Creamy brick walls, terracotta tiles and tropical plants feature in this São Paulo apartment by Brazilian designer Melina Romano, which is intended to feel "modern and bucolic". More about Melina Romano fills São Paulo apartment with earthy elements and muted hues
Dezeen promotion: Construction is underway on an apartment building in Munich, Germany, designed by David Chipperfield for Euroboden. More about David Chipperfield designs apartment block in Munich for Euroboden
Brooklyn practice Arnold Studio has designed this light-filled apartment inside a historic brick house in the borough's Clinton Hill neighbourhood. More about Arnold Studio modernises 19th-century Brooklyn house with black and white
Floor-to-ceiling curtains carve up the interior of this open-plan apartment in Bilbao, Spain, which has been overhauled by architecture studio Azab. More about Azab swaps partitions for pale-blue curtains inside Bilbao family home
Monochrome interiors create a minimal backdrop to artworks by William Klein, Ellen von Unwerth and Bill Viola inside this renovated loft in central London. More about Art takes centre stage in monochrome London loft by Originate
Argentinian architects Hernan Landolfo and Marcos Asa have extended an apartment in Buenos Aires and reorganised the living spaces around a double-height atrium with an olive tree growing in the centre. More about Hernan Landolfo and Marcos Asa top courtyard house in Argentina with glass extension
Built-in furniture and storage elements made from MDF feature inside this Barcelona apartment, which has been overhauled by local architecture practice MH.AP Studio. More about An Attic for David in Barcelona features a cosy interior crafted from MDF
Architecture studio Bonell+Dòriga has revamped an apartment in Ricardo Bofill's Walden 7 in Barcelona, dotting its interior with colourful geometric elements that reference the building's facade. More about Bonell+Dòriga carries out understated overhaul of Walden 7 apartment
Architecture studio Sārānsh has used an array of materials to define the different living zones of this open-plan studio apartment in Ahmedabad, India. More about Sārānsh combines concrete, blue tiles and teak inside India's MD Apartment
Sunny yellow surfaces feature extensively throughout this duplex apartment in Barcelona, which has been refreshed by local studio Arquitectura-G. More about Arquitectura-G completes sunshine-yellow Barcelona apartment for "nuclear family"
California firm LOHA has incorporated stepped terraces and outdoor corridors into this four-storey apartment building in Los Angeles. More about LOHA creates Dillon617 apartment complex in LA's Silver Lake
Foster + Partners has released visuals of Qianhai Talents' Apartments, an apartment block with co-living spaces that is set to be built in Shenzhen, China. More about Foster + Partners reveals visuals of co-living apartment block in China
CF Møller Architects has revealed photos of the Kajstaden Tall Timber Building, which has recently completed in the city of Västerås and is Sweden's tallest timber building. More about CF Møller Architects reveals Sweden's tallest timber building
A growing number of designers are ridding homes of nondescript magnolia walls and instead painting surfaces a rainbow of colours. We pick out seven striking examples. More about Seven vibrant homes that use colour to make a statement
A baby-pink kitchen and a colourful patchwork carpet help revive the interior of this formerly lacklustre 1960s apartment in Bilbao, Spain, which has been overhauled by architecture studio Azab. More about Bilbao's Mixtape Apartment has a baby-pink kitchen
Portuguese studio Fala Atelier has used a mint green floor to brighten up the interior of a two-bedroom apartment in Porto. More about Fala Atelier goes bold on colour for Apartment on a Mint Floor
Dutch studio Shift Architecture Urbanism has extended the Oude Dijk monastery in Tilburg with a brick extension with a nursing home and apartments for its residents, the Sisters of Charity. More about Shift Architecture Urbanism adapts historic Dutch monastery for ageing residents
A bubblegum-pink kitchen and a stripey watermelon-green floor are some of the features inside this Tokyo apartment, which designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has completed in a sugar-sweet colour palette. More about Adam Nathaniel Furman's Nagatachō Apartment is designed to be a "visual feast"
NC Design & Architecture has applied an array of naturally flawed materials throughout this Hong Kong apartment, which has been designed in accordance with the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi. More about Hong Kong's Imperfect Residence embraces the values of wabi-sabi
Studio Razavi has abandoned excessive decoration for simple plaster walls and arched niches inside this Lyon apartment, which is meant to channel a sense of calm. More about Studio Razavi completes "introspective" Apartment XVII in historic Lyon neighbourhood