A brick, steel and timber structure is left exposed in this office interior in Sydney, which local firm Cox Architecture has revamped to house its own studio. More about Cox Architecture celebrates heritage features of its own Sydney studio
A 1930s telephone exchange in Cambridge, UK, has been retrofitted and converted into a "joyful and welcoming" office building by architecture studios Architype and Eve Waldron Design. More about Architype transforms old telephone exchange into Entopia workspace
Portholes and semi-circular motifs characterise this colourful renovation and extension of a Victorian terrace house in Hackney, London, by architecture studio Gundry & Ducker. More about Gundry & Ducker revamps Victorian terrace to feature "different characters within a single house"
US architecture firm Olson Kundig and Canadian designer Erica Colpitts have renovated a mid-century house near Vancouver, warming the modernist structure with natural materials and neutral colours. More about Olson Kundig and Erica Colpitts renovate mid-century house in North Vancouver
Architecture studio Polysmiths has redesigned a basement apartment in north London to feel like a "cabin in the woods", surrounding its sunken living area with lush planting. More about Polysmiths refurbishes Walden basement flat to evoke woodland cabin
Vibrantly coloured tiles and textiles feature in this house renovation in Oslo, Norway, designed by locally based duo Familien Kvistad. More about Familien Kvistad brings colour to 1950s house in Oslo
Architecture practice Ann Nisbet Studio has created a timber-framed house, named Cuddymoss, within a stone ruin in Ayrshire, Scotland. More about Ann Nisbet Studio nestles house within stone ruin in Ayrshire
A private mezcal bar forms the heart of this house that Amsterdam interior architecture firm Barde vanVoltt has overhauled in Mexico City's La Condesa neighbourhood. More about Barde vanVoltt orients renovated Mexico City house around mezcal bar
PLY+ and MPR Arquitectos have transformed a building at a former Catholic college into the School at Marygrove Elementary, filling it with colours and shapes that help spark "experimentation and exploration" among children. More about PLY+ and MPR Arquitectos convert historic Detroit building into colourful school
A modernist house originally designed by Belgian architect Paul Neefs has undergone a restoration by architecture studio ISM Architecten in the town of Beerse, Belgium. More about ISM Architecten expands modernist house BEEV with rooftop volume
A stack of meeting rooms and a moss-covered wall overlook the atriums of Here + Now, a pair of office buildings in England refurbished by architecture studio Hawkins\Brown. More about Hawkins\Brown renovates Reading offices to create a "connection to nature"
Milan-based designer Patricia Urquiola has converted a palazzo in Rome into a hotel and spa, filled with circular elements and traditional Italian materials. More about Patricia Urquiola converts historic palazzo into Six Senses Rome hotel
Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has converted a listed room in Norway into a restaurant, adding an angular mirrored bar and restoring the building's historical frescoes. More about Restored historic paintings cover walls of converted Frescohallen restaurant
Architecture studio McLaren Excell has converted an industrial building in north London into a house that includes dedicated spaces for arts and crafts activities. More about McLaren Excell turns Camden warehouse into craft-focused family home
Chinese architecture studio MAD has unveiled its plans for The Ark, a project involving the renovation and extension of a warehouse at an old cement factory in Shanghai, China. More about MAD to transform Chinese factory with futuristic rooftop extension
Old and new buildings wrap around a stepped courtyard in this central London school, which has been renovated by architecture studio Hawkins\Brown. More about Hawkins\Brown completes transformation of historic Central Foundation Boys' School
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has added a stepped roof and bright-coloured boxes to a former museum dedicated to Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha in the centre of Tirana, Albania. More about Pyramid of Tirana officially reopens as "monument for the people"
American firms Studio J Jih and Figure have overhauled a historic house in Boston, which now revolves around a sculptural "hairpin" staircase influenced by the twists and turns of mountain roads. More about Figure and Studio J Jih perform "stair gymnastics" inside Boston rowhouse
French interior designer Dorothée Meilichzon has created the interior for boutique hotel Cowley Manor Experimental, adding chequerboard details and hidden keyholes to the rooms of the former country house. More about Dorothée Meilichzon nods to Alice in Wonderland for Cotswolds hotel interior
US studio Anacapa Architecture has transformed an early 1900s, stucco-clad building that was formerly closed off to the public into a welcoming hotel filled with compact rooms and handcrafted decor. More about Anacapa Architecture converts historic building into Drift Santa Barbara hotel