Swiss architecture studio Stereo Architektur has completed its first project: a wooden structure that transforms a former Basel machine factory into a shared working space (+ slideshow). More about Stereo Architektur builds wooden "house within a house" inside Basel factory
LA-based CHA:COL has completed a "bare bones" office for tech startups that features a retrofitted shipping container and a wooden bleacher that doubles as a storage unit (+ slideshow). More about California tech incubator by CHA:COL discourages occupants from staying too long
Sydney design studio Sibling has installed a grid system based on 3D rendering programmes to define the working areas within the new Australian headquarters for digital animation studio Squint/Opera (+ slideshow). More about Sibling installs wireframe "matrix" in Squint/Opera's Melbourne office
A large window inside the new showroom and offices of London watch brand Uniform Wares, designed by Feilden Fowles, offers visitors a glimpse at the watchmaking process (+ slideshow). More about Uniform Wares offices include a glazed watch-prototyping room and a pivoting timber door
The Osaka office of Nikken Sekkei's interior design studio features a bookcase conceived as a "stand in a stadium" – the latest example of the trend for bookshelf staircases in both home and office interiors (+ slideshow). More about Nikken Space Design's office in Osaka features a bleacher-style bookcase
Floor-to-ceiling glazing permits views across rooms and into the garage of this renovated Chicago office, where the owner's limited-edition Porsche is parked (+ slideshow). More about Chicago office by Vladimir Radutny features industrial details and a glass-walled garage
Pods built from yellow chipboard and glass provide meeting spots inside this co-working office in Barcelona, created by local studio Nook Architects in the city's Poblenou district (+ slideshow). More about Nook Architects move into self-designed co-working space in Barcelona
A plywood bar that transitions into a staircase forms the centre of this office and networking hub housed in the Dutch city of Delft's former technology museum (+ slideshow). More about Ateliers transforms old technology museum in Delft into flexible open-plan office
The Amsterdam offices of smartphone manufacturer Fairphone were created inside a former industrial building – and informed by the same sustainable design principles the company uses for its products (+ slideshow). More about Fairphone's Amsterdam offices built inside an old warehouse using reclaimed materials
Belgian studio De Meester Vliegen Architecten overhauled an apartment at the top of a building in Antwerp to create a penthouse that also functions as a private office (+ slideshow). More about Monolithic marble partition perches on top of a steel fireplace in Antwerp penthouse
Social network LinkedIn's offices in New York's Empire State Building include a room lined with vintage telephones that leads to a secret bar (+ slideshow). More about LinkedIn offices in the Empire State Building include a hidden speakeasy
Designer Paul Cocksedge has completed a spiral staircase featuring a garden, a library and a tea bar (+ slideshow). More about Paul Cocksedge's Living Staircase includes plants, a mini library and tea-brewing facilities
Pixellated faces decorate the brick facades of this civil rights centre in Milan, while a bright yellow staircase spirals up through its concrete interior. More about Baukuh's House of Memory features a decorative facade and a monumental yellow staircase
Italian studio Antonio Virga Architecte has renovated and extended a Parisian building to create offices and haute-couture workshops for French fashion house Dior Homme (+ slideshow). More about Dior Homme occupies extended Haussmann building by Antonio Virga Architecte
Tokyo architecture studio Suppose Design Office has repurposed old scaffold boards to create flooring and furniture for the concrete interior of its own atelier space (+ slideshow). More about Suppose Design Office's Tokyo studio mixes concrete, steel and reclaimed wood
Over 100 wooden transport pallets were broken down to create floorboards, wall coverings and furniture for a temporary office space in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More about Hiroki Tominaga Atelier uses deconstructed pallets to dress a Tokyo office in planks of timber
Multi-levelled surfaces of polished concrete, wood and white gravel mark out the different areas within this open-plan Tokyo office designed by Torafu Architects (+ slideshow). More about Torafu Architects uses concrete, wood and gravel to define spaces inside AKQA's Tokyo offices
Sections of wall appear to hang from the ceiling of this former warehouse club in Tokyo, which was converted into offices by local studio Sasaki Architecture (+ slideshow). More about Sasaki Architecture converts Japanese disco into offices with floating walls
Smears of paint and plaster are left exposed on the walls of this design studio and gallery in Japan, which also features a breeze-block wall and an indoor garden (+ slideshow). More about Ninkipen! leaves walls unfinished inside Kyoto design gallery and atelier
Carousel dining tables and trampoline seats are among the cartoonish fittings in the Stockholm offices for King, the company behind popular video game Candy Crush Saga (+ slideshow). More about Candy Crush offices are designed as a cartoon "kingdom"