Wooden box shelves and planters populate the gridded metal framework installed around the perimeter of this cafe in Beijing by design collective Penda (+ slideshow). More about Penda's indoor planting modules provide a "green oasis" inside Home Cafe
Stockholm-based Note Design Studio used photographs of Death Valley to inform the pastel colour scheme for this restaurant and coffee shop in the Swedish capital (+ slideshow). More about Note Design Studio uses desert colours in Stockholm bistro
Wooden planks add warmth to the otherwise monochrome interior of this bakery and coffee shop in Montreal by local architects Naturehumaine (+ slideshow). More about Au Pain Doré bakery by Naturehumaine features slatted wood ceiling
Agence Jouin Manku has upgraded the interior of a hotel and restaurant in the French monastic city of Fontevraud using a palette of wood, metal and fabric to complement the original stone building – a former priory (+ slideshow). More about Agence Jouin Manku transforms Saint-Lazare priory into modern hotel and restaurant
Continuous wooden elements create treads in both upper and lower sections of this U-shaped staircase at a Mumbai apartment by Mexican studio Arquitectura en Movimiento Workshop . More about Waves of wood form staircase at SDM Apartment by Arquitectura en Movimiento Workshop
Interior architecture firm Amos and Amos has completed two penthouse apartments in London, featuring furniture and accessories by British designers including Tom Dixon, Lee Broom and Bethan Gray (+ slideshow). More about Amos and Amos champions British design in penthouses at 21 Wapping Lane
Exposed concrete surfaces are paired with brass details at this children's footwear boutique and small apartment in Belgium by Antwerp studio ONO Architectuur (+ slideshow). More about ONO Architectuur uses concrete and brass in De Ruyte children's shoe shop
Holes in a wrought iron platform are filled with planted rockeries at this Kobe showroom by Yuko Nagayama & Associates for Japanese fashion brand Sisii (+ slideshow). More about Sisii showroom by Yuko Nagayama & Associates is interspersed with rockeries
Dutch studio i29 has designed a minimal stainless-steel kitchen island for a classical Paris apartment (+ slideshow). More about Slim kitchen island installed at Home 10 by i29
An old farmhouse in France's picturesque Loire Valley has been converted into a summer retreat by Paris architects Septembre (+ slideshow). More about Septembre converts old French farmhouse into holiday home
Taiwan studio Tai & Architectural Design kept this apartment in Taipei "as minimal as possible" so it can be easily reverted to its original state (+ slideshow). More about Tai & Architectural Design keeps it simple for Taipei apartment interior
Japanese architect Kotaro Horiuchi has created a white cave-like space in his office by hanging sheets of glass fibre paper from the ceiling (+ slideshow). More about Kotaro Horiuchi creates a Paper Cave inside his architecture studio
Los Angeles studio Clive Wilkinson Architects has designed the West Hollywood offices for comedy video production company Funny or Die, which double as a film studio (+ slideshow). More about Clive Wilkinson Architects brings "quirky rawness" to Funny or Die offices
Japanese studio MAMM Design has lowered the kitchen of this apartment in Amsterdam to fit a mezzanine under the steep roof of an 85-year-old housing block (+ slideshow). More about Apartment in Amsterdam by MAMM Design features a sunken kitchen
French studio CUT Architectures have used a steel grid structure to create shelving, seating areas, a kitchen and a climbing frame for this apartment renovation in Paris' 6th arrondissement (+ slideshow). More about Steel structure provides storage and seating at Apartment in the 6th by CUT Architectures
Set designers Robert Storey Studio used the bright colours of Nike's womenswear range to inform the brash interior of this New York presentation space for the sports brand (+ slideshow). More about Robert Storey Studio uses lurid colours to illuminate Nike presentation space
Layers of springy nets stretched across an atrium at the centre of this beach house in Thailand by Bangkok studio Onion create a vertical playground that can be used to travel from the top floor to the bottom (+ slideshow). More about Jerry House by Onion is built around an indoor playground
News: architect Zaha Hadid has designed the interior for a hotel inside her Opus development in Dubai, which will feature sculptural balconies and her installation for this year's London Design Festival (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid reveals interiors for ME Dubai Hotel
Slatted timber panels break up spaces in this concrete-lined office for an advertising agency in Lisbon by local studio ColectivArquitectura (+ slideshow). More about Wooden screens divide TBWA/Lisbon offices by ColectivArquitectura
Lithuanian studio Inblum Architects has divided the Vilnius offices for IT company Wix into two working zones, adding bespoke furniture to create meeting rooms and breakout spaces (+ slideshow). More about Inblum Architects designs Wix offices in Vilnius with glazed meeting rooms