Spanish firm Nook Architects has renovated a Barcelona apartment by adding patterned floor tiles plus a combined step and window seat leading out onto the terrace (+ slideshow). More about Nook Architects add patterned floor tiles and window seat to Barcelona apartment renovation
Sheets of translucent black material separate areas of this Aesop skincare store in Kyoto by Japanese studio Simplicity (+ slideshow). More about Translucent fabric divides Aesop store in Kyoto by Simplicity
A curving timber-clad wall divides the work space from a multipurpose meeting room at the offices of domohomo architects in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. More about Architecture studio with a bulging wall by domohomo architects
Zaha Hadid Architects is one of 11 international firms designing a studio apartment at a new McDonald's charity house in Hamburg to accommodate the relatives of children receiving hospital treatment nearby (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid designs apartment for Ronald McDonald charity house
Dutch studio Bureau SLA has inserted a smooth white house-shaped art gallery into a timber nineteenth-century Dutch military building. More about Bureau SLA inserts bright white gallery into old timber armoury
A bright red shipping container at the entrance to the offices of Cape Town branding agency 99c houses a waiting room for visitors. More about 99c offices by Inhouse Brand Architects feature a waiting room inside a shipping container
Wooden structures and traditional joinery are used in this Melbourne takeaway chicken shop by local interior designers Hecker Guthrie to evoke the appearance of a chicken coop. More about Foxes Den cafe by Hecker Guthrie references a chicken coop
Dutch architecture studio OMA installed tessellated wood curtains as part of its design of the Paris flagship store for French fashion label Maison Ullens (+ slideshow). More about OMA drapes wooden curtains in Maison Ullens flagship store
An events space designed by Rem Koolhaas' OMA has opened in the basement of London department store Selfridges, featuring a circular amphitheatre, vivid green columns and a stripy monochrome floor (+ slideshow). More about OMA's Imaginarium hosts lectures in Selfridges' basement
The Ace Hotel chain has opened its newest outpost inside a 1920s tower in downtown Los Angeles, complete with a 1600-seat theatre. More about Ace Hotel opens latest branch in downtown Los Angeles
Slovenian firm Svet Vmes Architects has converted the unused entrance of a school in Ljubljana into an undulating green lounge featuring spotty walls and big cushions (+ slideshow). More about Wavy green lounge by Svet Vmes Architects replaces an old school entrance
Employees meet in octagonal timber gazebos at the San Francisco headquarters of technology company Cisco by local interior designers Studio O+A (+ slideshow). More about Cisco offices by Studio O+A feature wooden meeting pavilions
A sequence of arches creates topsy-turvy openings and curvy doorways through the spaces of this art gallery in Beijing by design collective Penda (+ slideshow). More about Beijing art gallery by Penda features topsy-turvy archways
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has layered wooden boards to create striations inside this workspace and cafe for an online restaurant guide based in Osaka (+ slideshow). More about Kengo Kuma stacks wooden layers inside office and cafe
The resident of a compact apartment in Madrid demonstrates how she can rearrange walls and pull furniture out of the ceiling in this movie by photographer and filmmaker Miguel de Guzmán. More about Day-in-the-life movie follows the resident of an apartment with moving walls and secret furniture
This baguette shop in Warsaw, Poland, by architects MFRMGR is modelled on market booths and stalls set up in the city during the 1990s (+ slideshow). More about Zapiekanka restaurant in Warsaw modelled on a market booth by MFRMGR
Japanese fashion brand Comme des Garçons has opened a branch of its London store Dover Street Market in New York City (+ slideshow). More about Dover Street Market fashion store opens in New York
A series of steel-braced oak staircases and bridges connect the different levels of this extension to the Manchester School of Art by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (+ slideshow). More about Art school extension with wooden stairs and bridges by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
French architect Paul Coudamy has converted this former butcher's shop in suburban Paris into a private residence and included mysterious figures in the photographs (+ slideshow). More about Butcher shop transformed into a home by Paul Coudamy
One of the suites at this year's Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, features blocks of ice carved into the shape of Parisian rooftops and chimney pots by French designers Les Ateliers de Germaine (+ slideshow). More about Icehotel suite by Les Ateliers de Germaine recreates the rooftops of Paris