up a reading room in the University of Chicago's Joseph Regenstein Library, a 1970s building originally designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. More about Brutalist library in Chicago gets interior update by Woodhouse Tinucci
London studio Amin Taha Architects has updated a 1950s terraced house in the city's Bayswater neighbourhood, adding a basement level topped with a rugged concrete soffit and a lightwell set into a courtyard garden. More about Amin Taha Architects reconfigures London home around lightwells and a spiral staircase
Acne is the latest design brand to favour pink for interiors, using it to colour the ceiling in its new Milan store. More about Acne Studios opens pink-ceilinged flagship store in Milan's Brera district
London restaurant Dirty Bones took inspiration from 1970s Brooklyn for its new space in Soho, which features velvet seating, a wood-panelled bar and a toilet hidden behind a faux bookshelf. More about Dirty Bones restaurant in London's Soho aims to recreate the glamour of Studio 54
French designer and Memphis Group member Nathalie du Pasquier has created more than 50 new pieces for her first solo show in the UK in 25 years. More about Memphis Group's Nathalie du Pasquier shows new works in London exhibition
A former sailor's lodge was overhauled to create this boutique hotel in downtown Portland, Oregon, which includes hostel-style bunkbeds and compact rooms, aimed at design-conscious travellers on a budget. More about The Society Hotel offers affordable boutique accommodation in downtown Portland
Melbourne interior design studio The Stella Collective has designed this Sydney office interior to resemble a luxury penthouse or boutique hotel rather than a corporate workspace. More about The Stella Collective creates Sydney office that resembles luxury penthouse