Dezeen promotion: terracotta-coloured tiles by manufacturer Agrob Buchtal help to carve up this dwelling in Lithuania's capital, creating cool and warm-toned areas. More about Terracotta-toned tiles divide Vilnius apartment into two contrasting halves
Built-in wooden units and sheer, full-height curtains soften the otherwise stark interior of this apartment located within a canalside regeneration project near Antwerp. More about Arjaan De Feyter combines "light and warm materials" in converted brewery apartment
Daisuke Motogi Architecture has completed an apartment renovation in Tokyo that features a bathroom and office wrapped in fabric walls with pockets for storing clutter. More about Renovated apartment in Tokyo has storage pockets sewn into its walls
Simon Conder Associates has placed a prefabricated, black-stained timber extension on top of a former warehouse in east London, creating a new home for the designers whose studio occupies the old building. More about Black House is a duplex apartment above a converted Victorian warehouse in Hackney
A kitchen decked out with forest-green plywood cabinets and a shelving unit filled with plants add colour to this otherwise simple apartment in Ukrainian city Lviv, by interior designer Roman Shpelyk. More about Green kitchen and wall of plants add character to low-budget apartment in Ukraine
Montreal architecture studio Atelier Barda has renovated a loft apartment in the city's trendy Mile End neighbourhood, stripping down its interiors to replace them using bespoke finishes and filling the spaces with custom furniture. More about Atelier Barda renovates Montreal apartment with minimalist finishes and custom furniture
New York design studio New Affiliates has placed a plywood sleeping platform between chunky columns at an apartment in Brooklyn, making the most of the building's high ceilings. More about New Affiliates renovates Bed-Stuy Loft with plywood mezzanine and rough materials
A smoked-oak staircase suspended from steel poles joins a flight of tapered terrazzo steps in this Copenhagen apartment, which has been overhauled by local practice Jac Studios. More about Smoked oak and terrazzo steps feature in renovated Copenhagen apartment
This low-lying brick-and-concrete apartment complex was designed by architecture firm Woods Bagot to reflect the scale and materiality of the surrounding buildings in a Melbourne suburb. More about Woods Bagot combines brick and board-marked concrete throughout Elwood House apartments
Francisco Sutherland Architects has slotted a timber structure containing a bathroom, mezzanine and wardrobes into a triplex apartment in London's brutalist Barbican Estate. More about Francisco Sutherland Architects inserts an oak structure into a Barbican flat
Amid rising tensions between North Korea and the rest of the world, a pair of architects have built a full-scale mockup of a Pyongyang apartment, as part of an exhibition in the South Korean capital. More about Seoul Biennale visitors invited to experience replica of a North Korean home
Hong Kong studio Lim + Lu has converted a former printing press into a loft apartment for an artist couple, featuring white walls, sliding steel partitions and bright red pipes. More about Lim + Lu transforms Hong Kong warehouse into home for two artists, four dogs and a cat
White mashrabiya-style screens cover these apartments in Mombasa, Kenya, which Nairobi-based Urko Sanchez Architects designed to provide residents with privacy but also views out to sea. More about White latticed screens encase apartment block in Kenya by Urko Sanchez Architects
Gottesman-Szmelcman Architecture has completed a luxury apartment complex perched atop a cliff in Israel, featuring terraces sheltered beneath latticed canopies that overlook the Mediterranean Sea. More about Perforated canopies shade terraces of cliff-top apartments in Israel
New photos have been released showing one of the homes inside Cast Iron House – the 135-year-old New York building that is being overhauled by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. More about First apartment unveiled inside Shigeru Ban's revamped Cast Iron House
Tel Aviv-based designer Yael Perry renovated this apartment in the Israeli region of Sharon into a "cool, contemporary" space with unexpected colourful accents. More about Yael Perry includes flashes of colour in otherwise muted apartment in Israel
Spanish architects Adrian Elizalde and Clara Ocaña broke down walls to create an open-plan layout for this apartment in Barcelona's Eixample neighbourhood, and lined its new light-filled rooms in warm-toned wood. More about Adrian Elizalde and Clara Ocaña eschew tiles for timber in Barcelona apartment renovation
The whimsical monochrome interior of this Montreal residence, overhauled by Canadian architect Jean Verville, creates optical illusions for its residents to enjoy as they move through the space. More about Jean Verville tricks the eye with black and white Montreal apartment
New York studio Space4Architecture has used only three main materials to decorate a duplex apartment in Tribeca, which was designed around the need for ample storage. More about Tribeca penthouse by Space4Architecture features pale material palette
MWAI Architects has updated an 1960s apartment in Hampstead, London, by rearranging a series of minimalist living spaces around an integrated wooden storage unit. More about Built-in storage redefines layout of 1960s apartment overhauled by MWAI Architects