Three Royal College of Art architecture graduates have used stripped scaffolding boards and reclaimed parquet flooring to create a wooden cafe at the school's Battersea campus in south London (+ slideshow). More about Royal College of Art Student Union Cafe by Weston Surman & Deane
The tree-like sculptures growing out of the tables in this canteen by Spanish architects Estudio Nômada are meant to remind diners of eating outdoors. More about A Cantina by Estudio Nômada
This timber-clad cafe by architect Tony Fretton was designed as an upside-down interpretation of the neighbouring Tower of London (+ slideshow). More about Tower Wharf Cafe by Tony Fretton Architects
This pop-up Starbucks coffee shop in Tokyo by Japanese design studio Nendo was designed like a library, where customers ordered drinks by taking books to the counter (+ slideshow). More about Starbucks Espresso Journey by Nendo
Freelance writers and journalists can work for as long as they want without being pestered by waiting staff at this black and white Parisian cafe by local design studio POOL. More about Cafe Craft by POOL
Designer Morag Myerscough used the tweets of a poet to create the bold graphics surrounding this temporary cafe in London. More about MVMNT Cafe by Morag Myerscough
Chocolate appears to be dripping down the walls at this cafe in Opole, Poland, by interior designers Bro.Kat. More about Chocolate Bar by Bro.Kat
London cyclists can hang their bicycles on the walls while they grab a coffee or browse at this Soho store for cyclewear brand Rapha by design studio Brinkworth (+ slideshow). More about Rapha Cycle Club by Brinkworth
Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Justin McGuirk (pictured above, holding the award), photographer Iwan Bann and the Urban-Think Tank team of Venezuela (also pictured above) have won the Golden Lion for best project at the Venice Architecture Biennale for their Torre David/Gran Horizonte installation and cafe. More about Justin McGuirk, Urban-Think Tank and Iwan Baan win best project at Venice Architecture Biennale
Courtyard gardens bite through the walls of this cafe in Japan by Tokyo studio Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects (+ slideshow). More about Tablehat by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects
Hessian sacks, timber planks and wire mesh hint at the former life of this cafe in Tel Aviv, which Studio Ronen Levin and Eran Chehanowitz converted from an orange-packing plant in the historic port of Jaffa that gives the oranges their name. More about Loveat Jaffa by Studio Ronen Levin and Eran Chehanowitz
Visitors are invited to make their mark on the cafe walls of London's Design Museum by ticking boxes on this stripy wallpaper by Dutch designer Richard Hutten. More about Layers wallpaper by Richard Hutten at the Design Museum
This cafe by Harris Butt Architecture is perched on the edge of an active volcano in New Zealand's oldest national park (+ slideshow). More about Knoll Ridge Cafe by Harris Butt Architecture
When asked to draw up plans for a cycle-hire shop in southern China, Dutch studio NL Architects thought it would be fun to put a velodrome on the roof. More about Bicycle Club by NL Architects
Internet giant Google will run this shared workplace for startup technology companies that interior designers Jump Studios have just completed in the area nicknamed Silicon Roundabout in Shoreditch, London. More about Google Campus by Jump Studios
Although it may look a canteen somewhere in south-east Asia, this informal restaurant is actually located in central London. More about East Street by ‘i-am’ Associates
Portuguese designer Inês Aia has inserted a coffee shop and restaurant inside a nineteenth century townhouse in Porto (photographs by José Campos). More about AIA Coffee & Restaurant by Inês Aia
Triangular windows pierce the faceted walls that fold around a cafe in Hangzhou, China. More about Arthouse Cafe by Joey Ho
Following our hotly debated story about the new-look interiors for fast-food giant McDonalds in France, here’s a revamped outlet for rival Burger King in Singapore that's designed to imitate a garden. More about Burger King Garden Grill by Outofstock
Jars of tea and second-hand books are separated in stacked wooden cubes at a Taipei teahouse. More about smith&hsu Teahouse by Carsten Jörgensen