Dutch architecture practice Eklund Terbeek has developed a spacious loft-style apartment for a family of four inside a school gymnasium in Rotterdam, which is over 100 years old. More about Eklund Terbeek creates loft-style apartment within a former school gymnasium
A large, steel sphere sourced from a shuttered paper mill has been repurposed by Seattle firm Mutuus Studio as an installation in a waterfront park in the Pacific Northwest. More about Mutuus Studio converts industrial artefact into Acid Ball installation in Washington park
Ornate gold columns and chequered marble floors nod to the past life of Danish furniture brand Paustian's latest showroom, which has opened in a building renovated by Aarstiderne Arkitekte. More about Paustian transforms 19th-century bank into Copenhagen showroom
Bjarke Ingels' firm has created a "retail laboratory" for French department store Galeries Lafayette inside an art-deco bank on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. More about BIG converts 1930s bank to create major new store for Galeries Lafayette in Paris
A Bridgehampton bungalow featuring a redwood forest planted by television personality Martha Stewart has been redesigned as a bohemian hideaway for summer beach seekers. More about Hamptons motel once owned by Donna Karan becomes A Room at the Beach
Architecture Cotugno Thiry has transformed a 19th-century brewery building in Belgium into La Bouteillerie, a simple house with rugged brick walls. More about Belgian bottling house converted into family home by Architecture Cotugno Thiry
Veld has clad a former blacksmith's workshop in zinc panels and whitewashed its blackened interior to convert it into a home extension in Belgium. More about Veld turn former blacksmith's workshop into home extension in Belgium
Foster + Partners has collaborated with the Apple design team and architecture firm Beyer Blinder Belle to transform a neoclassical building in the US capital into a sleek retail space with a skylit atrium, where events are held to "entertain and inspire the local people". More about Foster + Partners converts historic Washington DC library into Apple Store
Simple timber divisions and bright colours define architecture studio RCKa's conversion of a 19th-century London church hall into The Granville, a community centre with workspaces. More about RCKa converts former church hall into colourful community centre
Crumbling buildings have been transformed into the boutique Monteverdi Hotel in Tuscany, which includes rustic bedroom suites and a cavernous spa. More about Monteverdi Hotel avoids "folkloristic approach" to restoration of medieval Tuscan hamlet
Aged brick walls and ceiling beams hint at the past lives of this building in Barcelona, which Cadaval & Solà-Morales has turned into a contemporary home. More about Cadaval & Solà-Morales converts 19th-century theatre into spacious Barcelona home
Architecture studio Fala Atelier has converted a former clothing factory in the town of Abragão, Portugal, into a block of six bare apartments. More about Fala Atelier strips back former factory to create "naked" apartments
London studio Assemble has transformed an industrial property in New Orleans into a hub for the local community to learn fashion design and manufacturing. More about Assemble turns derelict New Orleans building into experimental fashion school
A lounge with a curved sofa and a coffee bar feature in this hair salon in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighbourhood, which Ruud van Oosterhout has designed for two sisters. More about Rob Peetoom hair salon opens inside old soda factory in Williamsburg
A former nunnery in Milan's city centre is now home to The Sister Hotel, which architecture studio Quincoces-Dragò has completed with eclectic interiors. More about The Sister Hotel in Milan sits inside an ancient convent
Brickwork walls, engraved tins ceilings and custom furniture feature in this boutique hotel in Tel Aviv. More about Tel Aviv maternity ward becomes pared-back Vera hotel
Creative agency StyleMood has transformed a 19th-century firehouse in New York City into this cosy members' club. More about Habitas members' clubhouse opens in old New York fire station
Interior design studio ID: SR has transformed seven railway arches in south London into offices for Monmouth Coffee, completing workspaces in simple materials that draw focus to the industrial setting. More about ID:SR converts railway arches into offices for Monmouth Coffee
Five aviation fuel containers on the former Longhua airport in Shanghai have been transformed into art and culture park Tank Shanghai, by local studio Open Architecture. More about Open Architecture converts airport fuel tanks into gallery spaces
American studio Specht Architects has renovated and expanded a "mid-century-utilitarian" carpenters' union hall building to create this hotel near downtown Austin. More about Specht Architects transforms former union hall into Carpenter Hotel in Austin