An early 20th-century mansion in the centre of Querétaro, Mexico, has been turned into a boutique hotel by architecture studios Anonimous and JAHS. More about Anonimous and JAHS repurpose historic Querétaro villa as a boutique hotel
Japanese studios Unemori Architects and Teco Architects have turned a commercial building in Kitakami, Japan, into a health and childcare support centre, adding undulating floors and ceilings. More about Unemori Architects and Teco Architects create "park-like" health and childcare centre
Chinese architecture studio More Design Office (MDO) has converted a cluster of traditional rammed-earth houses in China's Zhejiang Province into a series of contemporary guesthouses called Floating Cloud Township Villa. More about MDO converts rammed-earth houses in rural China into holiday villas
Brooklyn studio CO Adaptive Architecture has renovated an industrial building in the New York borough's Gowanus neighbourhood to create bright and spacious theatre rehearsal spaces. More about CO Adaptive Architecture converts Gowanus foundry into flexible theatre spaces
A luxury hotel with sweeping views across the rooftops of Paris has been built within a historic building close to the Louvre that once served as a post office. More about Laurent Taïeb transforms Louvre Post Office into Hôtel Madame Rêve in Paris
London studio 6a Architects has revealed its plans to renovate and extend a vacant office in Camden that forms part of the Grand Union Complex designed by Grimshaw in the late 1980s. More about 6a Architects to overhaul Grimshaw's Grand Union House offices
David Chipperfield Architects has shared images of its redesign of a Beaux-Arts townhouse in New York City that will serve as the headquarters of non-profit organisation 1014, which aims to promote cooperation between Germany and the United States. More about David Chipperfield Architects reveals design for cultural institution in New York City
Italian studio Mario Cucinella Architects has designed a cultural centre in Tuscany within traditional houses, which connect to a new angular terrace that protrudes from the hillside. More about Cantilevered terrace adjoins 14th-century townhouses overhauled by Mario Cucinella Architects
Architecture and design studio DDAA Inc has made minor tweaks to an 86-year-old house in Japan's Nagasaki prefecture to turn it into an office for ceramics brand Maruhiro. More about DDAA Inc transforms traditional Japanese dwelling into pottery brand office
Angular panels of plywood disguise the structural shell of the Yoridoko jobcentre in Shingu, Japan, designed by architecture studio Td-Atelier. More about Td-Atelier erects plywood "stage set" inside Shingu employment centre
British practice Tim Ronalds Architects has converted a 19th-century malt house in Canterbury into a theatre for The King’s School, using an "as found" approach that celebrates the industrial building's original steel, brick and timber structure. More about Tim Ronalds Architects converts 19th-century Canterbury malt house into theatre
Architecture studio OMA has completed the first phase of transforming a US Postal Service building into a multi-purpose destination in downtown Houston. More about OMA inserts trio of "monumental" staircases into POST Houston cultural and retail venue
Co-founder and chief creative officer of Salt Hotels Kevin O'Shea explains how the group transformed an abandoned brick manufacturing facility into a luxury hotel and event space in this video that Dezeen produced for the AHEAD hospitality awards. More about AHEAD winner creates Hutton Brickyards hotel in renovated factory
Hidden off-form concrete walls have come to the fore in this minimalist Melbourne apartment conversion, with interiors designed by local firm Studio Goss. More about Studio Goss exposes concrete shell of converted Melbourne apartment
Architecture office Kokaistudios has slotted a polycarbonate structure into the shell of a former factory in Shanghai, China, to create the Baoshan Exhibition Center. More about Chinese steel factory transformed into exhibition centre with polycarbonate walls
Views of China's most sacred mountain take prominence in this hotel designed by Line+ Studio, which occupies a cluster of former homes in the city of Tai'an. More about Line+ Studio converts old Tai'an houses into Cloud of Hometown hotel
Historic brick walls and a spiral staircase feature in a Baja Peninsula hotel that was designed by Mexican firm Max von Werz Arquitectos to embrace its seaside context. More about Max von Werz merges old and new at Baja Club Hotel in Mexico
Architecture office Studio Bua has converted an abandoned farm building in Iceland into an artist's studio and residence, featuring a new gabled volume slotted inside the existing walls. More about Studio Bua transforms derelict Icelandic farm building into artist's studio
New York interior design firm Roman and Williams has combined decorative Victorian elements with references to New York's jazz age in its ornate interior for the NoMad hotel in London. More about Roman and Williams turns historic police station into NoMad's London outpost
Architects André Caetano and Ana Fiúza have converted a former sawmill in the Portuguese town of Oeiras into a house that stands behind a freestanding gabled wall. More about 18th-century sawmill transformed into contemporary gabled house