Carlotta Di Sandro and Cecilia Marcheschi of Atelier Vago have added pops of bright blue and yellow to the Pailunga creative space in a deconsecrated chapel near Pisa, Italy. More about Atelier Vago transforms Tuscan chapel into "house for art"
Slovakian architecture firm Alan Prekop Studio turned this former office in Bratislava into a flexible apartment by adding a space-saving custom-built steel structure. More about Alan Prekop Studio turns disused office into apartment for artists
French architect Jean Nouvel has overhauled a 19th-century department store alongside the Louvre in central Paris to create a new home for the Fondation Cartier, featuring moveable gallery spaces. More about Jean Nouvel arranges Fondation Cartier around five giant moving floors
Architecture studio 11 x 17 had to leave historic details intact when converting a restaurant in a mixed-use building in Denver, Colorado, into a gallery space for the Architectural League of New York. More about Denver pizza restaurant transformed into modular gallery by 11 x 17
Local architecture practice Studio Dera has transformed a disused swimming pool into The Pool, a multifunctional, light-filled teaching space for Waltham Forest College in London. More about Studio Dera converts disused swimming pool into flexible teaching space
New York-based studios GLO and Present Forms transformed a former tobacco warehouse in Hudson into a community education and arts centre. More about GLO and Present Forms create "Swiss Army knife" community centre in Hudson
Countries in Europe's former Eastern Bloc are working out what to do with the architectural legacy of communism. Here, we round up six recent examples of adaptive reuse projects that have given buildings for the era a new lease of life. More about Six Soviet-era buildings given contemporary transformations
London studio David Chipperfield Architects has converted the former US Embassy building in Mayfair, created by architect Eero Saarinen, into a hotel designed as a "palace on the park". More about David Chipperfield Architects transforms Saarinen-designed US Embassy into The Chancery Rosewood
Japanese studio Schemata Architects has converted an old factory on the island of Teshima into a cafe, swapping its metal walls with polycarbonate that allows light into the building. More about Schemata Architects turns ironworks on former "garbage island" into cafe and brewery
International studio MASS Design Group renovated and adapted six derelict factory buildings into a mixed-use community hub in New York's Hudson Valley. More about MASS Design Group turns historic New York factory into community hub
Local firms Good City Studio and Hexagon Studio Architects have converted the main turbine hall of a historic Philadelphia power plant into Ballers, a sports club that includes indoor pickleball, soccer and squash courts. More about Philadelphia power plant transformed into sports venue
Furniture built from doors and stairs made by "flipping" concrete floors feature inside this community hub, which architect Søren Pihlmann has created in a 1960s factory and opened up as part of Copenhagen Architecture Biennial. More about Pihlmann Architects turns floors into staircases and facades into pavements at Thoravej 29
Design firm Wendover has converted the former St John's Wood police station in northwest London into a block of nine rental apartments, organised around a central courtyard. More about Wendover converts London police station into rental housing
A pared-back concrete showroom with an arched glass-brick ceiling sits next to a historic salon filled with collectible design at fashion brand Acne Studios' latest headquarters, designed together with Stockholm-based Halleroed. More about Acne Studios unveils art-filled Paris headquarters in former laboratory
Adaptive reuse is becoming an increasingly valued approach to architecture, but can be tricky to pull off. Dezeen spoke to specialists about the skills architects need to tackle projects successfully. More about Adaptive reuse requires architects to get "hands on" say experts
Berlin-based Studio Wijsman has updated an apartment housed in a former sugar refinery in Amsterdam, using materials including stone and stainless steel to complement the building's industrial heritage. More about Studio Wijsman designs "elemental and intimate" interior for converted Amsterdam apartment
Promotion: car brand Bentley has transformed its art deco-style B1 building in Crewe into a specialist design studio, which aims to celebrate the site's heritage while focusing on the company's future. More about Bentley renovates industrial art deco building into innovative studio for its designers
The industrial character of a former warehouse has been playfully subverted to create this multipurpose events space in Madrid, Spain, designed by local architecture practice Burr Studio. More about Burr Studio converts Madrid warehouse into skylit events space
US studio David Baker Architects has used pine wood, polycarbonate panels and steel for the adaptation of a 1900s masonry building into the Wyatt Builds office space in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. More about David Baker Architects utilises "small but mighty" details in brick building conversion
American studio Kennedy & Violich Architecture has adapted a vaulted 1960s ice skating pavilion into an education building with workshops in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. More about KVA transforms vaulted concrete Colorado sports facility into arts hub