A sweeping, sculptural staircase extends through the centre of this monochrome inner-city loft apartment in Melbourne, Australia, by Adrian Amore Architects. More about Sculptural staircase twists through loft apartment in Melbourne by Adrian Amore Architects
Japanese architect Shimpei Oda has reworked the dark interior of a humble 1920s house in Kyoto to bring natural light into living spaces and create a small gallery that opens to the street (+ slideshow). More about Shimpei Oda reworks humble Japanese house to create light-filled spaces
Fashion house Saint Laurent's creative director Hedi Slimane has designed a new store for the brand in London, with a marbled and mirrored interior similar to the label's flagship retail outlet in Paris (+ slideshow). More about Hedi Slimane opens Saint Laurent store in London
This conceptual restaurant covered in a patchwork of textiles is the final instalment in Polish designer Karina Wiciak's series of fantasy interiors. More about Textile patchwork covers conceptual restaurant by Karina Wiciak
French designer Patrick Norguet has created the interior for a hotel in Nantes featuring compact rooms with wavy white louvred walls enclosing en suite bathrooms (+ slideshow). More about Okko hotel rooms by Patrick Norguet feature bathrooms hidden behind louvred walls
German firm Buero Wagner has designed a bar for mixology company Gamsei with ceramic bottles of ingredients hanging from a metal grid on the ceiling (+ slideshow). More about Buero Wagner suspends bottles of foraged ingredients from ceiling of cocktail bar
Portuguese architect João Branco has converted a small office building in Coimbra into a home by installing softwood joinery that functions as furniture, storage and partitions (+ slideshow). More about Wooden structures combine partitions and furniture inside home by João Branco
Portuguese studio CVDB Arquitectos has created a tapestry museum with vaulted ceilings, marble walls and funnel-shaped skylights inside a twelfth-century hospital building (photos by Fernando Guerra + slideshow). More about Tapestry Museum by CVDB Arquitectos features marble walls and vaulted ceilings
Large glowing letters spell out the Portuguese Spanish word for tea at the front of this tea house in Brazil by architects Estudio 30 51, the third cafe we've featured in the last seven days (+ slideshow). More about Huge glowing letters lead inside El Té tea house by Estudio 30 51
The floors of this open-plan apartment in London by local studio Form Design Architecture are covered with timber boards salvaged from an old Welsh chapel (+ slideshow). More about Warehouse loft by Form Design Architecture with floorboards salvaged from a chapel
Foliage is scattered around the interior of this hotel in Berlin by designers Studio Aisslinger to create an "urban jungle" (+ slideshow). More about Plants create "urban jungle" at 25hours Bikini Berlin Hotel by Studio Aisslinger
Norwegian firm Eriksen Skajaa Architects has redesigned the offices of the team behind the Bergen International Festival, creating an environment that's meant to resemble the backstage areas of a concert. More about Bergen International Festival offices designed to resemble a workshop
Emerging Dutch firm Unknown Architects has renovated a 200-year-old house in Leiden by stripping back its interior, and inserting built-in furniture and a twisting white staircase (+ slideshow). More about Unknown Architects updates 200-year-old house with twisting staircase and wooden furniture
Japanese design studio Nendo has installed screens based on wrought iron fences in the women's clothing section of Tokyo's Seibu department store so it resembles a European city park (+ slideshow). More about Nendo styles Tokyo department store like a European park
Following our earlier story about a tea house in Prague, here's another cafe with vaulted ceilings by Hungarian studio Spora Architects, in a two-hundred-year-old former palace in Budapest (+ slideshow). More about Budapest cafe with vaulted brick ceilings by Spora Architects
Czech studio A1 Architects covered the walls of this cafe in Prague with a tactile mixture of black plaster, coal and pieces of straw, in a modern take on the clay plasters used inside traditional Japanese tea houses (+ slideshow). More about Straw and plaster-lined cafe by A1 Architects based on Japanese tea houses
Dutch firm 8A Architecten has modernised a small labourer's house in Leiden by adding a large oak structure that incorporates a staircase, storage facilities and sofa (+ slideshow). More about 8A Architecten adds combined staircase and sofa to Leiden house
Australian skincare company Aesop has opened a new signature store in Hong Kong that features shelving made from blackened steel, plus sinks made of oak and copper. More about Aesop's Hollywood Road store features pale oak, copper and blackened steel
Japanese architects Sides Core left mineral wool insulation exposed on the ceiling of this hair salon, wrapping light fixtures like vines along pipes and suspending light bulbs at different levels (+ slideshow). More about Hair salon with an exposed ceiling and twisting lights by Sides Core
A landscape of stepped boxes covered in sisal displays products at this Barcelona boutique by local firm Arquitectura-G. More about AOO shop in Barcelona by Arquitectura-G has a stepped sisal display platform