In this week's comments update, readers are discussing an apartment in Porto with graphic metal facades, curving glass-brick walls and bespoke black and white cabinets. More about "Thank God for the sexy cabinets" says commenter
London studio David Kohn Architects has won an international competition to redesign the SMAK museum in Ghent, Belgium, alongside noAarchitecten and Asli Çiçek. More about Plans for "varied and playful" redesign of Ghent art museum unveiled
Chinese studio AIM Architecture has transformed a series of former oil silos in Changzhou into Cotton Park, a mixed-use community space surrounded by a public garden and play areas. More about AIM Architecture transforms oil silos in China into community park
Italian studio Messner Architects has extended and reconfigured a house in South Tyrol to create three apartments, each with a contrasting exterior finish of plaster, wood and metal. More about Messner Architects clads RVTK apartments in Italy with contrasting facades
Danish architecture studio BIG has opened an office in Santa Monica in a renovated 1928 Spanish revival building designed by iconic Los Angeles architect Paul R Williams. More about BIG opens Los Angeles office in renovated 1920s building
Graphic metal facades and curving glass-block walls characterise this apartment in Porto, which was converted from a ground-floor shop by local architecture studio Fala Atelier. More about Fala Atelier adds geometric "metal masks" to exterior of Porto apartment
Architecture studio Office Winhov has transformed the industrial structures of two former shipyard buildings into a city hall in Den Helder, the Netherlands. More about Office Winhov converts historic maritime structures into Den Helder City Hall
Taiwanese studio Divooe Zein Architects has transformed a series of disused industrial structures outside Taipei into a secluded retreat surrounded by mountains and forest. More about Abandoned mining buildings turned into a "sanctuary for human connection" in Taiwan
US architecture studio Quinn Evans has completed the restoration of Detroit's Michigan Central Station as part of a wider local development by American automotive brand Ford. More about Quinn Evans completes restoration of historic Detroit train station for Ford offices
German studio Alexander Poetzsch Architekturen has converted a former chocolate factory in Dresden into a youth club and assisted living centre for children. More about Alexander Poetzsch Architekturen converts German chocolate factory into supported housing for children
Italian studio Archisbang has transformed a farmhouse outside Turin into a guesthouse, inserting rooms with polycarbonate windows and doors into its existing brick structure. More about Archisbang converts Italian farm building into We Rural guesthouse
A mezzanine and rooftop lounge are among the enhancements by Robert Hutchison Architecture to a former warehouse that has been reborn as a multipurpose venue called Stone Way Auto. More about Robert Hutchison Architecture converts 1950s Seattle building into event space
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features Zaha Hadid Architects' plans to convert a Latvian warehouse into a ferry terminal. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "tastefully understated" ferry terminal plans by ZHA
Dutch studio OMA has converted an early-1900s bakery and warehouse into an arts centre punctuated by 1,000 windows as part of the Little Village development. More about OMA converts derelict Detroit bakery into Lantern arts space
Design studio Space Available has transformed a former warehouse in Bali into a workshop and office space featuring a mezzanine clad in offcuts from its plastic recycling projects. More about Space Available opens closed-loop design workshop and studio in Bali
British studio Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed plans to adaptively reuse a 1960s shipping warehouse in Riga, Latvia, to create the Ropax Ferry Terminal. More about Zaha Hadid Architects to convert Latvian warehouse into ferry terminal
A 36-metre-tall concrete silo has been converted into a dramatic hotel lobby at Bacalan Block – the transformation of a former factory site in Bordeaux into a mixed-use development by Colboc Sachet Architects. More about Vestiges of industry inform hotel complex on former factory site in Bordeaux
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the Kunstsilo art gallery in Norway by Barcelona studios Mestres Wåge Arquitectes, BAX and Mendoza Partida. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "an intelligent re-use of an industrial structure"
Following the opening of the Kunstsilo art gallery in Norway last week, we spotlight six examples of industrial silos that have been adaptively reused around the world. More about Six industrial silos repurposed as unusual homes and public spaces
Three jagged walls delineate the colourful spaces inside this converted barn in Sant Just Desvern, Spain, transformed by Barcelona studio H3O to reference a lightning bolt that struck the building generations ago. More about H3O creates "unpredictable" zigzagging interiors for lightning-struck home