An angular wooden staircase ascends the lobby of this office renovation in the Dutch town of Hoofddorp by Amsterdam architects Studioninedots (+ slideshow). More about De Burgemeester office with an angular wooden staircase by Studioninedots
Movie: Wong Mun Summ of WOHA explains how the Singapore studio tried to recreate geological forms in the architecture of PARKROYAL on Pickering, which won the Hotels category at last month's Inside Festival. More about Singapore hotel covered with plants was "inspired by rock formations"
French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has created a meeting room in a London hotel where guests can relax beneath a canopy with an image of trees projected onto its surface (+ slideshow). More about Business Playground meeting room by Mathieu Lehanneur
The new San Francisco headquarters for photo-sharing website Pinterest is housed in a converted warehouse filled with two-storey white volumes. More about Pinterest's San Francisco headquarters by All of the Above and First Office
Clothes are displayed on precariously balanced tables at this Tokyo boutique designed by Tokujin Yoshioka for fashion label Issey Miyake (+ slideshow). More about Reality Lab. Issey Miyake boutique by Tokujin Yoshioka
An iron staircase reminiscent of structural trusses connects the two floors of this house in Milan by Italian architects Roberto Murgia and Valentina Ravara (+ slideshow). More about House with an iron staircase by Roberto Murgia and Valentina Ravara
A combined staircase and bookshelf is one of several multifunctional wooden furniture pieces that Swiss design studio Big-Game has inserted into two plain white apartments in Switzerland (+ slideshow). More about Eclépens apartment interiors with boxy wooden furniture by Big-Game
An angular red corridor at the entrance to these offices for a motocross apparel company in California by Clive Wilkinson Architects leads to a corridor designed like a city street, with trees, benches and offices arranged off smaller side streets (+ slideshow). More about Fox Head Inc offices arranged like a city street by Clive Wilkinson Architects
Movie: in this exclusive video interview from Inside Festival, Joakim Lyth of Wingårdhs explains how the Swedish architecture firm used brightly-coloured curved glass to draw customers inside its Emporia shopping centre. More about Swedish shopping centre's swooping entrances "drag people inside" says architect
The tables at these offices for Arts Council England by Moxon Architects can be hoisted out of the way to lie flat against the walls when not in use (+ slideshow). More about Arts Council England offices with hinged tables by Moxon Architects
News: architect Frank Gehry is designing new offices for social network Facebook in London and Dublin. More about Frank Gehry-designed Facebook offices planned for London and Dublin
A spiralling stack of chunky wooden blocks forms this staircase designed by architecture studio QC for an apartment in Poland. More about Spiral staircase made from chunky wooden blocks by QC
This labyrinth-like fashion store in Hangzhou, China, by 3Gatti Architecture Studio features a rotating toilet and a hidden love room "equipped with bar and condoms" (+ slideshow). More about Volcanic Slab D2C flagship store by 3Gatti Architecture Studio
Italian architect Fabio Ferrillo has transformed a derelict blacksmith's workshop into the headquarters of a Milanese fashion brand. More about MSGM fashion headquarters in a former blacksmith's workshop by Fabio Ferrillo
Movie: in our next video interview from Inside Festival, Cara Ang of Asylum Creative discusses the Singapore creative agency's pop-up store for watch brand Hublot made from thousands of crystal-like folded paper shapes. More about Singapore luxury watch pop-up store "creates the effect of falling crystals"
Exposed ductwork and rough materials feature at this hostel in central Berlin (+ slideshow). More about Generator Berlin Mitte hostel by Ester Bruzkus with Anwar Mekhayech and Mark Asipowicz
Design studio Post-Office has transformed an old photographic storage unit in east London into an office and creative studio (+ slideshow). More about The Operators office in a converted storage unit by Post-Office
Movie: Indian architect Sandeep Khosla explains the importance of outdoor learning at DPS Kindergarten School in Bangalore, India, which won the education category at last month's Inside Festival in Singapore. More about "The courtyard is the soul of DPS Kindergarten School"
This spiral staircase conceived by London designer Paul Cocksedge will feature balustrades overflowing with plants and circular spaces where employees can take time out from their work. More about The Living Staircase by Paul Cocksedge
An ancient Icelandic calendar influenced the layout and interiors in this Reykjavík hotel designed by local architects TARK and HAF (+ slideshow). More about Reykjavík Lights Hotel by TARK and HAF for Keahotels