Architectural studio Undecorated has designed an elongated, metal Quonset hut punctuated with dormer windows and filled with loft-style units for an evolving neighbourhood in Detroit. More about Undecorated creates The Caterpillar apartment building in Detroit
White, minimalist living spaces sit within a raw exterior of rough brick walls and galvanised steel openings at this extension to a ground-floor flat in east London, designed by local practice Studio Hallett Ike. More about Studio Hallett Ike adds dark brick extension to London flat
Dutch studio Zecc Architecten has transformed a brick water tower in Utrecht into a series of elevated apartments, using its cylindrical form to provide 360-degree views of the city. More about Zecc Architecten transforms Utrecht water tower into apartments
Brooks + Scarpa has completed an apartment building with a scalloped, textured facade in Los Angeles that offers affordable low-cost housing to young adults that are transitioning out of group homes. More about Scalloped facade fronts supportive housing facility in Los Angeles by Brooks + Scarpa
Tala Fustok Studio has transformed the interior of an apartment in west London into a "calm sanctuary" containing carefully chosen artworks and furnishings influenced by the travels of its owner. More about Tala Fustok fills Hyde Park apartment with contemporary art and vintage furniture
Barcelona studio Parramon + Tahull has renovated a traditional apartment in the city's Gracia neighbourhood, adding birch plywood joinery and ceramic tiling to complement the building's original features. More about Parramon + Tahull adds tiled floors and bespoke joinery to refurbished Barcelona apartment
Designers Matteo Ferrari and Carlota Gallo have transformed a traditional two-storey apartment in Madrid, Spain, into a tranquil home for themselves featuring a pared-back palette of natural materials and crafted details. More about Casa Olivar is a Madrid apartment designed as a "sensorial refuge"
Local studio Starh has completed an office and apartment building on a triangular plot in the Bulgarian city of Varna, featuring cantilevered balconies that extend out towards the nearby sea. More about Angular balconies provide views of the Black Sea at Starh's EOS building
Architecture office OHLAB has renovated a historical apartment building in Palma de Mallorca introducing contemporary elements including a meandering wooden walkway that contrast with the original features. More about OHLAB celebrates historical details at Can Santacilia apartments in Palma de Mallorca
Design studio Coordination has combined two attic apartments into a single penthouse in Berlin, crafting its interiors around the owner's art collection. More about Coordination merges Berlin attic apartments to create artsy penthouse
Architecture office Bureau Fraai used freestanding wooden volumes to organise the interior of this penthouse in the Netherlands, preserving panoramic views of the surroundings from within the living areas. More about Oak-lined boxes delineate living spaces at Bureau Fraai's Panorama Penthouse
A steel kitchen that references London's many fast food shops takes centre stage in this apartment designed by local studio Holloway Li for its co-founder Alex Holloway, which also has a bathtub in the living room. More about London apartment features fish and chip shop-informed kitchen
Local studio Colombo and Serboli Architecture has completed a clean and contemporary renovation of an apartment in Barcelona, spotlighting some of its "imperfect" original features. More about Wabi-sabi philosophy leads revamp of Palau apartment in Barcelona
Sliding panels of thin wooden slats provide shade and ventilation to the interiors of this apartment block in Palma on the island of Mallorca, designed by local architecture studio OHLAB. More about Wood screens and green courtyards define apartment block in Mallorca by OHLAB
Wooden structures supporting net hammocks rise up through the two-storey interior of this apartment in New York's West Village, designed by No Architecture. More about No Architecture inserts "garden folly" into New York duplex apartment
A mixture of colourful tile, stone and metal claddings give a playful character to this residential development in Utrecht, the Netherlands, designed by local practice Space Encounters in collaboration with Mees Visser and Zecc Architecten. More about Space Encounters enlivens Utrecht townhouses with varied materials and finishes
Arched openings frame views of New York City from this triplex penthouse apartment in a Carnegie Hill residential tower, designed and developed by American real estate company Joe McMillan's DDG. More about DDG and IMG outfit penthouse in art deco-influenced Manhattan skyscraper
New York studio Messana O'Rorke has extended its collaboration with skincare brand Malin+Goetz by designing an apartment for its founders on Manhattan's Upper West Side, where special attention was paid to the bathrooms. More about Messana O'Rorke places marble bathrooms in Malin+Goetz founders' New York apartment
Architecture studio Wood Marsh has created the No. 6 Sydney Street apartment block in a suburb of Melbourne, with an exterior of protruding floorplates and mushroom-like columns. More about Wood Marsh references "sinuous curves of nature" in Melbourne apartment block
Furry upholstery, lace curtains and tactile rugs all feature in Flat #6, a São Paulo apartment designed by Studio MK27. More about Studio MK27 combines different textures in São Paulo apartment interior