Architect Sergio Rojo has renovated a dilapidated nineteenth-century cultural centre to create a hostel for weary travellers on the Way of St James pilgrimage route in northern Spain (+ slideshow). More about Hostel by Sergio Rojo provides rest stop on medieval pilgrimage route
Australian studio BLOXAS adopted elements from Japanese architecture to reorganise the spaces of this Melbourne residence around a courtyard then added a new timber-clad extension shaped like a periscope (+ slideshow). More about BLOXAS adds periscope-shaped extension and courtyard veranda to Engawa House in Melbourne
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
Mexican architect Frida Escobedo has transformed the former home and studio of painter David Alfaro Siqueiros into a public gallery and encased the entire complex behind a triangulated concrete lattice (+ slideshow). More about Perforated concrete walls encase La Tallera gallery by Frida Escobedo
Trios of windows and a new lightwell help to bring daylight through the clean white interiors of this renovated townhouse in Porto by local studio Pablo Pita Architects (photos by José Campos + slideshow). More about Casa da Maternidade by Pablo Pita Architects is a renovated Porto townhouse
Mexican firm Taller 6A has renovated a library inside an eighteenth-century building in Mexico City, adding a bookshop with hundreds of wooden boxes on its walls, its ceilings, and under its glass floor (+ slideshow). More about Mexican library renovation by Taller 6A features bookshop covered in boxes
News: Rem Koolhaas' OMA has completed an extensive renovation and security upgrade at the architect's career-defining Kunsthal gallery in Rotterdam, following the major robbery last year that saw paintings by Picasso, Matisse and Monet stolen. More about OMA follows up Kunsthal art robbery with major security and layout improvements
German studio Von M has rebuilt the interior of an apartment block in Stuttgart to create a trio of open-plan homes where built-in furniture divides rooms and stark walls are offset with colourful objects (+ slideshow). More about Von M modernises three apartments inside a Stuttgart apartment block
An old Yorkshire barn renovated into an elegant modern home was popular last week, so we've collected some of our favourite renovations from the pages of Dezeen onto a new Pinterest board. See our renovations Pinterest board »
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Spanish firm Nook Architects has renovated a Barcelona apartment by adding patterned floor tiles plus a combined step and window seat leading out onto the terrace (+ slideshow). More about Nook Architects add patterned floor tiles and window seat to Barcelona apartment renovation
A curving timber-clad wall divides the work space from a multipurpose meeting room at the offices of domohomo architects in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. More about Architecture studio with a bulging wall by domohomo architects
British studio Snook Architects has overhauled a dilapidated eighteenth-century barn in Yorkshire to create a modern home with chunky wooden trusses, exposed brickwork and a double-height family kitchen (+ slideshow). More about Old Yorkshire barn converted into a modern home by Snook Architects
Dutch studio Bureau SLA has inserted a smooth white house-shaped art gallery into a timber nineteenth-century Dutch military building. More about Bureau SLA inserts bright white gallery into old timber armoury
Latticed wooden screens form balustrades for a red pigmented concrete staircase inside this renovated mews house in west London by British studio Jonathan Tuckey Design. More about Jonathan Tuckey Design renovates a mews house for an ex-submariner
Toulouse architects BAST have renovated a derelict house in the French city by adding a corrugated steel extension that contrasts with the existing masonry (+ slideshow). More about M03 house renovation by BAST contrasts an old brick base with a new metal extension
Swiss firm Haberstroh Schneider Architekten has extended a house in Basel by adding a chain of three rooms, creating a new semi-enclosed courtyard that is filled with stepping stones (+ slideshow). More about House extension with stepping stones leading inside by Haberstroh Schneider Architekten
Decorative tiles salvaged from different apartments are rearranged in stripes across the floor of this Barcelona residence by Spanish studio Bach Arquitectes (+ slideshow). More about Traditional floor tiles arranged in stripes in a Barcelona apartment by Bach Arquitectes
Spanish architects Nook have renovated a small apartment in Barcelona's gothic quarter, leaving decorative floor tiles in place to reveal the original layout of the flat (+ slideshow). More about Nook's Barcelona apartment refurb removes walls but leaves original tiled floors intact
Architecture firm Caruso St John has completed a £45 million renovation of London's Tate Britain art gallery, which includes a spiral staircase descending to new underground classrooms. More about Tate Britain Millbank renovation by Caruso St John completed
East London firm Studio 54 Architecture updated the facade of this house in a London mews by replacing a decorative gable with an austere black box and grey-painted brickwork. More about 17a Highbury Terrace Mews renovation by Studio 54 Architecture