Marta Nowicka & Co has transformed a former St John's Ambulance Station in East Sussex, England, to create a family retreat featuring exposed brick walls and industrial-style finishes (+ slideshow). More about Old ambulance station converted into holiday home by Marta Nowicka & Co
Swiss practice Freiluft has inserted a branching concrete structure inside an old barn in Switzerland's Emmental valley, as part of its conversion into a pair of apartments. More about Freiluft uses concrete "tree" to form rooms within Swiss barn conversion
A book-lined room is concealed behind secret doors in this 17th-century barn conversion carried out by Studio Seilern Architects at an estate in Oxfordshire, England (+ slideshow). More about Studio Seilern hides secret library at the heart of converted English barn
San Francisco firm Terry & Terry Architecture has transformed a century-old brick building into a design agency's headquarters, adding a second level that features a folding glass wall and roof terrace (+ slideshow). More about Terry & Terry converts historic brick building in downtown San Francisco into creative workspace
Studio David Thulstrup has turned a former factory building in Copenhagen into a house for a photographer, featuring a plant-filled atrium and walls of brick, wood and steel (+ slideshow). More about Studio David Thulstrup transforms Copenhagen warehouse into home for a photographer
Sliding barn-style doors inside this pared-back studio space and guesthouse by Seattle-based SHED Architecture and Design hint at the building's past life as a horse stable (+ slideshow). More about SHED transforms Washington horse stable into art studio and living quarters
Architects office Roovice has converted a former warehouse in Miura, Japan, into a bagel shop, replacing the existing walls with polycarbonate panels to make the building more transparent (+ slideshow). More about Roovice transforms wooden warehouse into bagel shop with see-through walls
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Madrid firm Office for Strategic Spaces has used low-budget materials to transform an old industrial building in the Spanish capital into a multi-level workspace for creative startup businesses (+ slideshow). More about Factoría Cultural Matadero Madrid is a creative incubator in a disused Madrid warehouse
Local firm Tom Chung Studio has converted an industrial space in downtown Toronto into a multi-purpose venue with rooms and furniture that can be easily reconfigured. More about Tom Chung transforms factory floor in Toronto into flexible workspace
Pritzker Prize winners Álvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo Souto de Moura have teamed up to renovate a museum at a historic Portuguese monastery and have also added a new contemporary sculpture museum (+ slideshow). More about Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura team up for Portuguese museum project
Transparent glass walls, floors and furniture all feature inside this office block, created by Dutch firm MVRDV in a stripped-out Hong Kong factory (+ slideshow). More about MVRDV creates transparent interior for Hong Kong office block
Eindhoven studio Wenink Holtkamp Architecten has converted a former grain silo in the Dutch city of Deventer into a community food hall overlooking the harbour (+ slideshow). More about Wenink Holtkamp Architecten transforms old Dutch grain silo into street-food market
Studio Farris Architects has integrated an office into a staircase made from stacked timber beams, and installed it inside a renovated barn in West Flanders, Belgium (+ slideshow). More about Stacked beams form Jenga-like workspace inside converted barn in Belgium
Australian studio PHAB Architects has converted a former condensed-milk packing shed into an art gallery and workshop, without losing the building's industrial character and materiality (+ slideshow). More about PHAB Architects transforms 1920s packing shed into a contemporary art gallery
A New York-based co-working company has plans for the UK's underused but iconic red public phone booths: it is transforming them into micro offices for workers on the go. More about Bar Works to transform UK phone boxes into work pods
Residents of the world's largest co-living block will have so many services to hand they may never have to leave the building, according to the entrepreneur behind the London project (+ slideshow). More about World's largest co-living complex promises residents "everything at their fingertips"
Geometric screens based on flag designs flank the windows of this former marine base in Amsterdam, which Bureau SLA has converted into offices to mark the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the European Union (+ slideshow). More about Bureau SLA updates former naval base in Amsterdam with flag-inspired window screens
Dutch design studio PolyLester has created a collection of furniture on wheels that is used to transform an industrial hangar into a venue for exhibitions, workshops, dinners or parties (+ slideshow). More about Mobile furniture by PolyLester provides reconfigurable interior for Amsterdam arts venue
Architect Sam Jacob has unveiled plans to convert a former east-London pub into a home for himself and a nursery, including curving facades and assorted window shapes. More about Sam Jacob to convert former London pub into house and nursery
A kitchen concealed behind a pivoting wooden wall is one of several interventions made to transform an old agricultural warehouse in Almenar de Soria, Spain, into a community events space (+ slideshow). More about Valentín Sanz converts former warehouse into community centre with a foldaway kitchen