Paris-based Atelier du Pont has teamed up with Menorca-based Aru Arquitectura to convert a pair of dilapidated old farm buildings into a summer house with a surprising mix of colours and textures. More about Menorca farmhouse converted into vacation home with acid-yellow kitchen
A historic neo-gothic rectory in New York's Harlem has been given new life by Brooklyn-based GRT Architects, through highlighting the building's arched windows and lining spaces with reeded oak panelling. More about GRT Architects converts Harlem rectory into home for an artist
American studio CLB Architects adapted a former Kmart department store into a headquarters for an energy and manufacturing company in Wyoming, adding a weathering steel facade More about CLB Architects converts former Kmart building into manufacturing facility
London practice Stolon Studio has completed The Parks, a housing complex that has been transformed from a group of neglected farm buildings in Herefordshire. More about Stolon Studio converts 15th-century farm building into brick and timber housing complex
Mexican studio Colectivo C733 has helped preserve an 18th-century port customs building, constructing a cultural centre and museum around it using historical adobe and steel in Nayarit, Mexico. More about Colectivo C733 installs museum inside 18th-century Mexican port building
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects and local studio Bureau Cube Partners are set to transform a paper mill in Belgrade, Serbia, into a museum with an elliptical roof informed by the scientific work of Nikola Tesla. More about Zaha Hadid Architects references magnetic forces for Serbian mill conversion
Local studio 5468796 Architecture has renovated an early 20th-century utilities building in Winnipeg, Canada, showcasing the industrial equipment while updating the structure for contemporary usage. More about 5468796 Architecture adds "floating" office floor within preserved pumphouse
Renovations and adaptive reuse continue to be key trends in contemporary architecture. Here, Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson names 10 that exceeded expectations in 2024, including a museum with rotating walls and a plant-covered shopping centre. More about The top 10 building renovations of 2024
Chinese studio People's Architecture Office has converted an old porcelain factory in Jingdezhen into workshops and a gallery using colourful steel and glass extensions. More about PAO transforms Chinese porcelain factory using "plug-in architecture"
A 1969 school building in Singapore with "modern tropical" architecture has been converted into New Bahru, a shopping and dining location by local studios FARM and Nice Projects. More about FARM and Nice Projects turn breeze-block-clad modernist school into lifestyle hub
Milan-based design platform Alcova showcased material and conceptual experimentation for an exhibition spread throughout the rooms of a historic property during Miami art week. More about Alcova brings experimental design to historic hotel for second Miami edition
Austrian studio Delugan Meissl Associated Architects has completed the Expo Cultural Park Greenhouse in China, engulfing a disused steelworks with a mass of curved glass pavilions. More about Delugan Meissl transforms disused steelworks in China with "organic curved pavilions"
Chinese studio Lichao Architecture Design Studio has transformed an abandoned brewery in Zhejiang, China, into a creative park, retaining its industrial character with additions in reclaimed brick and weathered steel. More about Lichao Architecture Design Studio combines "meticulous repair" with modern additions for Wuzhen Rural Brewery
Spanish architecture practice XStudio has inserted a ceramics workshop and apartment into the worn-out shell of an abandoned bar on the island of Gran Canaria. More about XStudio transforms abandoned bar in Gran Canaria into a workshop and apartment
Plywood shelves lined with ceramics are slotted beneath the old oak trusses of Underwing Workshop, a pottery studio that British studio Ashton Porter Architects has created in an English barn. More about Ashton Porter Architects reworks 15th-century barn into tactile pottery studio
Local landscape design studio Surfacedesign has completed Bayfront Park waterfront park in San Francisco using steel elements from a recently demolished portion of the Oakland Bay Bridge. More about Surfacedesign "celebrates material reuse" at San Francisco waterfront park
New York-based GRT Architects has completed a mixed-use complex in Jersey City, which involved restoring three brick warehouses and adding four new levels. More about GRT Architects expands New Jersey warehouses into residences with white brick addition
Abandoned steelworks buildings will be repurposed into public space as part of Danish studio Cobe's design for a city district in Tallinn, Estonia. More about Cobe set to transform "treasure box" steelworks site into Tallinn neighbourhood
After the UK's last coal power station closed last week, the Twentieth Century Society has selected seven projects that demonstrate how the under-threat cooling towers at these "cathedrals of industry" could be reused. More about Decommissioned cooling towers turned into theme parks, music venues and extreme sports centres
US studio Kadre Architects has converted two rundown motels in Los Angeles County into The Sierra, a supportive living complex that serves as a "new housing prototype" for people experiencing homelessness. More about Kadre Architects creates colourful transitional housing in California desert