An LA-based team comprised of Mouthwash Studio and Aunt Studio has designed Mexican restaurant with ample patio space underneath a railway in the city's Chinatown neighbourhood. More about Cafe Tondo designed to "fill the void" of social spaces in Los Angeles
A luxury grocery store featuring interiors by Brooklyn designer Sarah Carpenter with a curated art program and sculptural floral displays has opened in New York City's Tribeca neighbourhood. More about Meadow Lane "reimagines the grocery experience" in Tribeca
Japanese design firm Studio Aluc "deliberately retained traces of past craftsmanship" to transform a historic machiya residence into a short-stay hotel in Kyoto. More about Studio Aluc turns 100-year old Kyoto townhouse into hotel
Canadian studio Ste Marie has created three interconnected yet distinct hospitality venues at the base of a residential tower in Edmonton, Alberta. More about Ste Marie designs trio of atmospheric hospitality venues in Edmonton
Melbourne-based Studio Edwards has collaborated with local fashion brand LOWF to create Shift Space – a relocatable modular retail system. More about Studio Edwards creates "mobile architecture" for retail spaces
The museum dedicated to the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has expanded into the former home of her sister, where exhibitions designed by Rockwell Group offer glimpses into the artist's private life. More about Frida Kahlo's family home in Mexico City opens as Museo Casa Kahlo
This lookbook compiles bathrooms with unlikely textural, material and colour combinations, creating dramatic schemes in rooms renowned for sterility. More about Seven bathrooms with contrasting materials that reject uniformity
The Museum of Modern Art's retail space in Soho, New York, has undergone a major renovation by Brooklyn architecture studio Peterson Rich Office. More about MoMA Design Store receives refresh from Peterson Rich Office
French design firm Studio Asaï has revamped a residence in Paris informed by the vibrant nightlife of London's "swinging sixties". More about Studio Asaï blends "French classicism with British eccentricity" in Parisian apartment
LA-based Manola Studio has renovated a 1940s motel to create a boutique hotel close to the north entrance to Joshua Tree National Park. More about Manola Studio turns former motel into desert oasis near Joshua Tree
Architecture studio Snøhetta has designed an experiential retail space in New York's SoHo neighbourhood that is intended to be an ever-evolving canvas for innovation. More about Snøhetta creates "ephemeral" retail concept lab in New York
The interiors of vintage limousines informed this Montreal bar and restaurant, in which locally based Ivy Studio has combined red velvet and dark wood panelling. More about Ivy Studio designs "bold and glamorous" Montreal restaurant
Design gallery The Future Perfect has opened its fourth location in a landmarked 1920s building in Miami's Little Haiti, which is rumoured to be one of the city's "most haunted residences". More about The Future Perfect opens Miami design gallery at "haunted" Villa Paula
A countertop made entirely from recycled plastic anchors this colourful bar in Denver, Colorado, designed and co-owned by local studio Wunder Werkz. More about Wunder Werkz chooses "humble materials" for Semiprecious bar in Denver
From a Japanese book lover's house to a brutalist holiday home in Mexico, the living rooms compiled in this lookbook feature lofty ceilings and interiors to match. More about Seven double-height living rooms with a sense of high drama
Architect Danish Kurani has developed a prototype for a "connected" classroom, designed to enable expert teachers to remotely provide lessons to students in rural communities. More about Connected Classroom by Danish Kurani allows teachers to reach rural students in Alabama
Bright yellow upholstery and formica pops against a 1970s colour palette inside this sandwich shop in Montreal, designed by local studio MRDK. More about "Understated nostalgia" defines Montreal sandwich shop by MRDK
Local art collective Xpan has created a store in Guadalajara lined with modular aluminium shelving that can be rearranged and shifted depending on the needs of the space. More about "Metabolic systems" inform modular Guadalajara store by Xpan
US studio Spaced Agency has built out the street level of the nearly 90-year-old restaurant Wo Hop in New York City, using the building's basement dining room and facade as references. More about Spaced Agency treats expansion of Chinatown restaurant as "architectural archaeology"
New York-based studios GLO and Present Forms transformed a former tobacco warehouse in Hudson into a community education and arts centre. More about GLO and Present Forms create "Swiss Army knife" community centre in Hudson