American interior designer Ken Fulk is behind the pastel palette at this new restaurant and bar in the Miami Design District. More about Ken Fulk chooses candy colours for Swan restaurant in Miami
Gold doorways, amphitheatre-style display shelves and velvet furnishings appear in fashion label Bally's showroom in Milan, which Italian studio Storagemilano has designed to hint at the building's dramatic past. More about Theatrical history informs Storagemilano's overhaul of Bally showroom in Milan
A large, plywood box filled with mushrooms and other low plants sits in the middle of the Olderbrother clothing store in California, designed by the brand's founders. More about Mushroom planter forms focal point at Olderbrother store in Venice Beach
UAE-based studio Roar has completed a nursery school in Dubai that features integrated technologies to encourage active play and introduce children to computer coding. More about Roar's Nursery of the Future is a high-tech learning space for children in Dubai
Japanese studio Puddle has designed a coffee shop inside a ferry terminal building in Hong Kong's Kowloon area, with white, concrete and light wood surfaces to match the existing structure. More about Puddle completes concrete coffee shop at Hong Kong's Star Ferry terminal
Form Hotel founder Tarek Daouk explains how the new boutique hotel in Dubai allows guests to customise their stay, in this movie Dezeen filmed for AHEAD. More about Form Hotel in Dubai invites guests to "curate their own experience"
French architect Jean Nouvel has carried out a subtle update of an old palazzo in Rome to form a series of guest rooms with dilapidated surfaces. More about Jean Nouvel renovates 17th-century palazzo for Rooms of Rome guest suites
Canadian firm Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Architectes has rehabilitated a planetarium in Montreal into an incubator for entrepreneurship and technology, and retaining its viewing area. More about Dow Planetarium revitalised as Centech incubator in Montreal
Patchy grey surfaces and concrete fixtures appear inside this bar in New South Wales, which Australian studio Pattern has designed to reflect the "raw beauty" of late-night eateries in Mexico. More about Pattern completes understated interiors for Locura bar in Byron Bay
A two-storey building with glazed walls houses the new Los Angeles showroom for upscale modern furniture retailer Luminaire. More about Luminaire opens first West Coast location in West Hollywood
A porthole offers a cheeky view into the shower cubicle of this Barcelona apartment, which Colombo and Serboli Architecture has revamped for one of its founders. More about Porthole in Barcelona apartment gives glimpses of bathroom from living area
High-end hotels in the Middle East are becoming increasingly refined and understated, say AHEAD MEA jury members in this movie Dezeen produced for the awards programme. More about New luxury hotels in Middle East "whisper rather than shout" say AHEAD MEA awards judges
Toronto firm StudioAC has outfitted this apartment in an old candy factory with custom arched volumes, exposed elements and white rooms throughout. More about StudioAC links Candy Loft interiors with arched hallways in Toronto
American studio MKCA has created a small, colourful library for the Concourse House, a shelter for women and kids who are transitioning out of homelessness. More about MKCA designs Children's Library for transitional shelter in New York
Pebble-like seats in pastel hues offer students a place to recline in this recreational area, which Igarashi Design Studio has created for an arts university in Tokyo. More about Igarashi Design Studio's Zero Space is filled with furniture based on river-weathered pebbles
New York interior designer Magdalena Keck has used brand-name furnishings and a monochrome palette to create a minimal apartment in Lower Manhattan. More about Magdalena Keck designs art-filled home at Manhattan's Four Seasons Residences
Dark hues are paired with decadent materials in this Sydney apartment, designed by local studio Amber Road to suit a sociable, well-travelled owner. More about Amber Road uses dark tones to furnish 1906 apartment in Sydney
New York studio Champalimaud has renovated an English-style country house in the Hudson Valley, turning it into a cosy hotel with a mix of contemporary decor and vintage furniture. More about Troutbeck hotel in Upstate New York provides snug setting for rustic getaways
Interior design firm Yiduan Shanghai has transformed a 1960s building in Shanghai into a "zen-like" HQ for Hemu, a local clothing brand. More about Yiduan Shanghai completes serene HQ in Shanghai for local clothing brand Hemu
Hotelier Valeri Chekheria explains how his team transformed the headquarters of a Soviet printing press in Tbilisi into the Stamba Hotel in this movie Dezeen produced for the AHEAD hospitality awards. More about Soviet publishing house in Tbilisi transformed into Stamba Hotel