A hotel has opened in the upper levels of the Ole Scheeren-designed art centre in Beijing, featuring rooms designed by MQ Studio to be warm and inviting. More about MQ Studio designs The PuXuan hotel inside Guardian Art Center in Beijing
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has teamed up with Starbucks on a coffee house featuring origami-like ceilings and trails of cherry blossoms, designed to offer customers a more theatrical experience. More about Kengo Kuma designs building for Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Tokyo
Austere concrete interiors offset the verdant surroundings of this pair of holiday homes in southwest Sri Lanka, completed by Aim Architecture and Norm Architects. More about Concrete surfaces create "rough luxury" inside K House in Sri Lanka
The best hotels around the world offer guests an authentic local experience, say AHEAD Global awards jury members in this movie Dezeen produced for the awards programme. More about Contemporary hotel design "about authenticity" say AHEAD Global awards judges
Pastel tones and plenty of curves are found within this restaurant, located inside The Spheres at Amazon's headquarters in Seattle. More about Willmott's Ghost restaurant opens inside Amazon Spheres in Seattle
IKEA's research lab Space10 has traded in the "chaotic" open-plan design of its head office in Copenhagen for a more flexible workspace divided with mobile partitions, by local studio Spacon & X. More about Spacon & X brings order to Space10's head office with adaptable partitions
With hot-desking, working from home and co-working on the rise, Space10 co-founder Simon Caspersen calls for the end of the open-plan office. More about "Get rid of the open-plan office" says Space10 co-founder Simon Caspersen
ZAmpone Architectuur has overhauled a 111-year-old industrial building in Brussels to create an office space for an advertising agency featuring triangular structures and soft barriers. More about ZAmpone creates BBDO office inside century-old wine warehouse in Brussels
IKEA has devised the "ultimate guide to bedroom satisfaction" with its own playful version of the Kåma Sutra, which proposes bedroom layouts including Lotus Flower and Doggy Style. More about IKEA Kåma Sutra manual offers more satisfaction in the bedroom
Barcelona studio TAAB6 has renovated a 1930s townhouse in the city's Horta district, Casa JJA, to create a family home that merges contemporary and traditional features. More about TAAB6 uncovers and restores original features in Barcelona townhouse renovation
Distinctive yellow Belgian bricks of the 1930s and 1960s are reinterpreted in this store designed by architect Bernard Dubois for skincare brand Aesop. More about Bernard Dubois channels childhood memories into Aesop interior in Brussels
Sharks suspended in formaldehyde, graphics of oversized pills and flooring patterned with butterflies await high-rolling guests staying in this hotel suite, which British artist Damien Hirst has designed for the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. More about Damien Hirst creates 0,000-per-night hotel suite in Las Vegas
Van Staeyen Interieur Architecten has used built-in furniture and bright colours to create both fun and functionality in a house renovation in Antwerp. More about Block colours and hidden storage feature in Van Staeyen's Antwerp townhouse renovation
Tactile surfaces made from sisal plant fibres helped Master Studio foster an inviting atmosphere inside this pared-back coffee bar in Cape Town, South Africa. More about Sisal covers almost every surface in Pauline's stand-up coffee bar
"Stereotypically male design accents" have been reinterpreted inside Chief, a homey private club for women in senior positions, which has opened in New York City's TriBeCa neighbourhood. More about Chief clubhouse for female executives opens in Manhattan
Lebanese architect Bernard Khoury has refurbished Beirut's underground bunker nightclub B018, adding spine-shaped lamps that double as dancing poles. More about Bernard Khoury gives Beirut's B018 nightclub an even darker upgrade
Our Pinterest board showcases the best-designed bakeries and patisseries, including one with "monolithic" cast in-situ concrete walls and a bike-powered bakery that relies on human exertion in New England. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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London-based hotelier Ennismore has opened a branch of its chain The Hoxton within a historic building in Portland, Oregon, with refreshed modernist-influenced interiors. More about The Hoxton hotel arrives in Portland as brand's first West Coast outpost
A wave of hotels have opened, or been recently revamped across England. From an upscale roadside diner in Oxfordshire, to a listed Georgian manor in Hampshire, here are six of the best. More about Six English hotels with striking interiors
Brazilian studio Pascali Semerdjian Arquitetos has overhauled a São Paulo apartment inside a 1960s building, adding in a semi-circular wooden library to house the owner's extensive book collection. More about Curved bookshelf organises Pascali Semerdjian's VLP apartment in São Paulo