Australian architect Nicholas Gurney has used bespoke joinery, sliding partitions and moveable furniture to make the most of limited space inside this 24-square-metre apartment in Sydney. More about Japanese organisational technique informs layout of Sydney micro apartment
Danish homeware brand Carl Hansen & Son built a mock apartment featuring rich colours and mid-century furniture for its Salone del Mobile installation during Milan design week. More about Carl Hansen & Son builds faux apartment to explore how furniture makes a home
Israeli architect Pitsou Kedem has updated an apartment in the ancient port of Jaffa, Tel Aviv, adding arched windows and door frames that echo the form of the traditional vaulted ceilings. More about Pitsou Kedem adds white plaster and black iron surfaces to vaulted Jaffa apartment
A public and private street flank this former warehouse in east London, which local studio vPPR has converted into a mixed-use development containing shops and apartments. More about vPPR converts former Shoreditch warehouse into shops and flats linked by private walkway
A screen of decorative terracotta blockwork fronts this apartment block in Ho Chi Minh City by Sanuki Daisuke Architects, which features planted courtyards in its centre. More about Ho Chi Minh apartment block features patterned terracotta facade and garden pockets
Toronto-based StudioAC has remodelled the interior of a local apartment for a young client, balancing a bright and open living space with a cosy bedroom tucked away inside a millwork box. More about White box forms sleeping nook in Toronto loft by StudioAC
Burnt-orange walls, velvet upholstery and handmade rugs feature inside the pseudo apartment that London design brand Sé created for this year's Milan design week. More about Sé pairs rich tones with golden details for apartment at Rossana Orlandi's Milan showroom
Two show apartments have opened inside Zaha Hadid Architects' 520 West 28th project, nearing completion in New York's Chelsea. More about Model apartments offer a taste of life inside Zaha Hadid's New York condo building
Los Angeles architecture studio CHA:COL has renovated an apartment for a writer, which features bespoke millwork and decor based on popular mobile video game Monument Valley. More about Custom furniture follows lines of geometric graffiti in live-work loft by CHA:COL
This apartment inside a São Paulo block designed by the late modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer has been overhauled to reveal its original ribbed ceiling and board-marked concrete walls. More about SuperLimão strips back São Paulo apartment in Oscar Niemeyer-designed building
This loft apartment in a former tank station in the Austrian city of Salzburg features a sweeping concrete staircase and a glass shower cubicle that cantilevers over the living space. More about Smartvoll adds sculptural concrete staircase to loft apartment in old Salzburg tank station
Studio Course has overhauled the upper level of a penthouse apartment in Pune, west India, creating mix of indoor and outdoor rooms that surround a rooftop garden. More about Penthouse apartment in India revamped by Studio Course to mimic a traditional veranda
MVRDV has revealed its design for a pair of mixed-use towers in The Hague, which will feature natural stone facades that stagger into wooden outdoor spaces on top. More about MVRDV unveils pair of stone towers for The Hague topped with "crown of terraces"
Dezeen is giving five readers the chance to win a copy of Residents: Inside the Iconic Barbican Estate, which features photographs of apartments inside the brutalist complex. More about Competition: win a book showcasing 22 apartments inside the brutalist Barbican estate
Bonba Studio has transformed an office in Barcelona's Eixample district into a two-bedroom flat featuring traditional vaulted ceilings and multi-hued surfaces. More about Tiled surfaces and vaulted ceilings add character to Barcelona flat by Bonba Studio
A zigzag forms the junction between warm-coloured carpet and grey tiling in this Barcelona home, which has been overhauled by local studio Arquitectura-G, and also features vaulted ceilings. More about Zigzags and arches feature in renovated Barcelona flat by Arquitectura-G
Spheron Architects used mirrors, wooden cabinets and white net curtains to furnish this 26-square-metre room in London, creating a space for an artist to live and work as a hermit. More about Artist can live life of solitude in micro apartment that emulates a religious retreat
This renovated Manhattan apartment by Russian architect Peter Kostelov features tucked-away furniture that pulls out to suit the needs of its user. More about Peter Kostelov creates transformable rooms for New York apartment
A geometric staircase and eclectic furniture feature alongside wooden surfaces in this apartment in northern Italy, which was renovated by Italian office Jab Studio and boasts views of the mountains. More about Jab studio creates rustic interior for Alpine loft overlooking the mountains
Swiss architect Gus Wüstemann has subdivided a 19th-century building in Zurich into nine flats with concrete and chipboard finishes that complement its existing vaulted ceilings and stone walls. More about Gus Wüstemann arranges nine apartments around rugged stone wall in Zurich