Canadian architecture firm RDHA has added glazed volumes to an old limestone post office in Cambridge, Ontario as part of its transformation into a community centre with makerspaces. More about RDHA turns riverfront building into "Canada's first bookless library"
Plywood panels and fabric curtains have been used by by Kooo Architects to transform an existing concrete structure into a guesthouse in Guangzhou, China. More about Kooo Architects inserts plywood-lined hotel rooms into an existing concrete frame
Julius Taminiau Architects has rebuilt an old cowshed to create a house clad in thin timber slats that conceal double-layered openings. More about Cowshed in the Netherlands rebuilt as a timber-clad family home
Design studio Casa Josephine arranged yellow, red and deep-blue tiles to create the "emphatically geometrical" interior of this advertising office in Madrid. More about Casa Josephine transforms motorcycle workshop into brightly-hued advertising office
A former button and ribbon factory in New York's Tribeca neighbourhood has been turned into a boutique hotel featuring an eclectic mix of modern furniture and industrial details. More about Tribeca button factory becomes Walker Hotel with "eclectic modernist" design and sub-cellar bar
US studio JHL Design emphasised "the interplay of light and shadow" and other classic Japanese principles when turning a vacant penthouse in Portland into a tech firm's office space. More about JHL Design converts abandoned Portland penthouse into moody office space for tech firm
The vaulted forms and underground caves of an old house on the Greek island of Santorini have been converted into a holiday home complex by Kapsimalis Architects. More about Kapsimalis Architects converts caves for summer houses on Greek island
A mountainous river valley forms the backdrop to the XY Yunlu Hotel, which Atelier Liu Yuyang has built within a series of renovated farmhouses in Guangxi, China. More about Atelier Liu Yuyang reuses old farmhouses to create boutique hotel in rural China
Dutch architecture firm Space&Matter has turned a series of redundant canal-side bridge keeper's houses in Amsterdam into the SWEETS hotel. More about Space&Matter converts Amsterdam's bridge keeper's houses into hotel rooms
HeathWalker has turned a tractor shed in Hertfordshire into a house clad in timber cut from trees on the client's own land and scorched using a blowtorch. More about Tractor shed converted into house clad in scorched wood
Shane Davis and partners have overhauled an industrial building in Brooklyn's Gowanus area into a spot that functions as a vegan cafe by day, and a bar and restaurant, complete with a nightclub, after dark. More about Public Records in historic Brooklyn building pairs vegan cafe with nightclub
Architecture studio SUPRBLK has erected birch plywood pods in place of walls in this London apartment, which lies within a former biscuit factory. More about SUPRBLK turns biscuit baking room into light-filled London apartment
Los Angeles' Studio Sucio used a "mish-mash" of styles for the apartments it has created inside a 1960s Holiday Inn in Downtown Los Angeles. More about Modernist Holiday Inn becomes Los Angeles apartment complex
A small, neglected warehouse built in the 1850s has been renovated by Tasou Associates to create the light-filled 9 Jeffrey's Place office in London. More about Tasou Associates turns abandoned London warehouse into office
Kooo Architects has converted a seven-storey building in the centre of Guangzhou, China into a guesthouse with lantern-like frosted glass walls. More about Kooo Architects inserts glass walls into frame of concrete hotel
Parts of an industrial shack in Amsterdam have been incorporated into the 5-metre-wide Huis M&M, a residential conversion by NEXT Architects and architect Claudia Linders. More about Industrial shed converted into skinny house and studio in Amsterdam
DNK Architecture Group has turned a former furniture factory in Moscow into apartments, replacing prefabricated concrete panel cladding with hand-made bricks. More about Moscow furniture factory from the 1980s turned into loft-style apartments
Warm and tactile materials help create a domestic feel inside this north London homeless shelter, which Holland Harvey Architects has created inside a former supermarket. More about Holland Harvey Architects transforms disused London supermarket into homeless shelter
A screwdriver, drawer knobs and a pipe are among the objects that Berkeley studio Envelope A+D has used as beer taps in this industrial-style restaurant in San Francisco. More about Huge salvaged trees form benches in San Francisco restaurant Radhaus by Envelope A+D
Charleston interiors firm Basic Projects has used design touches like rattan and textured green plaster to add "a warm, Southern element" to the Savannah outpost of New York eatery The Fat Radish. More about Basic Projects designs The Fat Radish Savannah eatery inside former pharmacy