French architect Jean-Christophe Quinton has decorated a Parisian social housing project built on the site of a demolished police station with a curvy limestone facade. More about Scalloped facade fronts Parisian social housing block by Jean-Christophe Quinton
A pair of hill-like buildings define Ascension Paysagère, a French housing project that Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has created on the riverside in the west of Rennes. More about MVRDV creates hill-like housing for "variety of income levels" in France
A birch plywood storage volume that resembles an iceberg helps to divide the living spaces inside this Tel Aviv apartment revamped by Laila Architecture. More about Laila Architecture centres Tel Aviv apartment with birch plywood "iceberg"
New York-based GRT Architects has rearranged the layout of an apartment in the East Village and added warm materials during its renovation. More about GRT Architects combines oak and mosaic tiles for East Village Apartment renovation
Dutch studio Olaf Gipser Architects has worked with housing cooperative BSH20A to create an apartment block in the Netherlands that aims to provide residents with a "communal, sustainable and healthy urban living" environment. More about Planted balconies surround Stories housing in Amsterdam by Olaf Gipser Architects
Polish studio ACOS has used timber joinery to conceal the functional elements of this apartment in Gdańsk, with the aim of creating a calm and tranquil interior. More about Timber joinery "gently cocoons" inhabitants in compact Gdańsk apartment by ACOS
London studio Henley Halebrown has used a palette of reddish-brown concrete and bricks to visually tie together a school and housing in this mixed-use scheme in Hackney, which is one of six projects shortlisted for this year's RIBA Stirling Prize. More about Henley Halebrown completes "hybrid building" in Hackney with red concrete loggia
Local architecture studio Zeller & Moye used an abandoned lot in Mexico City to create a multifamily property called La Ribera with eight townhouses organised around a lush courtyard. More about Zeller & Moye creates earthquake-resistant La Ribera housing block in Mexico City
Architecture studio Fala Atelier has completed a garden apartment for a home in Porto, Portugal, topped by a "concrete crown" inlaid with marble geometry. More about Fala Atelier nestles "very tiny palazzo" in garden of Porto home
A zigzagging form gives extra privacy to the medical staff living in Thai studio Plan Architect's nurse dormitory apartment block at Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok. More about Plan Architect designs apartment block for nurses with zigzagging facade
Bright colours provide an uplifting environment for formerly homeless tenants at a Los Angeles complex with micro-apartments and a community building that was designed by local studio Lehrer Architects. More about Lehrer Architects creates Willowbrook Apartments in LA for disabled veterans
Japanese studio Ryuichi Sasaki Architecture has completed a mixed-use development in Tokyo comprising a community performance space and apartments housed in angular concrete volumes. More about Ryuichi Sasaki creates angular community performance space near Tokyo temple
A dividing wall that's part transparent, part mirrored separates the public and private spaces of this loft apartment in Manhattan, which architect Andrea Leung has renovated for herself. More about Andrea Leung conceals "secret spaces" within renovated Tribeca Loft
Mexican architecture studio Void Studio has completed a small residential development in Tulum called Cuatro Cielos that features internal courtyards and exterior corridors that are designed to promote encounters among the residents. More about Void Studio layers Tulum apartments around pools and courtyards
Design studio Norman Kelley and architect Spencer McNeil have completed Apartment for Chairs, a two-storey unit that features ample space for guests and a diverse collection of chairs. More about Norman Kelley remodels Chicago apartment to showcase chair collection
Copenhagen-based OEO Studio combined muted colours and textured materials to create the interiors for this renovated Tokyo apartment that is characterised by its Japandi design. More about OEO Studio adds Nordic influences to Japandi-style apartment in Tokyo
Balancing natural and industrial materials was a key focus during Brazilian studio Memola Estudio's renovation of this São Paulo apartment. More about Memola Estudio leaves concrete structure exposed for Gale Apartment in São Paulo
Architecture and research studio Gheorghe has inserted two triangular cross-laminated timber structures into a loft in Vienna as part of its renovation of the apartment. More about Caged wooden galleries feature in Puzzle Link apartment by Gheorghe
Los Angeles design studio Part Office has renovated two condominiums on the California coast, as part of a wider conversion of buildings into hybrid residential and office spaces. More about Part Office transforms Venice Beach condos into "calm" live-work units
Architecture studio Groupwork has designed a bronze mesh-covered block of apartments informed by buildings lost in world war two bombings for a site opposite St Mary Redcliffe Church in Bristol, UK. More about Groupwork emulates lost 18th-century buildings with Bristol apartment block