Young Japanese architect Cohta Asano created a new space for a hairdresser inside an existing building in Iwaki, adding a steel frame to support angular wooden shelves and partitions (+ slideshow). More about Cohta Asano divides Japanese hair salon with diamond-shaped partitions
A Suffolk house designed by Michael and Patty Hopkins in the 1970s has been overhauled by London studio Project Orange to create "a doughnut of living space" with a conservatory at its centre (+ slideshow). More about Project Orange reconfigures interior of Hopkins' Tracey House
A 64-metre-long wooden structure was designed by Threefold Architects to create secluded workspaces, staircases and informal meeting areas inside this shared office building in south-east London. More about Multi-level wooden structure frames meeting areas in London office by Threefold Architects
A plywood staircase with built-in cupboards and bookshelves frames a doorway in this Madrid apartment – which follows the London home with a combined bookshelf and staircase we published yesterday. More about Plywood staircase by Buj+Colón Arquitectos integrates shelves and cupboards for a small flat
Books can be stored beneath the wide steps of this staircase, designed by Zminkowska De Boise Architects to connect the two halves of a split-level living room inside a renovated London flat. More about Zminkowska De Boise inserts combined bookshelf-staircase into London flat
We published hundreds of projects from all over the world in 2014 – from tiny apartments to technology firm offices, cafes and luxury penthouses – but these are the 10 interiors that proved most popular with Dezeen readers. More about Dezeen's most popular interior design projects of 2014
A Tel Aviv flat that was once the home of Israel's first prime minster has been renovated and extended by local firm Pitsou Kedem Architects to create a new basement level with industrial-style fittings (+ slideshow). More about David Ben-Gurion's former home renovated by Pitsou Kedem Architects
Vintage tiles are showcased across simple pine shelves inside this new shop for a specialist tile seller in Lisbon, designed by the four brothers who run the business (+ slideshow). More about Lisbon tile trader Cortiço & Netos uses vintage stock to pattern shop walls
Movie: architect Rossana Hu explains why she and her partner Lyndon Neri turned the theme of "feeling good in architecture" on its head in their keynote speech at this year's Inside Festival. More about Neri&Hu's architecture "challenges the accepted values of society"
This rust-coloured copper home extension by British studio Poulsom Middlehurst sits above the red-brick walls and clay-tiled roof of a Victorian terrace in east London. More about Poulsom Middlehurst adds copper-clad extension to east London attic flat
Swedish studio Form Us With Love has designed an all-white interior for a Stockholm boutique dedicated to coloured pens. More about Form Us With Love uses monochrome palette for Pen Store interior
Angular shapes have been sliced out of the planks of smooth maple that encase a staircase at the centre of this Montreal renovation by Naturehumaine (+ slideshow). More about Naturehumaine add maple and steel staircase to 1960s house
Swaths of crumpled tracing paper cocooned the interior of this pop-up bar in a Japanese gallery to transform the space into a cozy cave (+ slideshow). More about Naoya Matsumoto Design uses crumpled paper to create grotto-like bar in Osaka
Australian skincare brand Aesop prides itself in commissioning a different design for each of its stores. To mark the opening of its 100th boutique this week, we've collected together ten of our favourites from the Dezeen archive – including a kiosk made from newspapers and a shop made from a demolished house (+ slideshow). More about Dezeen's top 10 Aesop store designs
Thousands of animal bones line the macabre interior of this restaurant in a refurbished 1940s building in Mexico, by design studio Cadena + Asociados (+ slideshow). More about Animal bones adorn the walls of Hueso Restaurant in Mexico
Architecture studio Sinato raised the ceiling level inside this Japanese apartment to create a mezzanine reading room that can be glimpsed through a narrow opening (+ slideshow). More about Sinato raises an apartment ceiling to squeeze in an extra floor
The founder of London gallery and design studio 19 Greek Street has dressed a show apartment for residences created by architects Darling Associates in the city's former Saint Martins School of Art building (+ slideshow). More about 19 Greek Street fits out show apartment at Saint Martin's Lofts
Architecture studio Snøhetta has created a ceiling of intersecting domes inside Aesop's first outpost in Norway – the Australian skincare brand's 100th boutique (+ slideshow). More about Snøhetta references religious architecture for Aesop's 100th store
Helsinki-based Studio Puisto used hanging basket seats, strips of timber and potted plants for the interior of this 20-room hotel in Tampere, Finland (+ slideshow). More about Studio Puisto's Dream Hotel extends a popular hostel in a former warehouse
Canadian design firm MSDS Studio has fitted out a Toronto warehouse with modular boxes to form offices for e-commerce company Shopify (+ slideshow). More about Shopify offices by MSDS Studio feature meeting rooms designed to look like shipping containers