Employees at web consultancy Netlife Research in Oslo can take a moment for contemplation inside one of three wooden rooms dedicated to silence. More about The Monastery by Eriksen Skajaa Architects
Designer Noé Duchaufour Lawrance has fitted out an alpine ski lodge in the French Alps with a trunk-like hearth, curved fir walls and a floating bed. More about Chalet Béranger By Noé Duchaufour Lawrance
Sugary treats are arranged like ingredients for potions inside this dimly lit patisserie in north Athens. More about Sweet Alchemy by Kois Associated Architects
A staircase at the centre of this Amsterdam apartment has risers that are almost but not quite at right angles to the treads. More about Singel by Laura Álvarez Architecture
London studio Gundry & Ducker have added oak booths and stencilled tree-like graphics to the interior of an Italian chain restaurant in Hertfordshire, England. More about ASK Hertford by Gundry & Ducker
The best escape route from a meeting at the Denmark office of toy brand Lego is down a metal slide. More about Lego PMD by Rosan Bosch and Rune Fjord
A neat row of wooden louvers conceals a small sleeping chamber inside the attic staffroom of a hair salon in Hamamatsu, Japan. More about The Grid of Santen by 403architecture
Competition: Dezeen and interior designers Candy & Candy have teamed up to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of their new book The Art of Design, which documents their luxury projects over the last ten years. More about Competition: five books by Candy & Candy to be won
Jars of colourful preserves are treated like precious antiques at this Paris jam shop by French architects Noël Dominguez and Agathe Delecourt. More about La Chambre aux Confitures by Noël Dominguez and Agathe Delecourt
The display system at this Japanese souvenir shop in Paris is just key rings hung on screws in the walls. More about Bukiya by Archiee
A room dedicated to ironing is at the centre of a renovated Barcelona apartment with yellow doors and a spinning mirror. More about An Urban Refuge by Sergi Pons
London studio Blacksheep have completed a pizzeria for celebrity chef Jamie Oliver where a cinema listings board displays the menu and diners can watch chefs at work on vintage televisions. More about Union Jacks by Blacksheep for Jamie Oliver
London designers Sybarite have fitted out this boutique in Bengaluru, India, with a modular system of hourglass-shaped shelves More about Maison boutique by Sybarite
Japanese studio 403architecture laid the patchwork floor of this bedroom using timber stripped from the ceiling. More about The Floor of Atsumi by 403architecture
Clothes and accessories are ensconced in an elaborate lattice of wood at an Amsterdam boutique designed by Dutch studio Doepel Strijkers. More about Stills Flagship Store by Doepel Strijkers
Spinning the wine bottle-shaped shutters in the windows of this Prague shop reveals a wall of wine racks inside. More about Red Pif Restaurant and Wine Shop by Aulík Fišer Architekti
Black frames outline rows of olive oil bottles at this culinary shop in Toronto, while images of olive branches decorate the walls behind. More about TA-ZE by Burdifilek
Japanese architects 403architecture have turned the floor of this refurbished apartment in Hamamatsu into a huge chest of drawers. More about The Difference of Ebitsuka by 403architecture
Diners can climb into wooden booths modelled on railway carriages in the second Fabbrica pizzeria completed by Dutch design studio Tjep. More about Fabbrica Bergen by Tjep
Brazilian architects YTA have converted the spare room of a house into a multimedia library where pine floorboards and industrial lighting climb the walls. More about Digital Library by YTA