UK architecture firm Michaelis Boyd's boutique hotel in Williamsburg is now open to guests, and will soon boast the area's first grand ballroom, a rooftop pool and a water-tower bar offering New York skyline views. More about The Williamsburg Hotel by Michaelis Boyd welcomes guests as part of phased opening
Studio PCH and Montalba Architects have converted a 1950s beachfront hotel into Nobu's Ryokan Malibu – the first in a line of high-end, Japanese-inspired retreats. More about Nobu opens Japanese-influenced oceanside hotel in Malibu
Dezeen promotion: a perforated, cylindrical cultural centre in Miami and bespoke Danish-designed guestrooms in a New York hotel are among the shortlisted projects for this year's Awards for Hospitality Experience and Design Americas. More about Shortlist revealed for inaugural AHEAD Americas hospitality awards
A former bank in the City of London designed in 1924 by British architect Edwin "Ned" Lutyens has been converted into a lavish hotel, club and dining venue by Soho House and named "The Ned" in his honour. More about Edwin Lutyens' Midland Bank reopens as hotel and members' club The Ned
Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura has helped to revive a former farming village in the Alentejo region as a high-end hotel, featuring whitewashed interiors and original vaulted ceilings. More about Eduardo Souto de Moura transforms Portuguese farming village into luxury retreat
With the AIA 2017 conference currently taking place in Orlando, we've reprised our series on postmodern architecture and design for a one-off special, spotlighting an iconic pair of buildings in the Florida city: Michael Graves' colourful hotels for Disney World. More about Postmodern architecture: Walt Disney World Dolphin and Swan Hotels by Michael Graves
Located in a brutalist former bank headquarters in Stockholm, Universal Design Studio's latest project, the At Six hotel, is home to one of Europe's most significant hotel art collections. More about Universal Design Studio inserts a hotel into a brutalist building in Stockholm
Tate Harmer has unveiled designed for a stone- and timber-covered hotel at the Eden Project ecological park in Cornwall, England. More about Tate Harmer reveals plans for £8.5 million hotel at the Eden Project
In our final movie from the AHEAD Asia awards last month, Australian architect Kerry Hill says he doesn't believe in "plonk architecture" and instead approaches every building differently. More about I don't believe in plonking "a Gehry here, a Gehry there", says Kerry Hill
The industrial character of this 19th-century whiskey factory in Philadelphia was retained during its conversion into an Italian restaurant and boutique hotel. More about Philadelphia whiskey factory converted into shabby-chic Wm Mulherin's Sons hotel and restaurant
British photographer Nick Hufton of Hufton + Crow has visited the Treehotel in northern Sweden to capture its seven unusually themed woodland suites. More about Hufton + Crow's new photographs capture Sweden's Treehotel at sunrise and dusk
In our next movie from the AHEAD Asia 2017 awards, Singapore architect Colin Seah explains the concept behind COO, a new hostel and bistro aimed at young, design-conscious travellers on a budget. More about Ministry of Design targets millennial travellers with COO concept hostel
Dishevelled surfaces and industrial details create a shabby-chic aesthetic at this hostel in Chicago, where guests are encouraged to interact with each other via Instagram before their stays. More about Chicago hostel The Hollander connects guests on Instagram prior to arrival
High-end hotels and resorts are moving away from "gold, marble and chandeliers" to instead offer guests unique experiences, say AHEAD Asia jury members in this movie Dezeen produced for the hospitality awards scheme. More about Luxury hotels are swapping glitz for experience, say AHEAD Asia awards judges
Timber-clad rooms are stacked vertically and rotated around a spiral staircase to form this hotel in China's Anhui province, treating guests to 360-degree views of the surrounding tree-covered mountains. More about Stacked boxes form Bengo Studio's towering Tree House hotel in rural China
More than 20 Italian companies produced custom furniture for the Casa Flora holiday apartment, which aims to bring contemporary design to the canals of Venice. More about Hallmarks of traditional Venice reinvented in Casa Flora holiday flat by Diego Paccagnella
3Gatti Architecture Studio has unveiled a vision for an eco-resort in a Latvian forest, featuring pavilions topped with inflatable roofs that look like pine cones. More about Inflatable pine cones top guesthouses and spa envisioned by 3Gatti Architecture Studio
The artist Banksy has opened an "all-inclusive vandals resort" in Bethlehem, five metres from the wall that separates Israel from the Palestinian West Bank. More about Banksy opens art-filled Walled Off Hotel on Israeli West Bank barrier
Brooklyn-based Studio Tack has transformed a 1960s guesthouse in upstate New York into a boutique hotel with snug interiors and impressive mountain views. More about Studio Tack transforms old motor lodge into cosy mountain retreat in New York's Catskills
London-based architecture firm Tonkin Liu has revealed its plans for a family of fritted-glass skyscrapers, which will be arranged around a central plaza in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou. More about Tonkin Liu reveals tapering tower complex for Zhengzhou