Design group Circular Economy Manufacturing has created a small factory that uses solar energy to convert plastic waste into household items and city infrastructure on Governors Island. More about Circular Economy Manufacturing creates solar-powered recycling "microfactory" in New York
New York studio OLI Architecture used parametric technology to design the decorative facades of this office complex in Suzhou for biotechnology company Ascentage Pharma. More about Benzene rings inform patterned facades of Ascentage Pharmaceutical Headquarters
Danish studio Spacon & X preserved "different layers of unique history" when designing the Folk Kombucha brewery, which is set within a listed building in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District. More about Spacon & X adds kombucha brewery to 1930s functionalist building in Copenhagen
UK studio Most Architecture has converted an industrial shed in west London into an all-black-and-white showroom and production facility for electric car start-up Charge Cars. More about Most Architecture creates micro factory with "everything on display" for Charge Cars
An exposed concrete structure adds a sense of rhythm to Mallcom Factory, a PPE factory designed by Indian practice Iksoi Studio. More about Iksoi Studio celebrates functionality with exposed concrete grid in Indian factory
Canadian studio Hemsworth Architecture has completed a mass timber factory wrapped in vertical cedar slats, nestled in British Colombia's Squamish Valley. More about Hemsworth Architecture wraps Canadian mass timber factory in cedar slats
Local studio Atelier Guy Architects has completed an all-timber office and factory for engineering firm SmartMill in Lévis, Quebec. More about Atelier Guy uses mass-timber structure for Canadian wood company facility
Minneapolis-based architecture studio MSR Design has installed a tech campus within the shell of a 70-year-old abandoned steel mill in Pennsylvania, adding three colourful buildings and a massive solar array to the rooftop. More about MSR Design places colourful buildings and walkways in skeleton of Pittsburgh steel mill
Local studio SSdH has designed a split-level, mezzanine-style apartment characterised by eclectic furniture, which is housed within an old chocolate factory in Melbourne. More about SSdH tucks Melbourne warehouse apartment into former chocolate factory
British studio Glenn Howells Architects has unveiled its design for the BBC headquarters in Birmingham, which will be located in the historic Typhoo Factory in the Digbeth area. More about Glenn Howells Architects to turn Typhoo tea factory into BBC Birmingham HQ
Indian architecture studio Morphogenesis referenced traditional housing when creating this stone-covered skincare factory in the village of Lodsi in India. More about Morphogenesis creates stone-clad skincare factory in Himalayan foothills
A thin concrete colonnade on a perforated brick base forms the Ningwu Oatmeal Factory in Shanxi province, China, which has been designed by Beijing architecture studio JSPA Design. More about Concrete colonnade wraps oatmeal factory in China by JSPA Design
Italian architecture studio Piuarch has completed a production factory for fashion brand Fendi in Florence, which features a green roof to "look like a raised garden". More about Piuarch tops Fendi factory with green roof to blend into Tuscan landscape
Diez + Muller Arquitectos has extended the corporate offices of an industrial company in Ecuador with a sinuous concrete structure. More about Diez + Muller Arquitectos completes sinuous office block attached to Ecuadorian factory
American studio ZGF Architects has adapted a historic Ford Motor Company factory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania into a biomedical research laboratory by renovating existing structures and creating a cantilevered terracotta-clad addition. More about ZGF transforms Pittsburgh Ford Assembly plant into research facility
New York architect Neil Logan and local studio Dutton Architecture have transformed an out-of-use IBM call centre in Kingston into a factory and headquarters for lighting company RBW. More about Neil Logan installs RBW headquarters at former IBM campus in New York
Facades at this factory in an industrial park near Ho Chi Minh City are filled with layers of greenery that provide shelter from the rain and sun, as well as helping to purify the air. More about Plant-covered facades wrap Vietnamese factory by G8A Architects and Rollimarchini Architects
Davies Toews Architecture has overhauled a factory building in Ridgewood, Queens to serve as a mixed-use commercial and arts space. More about Davies Toews Architecture refurbishes industrial Queens building
A large steel-clad cube encloses the Dance House in Helsinki, which local architecture studios JKMM and ILO architects have created by converting and extending part of a former cable factory. More about JKMM and ILO architects extend Helsinki's Cable Factory with metal-clad dance centre
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