Design studio Workstead has transformed a 19th-century house in Hudson, New York, into a showroom for its furniture and lighting. More about Workstead turns historic Upstate New York house into showroom
A boutique hotel, envisioned as a "dreamy mix of the elegant and bizarre", has opened up inside a 1970s firehouse in Los Angeles. More about Los Angeles firehouse becomes boutique hotel fronted by red garage doors
Royal College of Art graduate Rhea Adaimi has proposed creating a Carbon Capture Facility within an abandoned London warehouse to transform pollution into products. More about Rhea Adaimi proposes Carbon Capture Facility to alleviate London air pollution
American studio SERA Architects has overhauled a 115-year-old church building and created a contemporary addition to house a nonprofit theatre company in Oregon. More about SERA expands Portland Playhouse with building wrapped in glass and charred wood
Mirrored tiles, patina walls, contemporary art and modernist Italian furniture make up this hotel within a 17th-century palazzo in Rome, which was formerly the family home of the owner. More about Gabriele Salini transforms historic palazzo into G-Rough hotel in Rome
Australian restaurateur Adam Wright-Smith has turned an old mill in Melbourne into a restaurant spread across a set of formerly industrial buildings with a central kitchen at its heart. More about Adam Wright-Smith designs Melbourne restaurant around "sense of adventure"
Witherford Watson Mann has overhauled a former stable block in Leicestershire to create the rural Nevill Holt Opera theatre, which is shortlisted for this year's Stirling Prize. More about Witherford Watson Mann builds "unorthodox" opera theatre within old stable block
Dezeen promotion: Architecture practice BSA has created a "diverse spectrum" of workspaces within a disused warehouse in Saarland, Germany, as the office of ceramics company Villeroy & Boch. More about Villeroy & Boch's Factory N 09 office occupies an old warehouse
A colourful geometric wall provides a strong contrast to this otherwise stark sake bar and brewery in Brooklyn's Industry City, designed by local studio Carpenter + Mason. More about Carpenter + Mason fuses Japanese and industrial elements for Brooklyn Kura sake bar
Royal College of Art graduate Moying Huang has designed an ecologically friendly crematorium that would use liquid cremation to eliminate emissions from traditional incineration processes. More about Moying Huang conceives eco-crematorium within disused London power station
US firms StudioWTA and ASH NYC have transformed a church, rectory, convent, and a school in New Orleans into boutique accommodation. More about 19th-century schoolhouse, convent and church become Hotel Peter and Paul in New Orleans
Grimshaw is transforming its adaptable 1970s Herman Miller factory, designed by its founder Nicholas Grimshaw, into the Locksbrook Campus for Bath Spa University. More about Grimshaw transforming Herman Miller Factory into campus for Bath Spa University
Charred wood, lead shingles and molten glass are among the materials used by artist Anders Ruhwald to transform a vacant Detroit apartment building into a public art installation that acts as a memorial. More about Anders Ruhwald converts abandoned Detroit building into all-black installation
OMA New York is turning a historic post office in Houston, Texas into a complex featuring arts and music venues, workspaces and "one of the world's largest rooftop parks and farms". More about OMA to transform Houston post office into entertainment complex
Wenink Holtkamp Architecten has converted De Lakfabriek, a 20th-century factory, into 25 industrial apartments in Oisterwijk, the Netherlands. More about Wenink Holtkamp Architecten turns De Lakfabriek tannery into apartments
New York architecture firm ODA has transformed a landmarked factory in Brooklyn's Dumbo overlooking the city's East River into an office building fronted by a huge glistening glass facade. More about ODA turns former sugary refinery into "crown jewel of Dumbo"
A roughly plastered wall curves over the dining area of this restaurant in Toronto, designed by local studio Odami. More about Odami celebrates "earthly minimalism" at Sara restaurant in Toronto
Canadian firm Mason Studio has designed this hotel in Toronto to feature an abundance of local flavour, including decorative archways and a nod to the city's famous albino squirrels. More about Mason Studio designs Kimpton Saint George hotel as "homage to Toronto"
Andreas Martin-Löf Arkitekter has transformed the former Pharmaceutical Institute at the Old Technical College in Stockholm into light-filled apartments that feature historic decor details.
More about Andreas Martin-Löf Arkitekter creates Lyceum apartments within former university labs
Perkins+Will has overhauled the North American headquarters of consumer goods company Unilever, with new communal areas designed to help employees forget they're in a suburban office park. More about Perkins+Will creates "Instagram-ready" spaces in Unilever's New Jersey campus