Network of Architecture has turned a former monastery in Italy into the Monastero Arx Vivendi hotel by conserving and refreshing the interiors and inserting a series of glazed spa rooms into its gardens. More about NOA transforms 17th-century monastery near Lake Garda into hotel and spa
Brooklyn-based Home Studios has turned a former rail baggage handlers' building in Madison into dining spaces that evoke "the golden age of train travel". More about Wisconsin train station becomes The Harvey House restaurant by Home Studios
A convent, an infant asylum and a mid-century motel are among the buildings converted into eight unusual and stylish hotels you can stay at in New Orleans. More about Eight offbeat hotels in historic New Orleans buildings
Architecture studio Laplace and landscape architect Piet Oudolf have transformed and repurposed a collection of historic buildings on Isla del Rey in Menorca into an art centre for the Hauser & Wirth gallery. More about Laplace and Piet Oudolf transform 18th-century naval hospital into Hauser & Wirth art gallery
Apple Tower Theatre is a new Apple Store designed by UK studio Foster + Partners inside an abandoned 1920s movie theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. More about Apple opens store by Foster + Partners in Los Angeles' historic Tower Theatre
Architects Cecilia Puga, Paula Velasco and Alberto Moletto have restored Santiago's Palacio Pereira, an abandoned 19th-century neoclassical mansion, turning it into offices where Chile's new constitution will be written. More about Historic Palacio Pereira in Santiago turned into Chile's Ministry of Culture
Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has broken ground on its transformation and extension of a decommissioned power plant on the waterfront of San Francisco, USA. More about Herzog & de Meuron begins San Francisco power plant transformation
Architecture studio Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to turn the site of a decommissioned power plant on the San Francisco waterfront into a mixed-use development. More about Foster + Partners designs buildings for Dogpatch Power Station in San Francisco
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes the largest Apple Store in Europe. More about The latest Apple store features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
A bold colour palette of red and green enlivens a new daycare centre in Stuttgart that has been built on top of an abandoned air-raid shelter. More about Birk Heilmeyer und Frenzel uses air-raid shelter as foundation for red daycare centre
London firm dMFK Architects has transformed a mid-century medical laboratory into a flexible office space with smoked oak joinery and a restored concrete staircase. More about dMFK Architects creates nostalgic office interior in former 1960s medical lab
Fosters + Partners has restored and converted the Palazzo Marignoli in Rome into an Apple Store, uncovering historic features and opening up a central courtyard. More about Foster + Partners turns palazzo in Rome into Apple Store
Ramps, slides and platforms made of colourful mesh feature at this youth centre near Beijing, which Rede Architects and Moguang Studio have built within a derelict garment factory. More about Rede Architects and Moguang Studio turn abandoned factory into youth activity centre
Bedrooms are enclosed within a pair of wood and glass boxes in this renovated apartment in Montreal designed by Canadian architecture office Future Simple Studio. More about Future Simple Studio creates family apartment within historic Montreal building
Design firm Studio Cáceres Lazo has overhauled part of a 1930s mansion to create a flexible office space in Santiago for financial startup Fintual. More about Studio Cáceres Lazo designs headquarters for Chilean startup Fintual
London architecture studio Daab Design has turned a former art storage vault in Marylebone, London, into a two-bedroom apartment full of Georgian period features that were restored with the help of an archaeologist. More about Daab Design converts art dealer's vault into tranquil London basement flat
Architecture studio Kanva has redesigned the Montreal Biodome, a science museum in Canada, to reveal its original concrete arches and create new homes for its animal occupants. More about Kanva revamps former Olympic venue the Montreal Biodome
Architect Thomas Randall-Page has renovated and updated an agricultural barn in Devon, England, to create a studio and archive space for his father, the sculptor Peter Randall-Page. More about Thomas Randall-Page transforms Devon barn into light-filled artist's studio
London studio Skene Catling de la Peña and not-for-profit organisation Factum Foundation are set to turn the Toppila silo designed by architects Aino and Alvar Aalto in Oulu, Finland, into the Aaltosiilo cultural space. More about Skene Catling de la Peña to transform Aalto-designed silo into cultural events space
Amsterdam studio Barde + vanVoltt has inserted skylights and glass partition walls into this former garage to transform it into a light-filled family home that celebrates the building's industrial past. More about Barde + vanVoltt transforms dingy Amsterdam garage into family home