Swedish architecture practice Claesson Koivisto Rune used midnight-blue surfaces and "dreamlike" wall illustrations to create a timeless aesthetic inside this Stockholm bar. More about Portal bar in Stockholm designed to "exist outside of time"
A house-shaped reading nook and colourful paintwork are among the playful features in this school for the children of refugees living in Tel Aviv, which has been overhauled by a team of local architects and designers. More about Colourful booths enliven Hayarden school for children of refugees in Tel Aviv
Sliding partitions and bright white surfaces helped Spanish studio Lucas y Hernández Gil open up this Madrid apartment, which previously contained a rabbit warren of rooms. More about Lucas y Hernández Gil trades walls for sliding partitions inside Casa P82
Architecture studio Naturehumaine has designed a minimal plywood stair with a children's play nook for this house in Montreal, as part of its renovation and extension. More about Plywood features in Montreal house renovation and extension by Naturehumaine
Frida Escobedo, Michel Rojkind and Tatiana Bilbao are among the Mexico City-based architects who have opened their studios to photographer Marc Goodwin for his latest set of images. More about Photos show Mexico City architects' studios of Escobedo, Rojkind and more
Concrete, clay and dark blue wallpaper line the walls and ceilings of this darkly atmospheric apartment in Taipei, Taiwan, designed by locally based studio Wei Yi International Design Associates. More about Wei Yi International Design Associates creates grey-toned apartment in Taipei
West Coast-based R&A Architecture + Design has fused two buildings on the national historic register in downtown Portland, Oregon, to create a new "house of welcome" for the city. More about R&A combines two iconic buildings to create Portland's Woodlark Hotel
A counter covered in Max Lamb's colourful man-made marble provides the focal point of this cafe and bookshop in Hamilton, Canada. More about Synonym cafe features "cosy corners" by Atelier Barda
Anyscale Architecture Design made only subtle interventions to this centuries-old building in rural China to transform it into this boutique hotel, which features a host of original decor details. More about Wuyuan Skywells hotel occupies a 300-year-old building in rural China
Co-working company WeWork has completed these headquarters in New York's SoHo for a wellness venture led by Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington. More about WeWork designs "relaxed and soft" Manhattan offices for Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global
Angela Ahrendts, the "transformative force" behind Apple Store designs, will leave her position at the tech company this spring. More about Apple's head of retail Angela Ahrendts to step down
A stainless steel wall with rose-tinted windows sits at the centre of the Wellsky store in Hangzhou, China, designed by Xian Xiang Design. More about Stainless steel partition frames fashion boutique by Xian Xiang Design
American studio Klopf Architecture has overhauled a low-slung, plywood-clad home in northern California, which was built by visionary developer Joseph Eichler following the second world war. More about Klopf Architecture updates mid-century Eichler home in Silicon Valley
Colours inspired by the Mexican city of Monterrey are used to decorate the interior of this taco restaurant in Vigo, Spain by locally based designer Erbalunga Estudio. More about Erbalunga Estudio creates restaurant interior inspired by its Mexican menu
MSDS Studio championed the "explicit materiality" of coarse concrete columns and floors when designing the offices for an advertising agency, located inside a former car factory in Toronto. More about Agency 59 office by MSDS celebrates "rawness" of historic Toronto car factory
A modernist house built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon in Hertfordshire, England, has been given a new life with a renovation by architecture studio Coppin Dockray. More about Coppin Dockray mixes contemporary and mid-century in renovation of Jørn Utzon's Ahm House
To celebrate Chinese New Year and the Year of the Pig, we've collected examples of Chinese restaurants with mouth-watering interiors from around the world. More about 10 restaurants for pigging out in style during Chinese New Year
New York-based practice Grzywinski + Pons looks to overcast skies and industrial posters from the 1800s to design the interiors of this Locke hotel in Manchester, England. More about Grzywinski + Pons transforms 19th-century cotton mill into Whitworth Locke hotel
Russian studio Asketik has designed a cafe with bright white interiors in Moscow, offset with many indoor plants to soften the industrial space. More about Asketik creates stark white coffee shop in Soviet silk factory
Our new Pinterest board is dedicated to interiors that feature arches, including a Chinese cafe-cum-cocktail bar with emerald green walls and a rippled rose gold ceiling and a bookshop with imposing steel archways. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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