Studies of how the brain works show that offices can only facilitate creative thinking if they offer spaces for both focused work and restorative activities, says furniture brand Haworth. More about Workplaces must include spaces for work and rest to foster innovation, finds Haworth
Canadian firm Atelier Barda has designed an ultra-contemporary office inside a Montreal warehouse, filled with dozens of plants and custom-made furniture pieces. More about Atelier Barda combines foliage with bespoke furniture at fashion brand offices
British practice Piercy & Company has cut an atrium through a three-storey office building in London's Mayfair and suspended a white steel staircase in the void. More about Piercy & Company suspends steel staircase in new atrium of Savile Row office
Only women are invited to become members of this co-working club in New York, which has opened in Soho to join a location in the Flatiron district. More about Female co-working club The Wing opens in New York loft
Brazilian architecture firm Estúdio BG has designed its own offices, where a meeting room is housed in a timber-clad volume and white surfaces create a bright working environment. More about Compact architects' office in São Paulo features wooden meeting cube
Shared workspaces within the offices of advertising agency Canvas have partitions made of dichroic glass, which change colour when viewed from different angles. More about A+I uses coloured glass walls to define workspaces for LA ad agency
AvroKO has transformed an art-deco building in London into a members-only work and leisure destination, aiming to combine the perks of a private club with those of a co-working office. More about AvroKO creates art-deco-inspired interiors for new London members' club Mortimer House
A wood-lined cafeteria, black and white stairwells and blue lounges all feature at the Montreal offices for video game company Electronic Arts. More about Video game developers work and play at Electronic Arts offices by Sid Lee Architecture
For this week's roundup of popular images from Pinterest, we're spotlighting cosy offices that blur the boundaries between work and home, from rooms modelled on Airbnb apartments to a workplace featuring a black-painted napping room. More about 10 offices that feel more like a home than a workspace
Blue and red threads form a colourful canopy above the workspaces of a multidisciplinary design team in Oakland, California, overhauled by architecture practice Medium Plenty. More about Colourful strings weave through renovated offices of Californian design agency
Interior design studio MoreySmith has created co-working spaces with a "contemporary industrial" aesthetic in an old factory building in Paris. More about MoreySmith create co-working offices in former industrial building in Paris
British firm Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has worked with musician Bryan Adams to transform a disused factory in southeast Berlin into a mixed-use complex containing a cluster of creative studios. More about Feilden Clegg Bradley helps Bryan Adams create artist ateliers in refurbished Berlin factory
A photography exhibition has opened, showcasing the desks of London creatives including architect Nicholas Grimshaw, designer Luke Pearson and Serpentine Galleries CEO Yana Peel. More about Workspaces of Nicholas Grimshaw, Luke Pearson and more revealed in photography series
American design firm Studio O+A has created an office in San Francisco that communicates "new ways of thinking and working" for a major financial services company. More about Studio O+A teams traditional and contemporary elements for San Francisco finance office
The smooth surface and soft-pink hue of a newly plastered wall provided the starting point for the design of communal workspaces at this new creative hub in east London by local studio Sella Concept. More about Sella Concept applies "cocoon of rich materials and colour" to interiors of east London office
New York studio GRT Architects has renovated spaces at the top of a 19th-century building in the city, creating an office for a UX design firm that looks more like a home than a workplace. More about GRT Architects creates New York office with millennial-pink kitchen and dark "nap room"
Finnish designer Joanna Laajisto has completed an office in Helsinki for service design company Fjord, featuring spaces for casual meetings and soft furnishings that offer a homely feel. More about Joanna Laajisto creates "elegant, unconventional and human" workspace for design studio Fjord
US architecture firm GoCstudio has created an open office for a growing tech company that features original brick and timber elements, along with new enclosures made of ebony-stained plywood. More about GoCstudio revamps century-old Seattle building to house digital product company
London practice Amos and Amos has created a collaborative workspace in a former Gothenburg shipbuilding warehouse for digital agency AKQA, which references traditional Swedish architecture. More about Amos and Amos takes cues from Scandinavian design for AKQA's new Gothenburg studio
French designer Ora Ïto has cut and pieced together over 400 wooden slats to create this staircase, which twists up the Paris offices for one of the world's largest luxury companies. More about Ora Ïto uses hundreds of wooden slats for snaking oak stair at LVMH offices