Reflect Architecture has renovated a house for a young family living in Toronto, Canada, by brightening its truncated interiors and twisting a blue slide through its centre. More about Blue slide is centrepiece of Walker house renovation by Reflect Architecture
The founder of John Wardle Architects has remodelled Kew Residence, his Melbourne home of 25 years, using Victorian ash and handmade glazed tiles from Japan. More about Architect John Wardle renovates his own house in Australia
Chinese studio Onexn Architects has squeezed Joys cafe into a space less than 2.6 metres wide in a street in Shenzhen, which used to house an air conditioner repair shop. More about Onexn Architects squeezes Shenzhen micro cafe into gap narrower than a parking space
Gitai Architects has renovated an apartment in Jaffa, Israel with curved walls, plasterwork and pale floors to resemble the ancient port city's limestone buildings. More about Plaster walls of Jaffa Roofhouse imbue apartment with history and warmth
Schemata Architects has renovated a traditional sento, or public bathhouse, in Tokyo adding modern touches including a bar serving beer. More about Schemata Architects updates traditional Japanese bathhouse with tiles and Towada stone
New York design practice Reunion Goods & Services has renovated this hotel in Rhode Island to be reminiscent of a colourful home with a fireplace and cosy seating nooks. More about The Wayfinder hotel designed to "feel as if you were staying with friends" in Rhode Island
Los Angeles design firm Working Holiday Studio has transformed a property in the California desert into a shoppable holiday home that "stands out" against its desolate landscape. More about White stucco Casa Mami by Working Holiday Studio contrasts California desert landscape
Pale woodwork wrapping white-painted walls forms storage to make more space in this 14-foot-wide house in Toronto, which has been overhauled by local firm StudioAC. More about Long wooden cabinet runs through slender Borden house by StudioAC
Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has announced its plans to renovate a deteriorating concrete building in Shenzhen, China, to create the If Factory offices and a maze-like roof garden. More about MVRDV to convert disused Shenzhen factory into creative office space
New York architecture studio Worrell Yeung has transformed historic factory buildings near Brooklyn Navy Yard into multi-use workspaces and artist studios featuring time-worn brick walls and weathered beams and columns. More about Worrell Yeung designs industrial artist studios in historic Brooklyn factory buildings
Artist Victor Solomon has patched up the cracks in a Los Angeles basketball court with golden resin to highlight the role that sport can play in our collective healing process. More about Victor Solomon mends dilapidated LA basketball court using Japanese art of kintsugi
Annabelle Tugby Architects has created its own design studio by renovating and extending a semi-derelict joinery workshop in a cow field in Cheshire, UK. More about Annabelle Tugby Architects transforms old workshop into its own rustic studio
Architects Ravi Raj and Evan Watts have created a monolithic, concrete-like chimney in the overhaul of a loft apartment inside a former cigarette packing factory in New York City's Chelsea neighbourhood. More about Ravi Raj and Evan Watts expose chunky timber in Spears Building Loft renovation
A glass and steel dome modelled on the shape of a turtle shell rises from the top of a historic building in New York City's Union Square to pay homage to an indigenous group that settled in the area. More about BKSK adds glass dome to roof of Tammany Hall building in New York
Spanish architecture firm Zooco Estudio has covered the walls of this Madrid residence with bookshelves that span two levels. More about Two-storey bookshelf rises inside renovated Madrid house
Los Angles practice Studio Collective has renovated a mid-century building in the city designed by modernist architect Welton Becket in the 1960s to create a laid-back hotel. More about Studio Collective revitalises modernist LA tower for Hotel June
House in Fontaínhas by architecture studio Fala Atelier is a home in Porto, Portugal, featuring a striped concrete roof accented with pops of sugar-pink and powder blue. More about Fala Atelier renovates house in Porto with candy-coloured accents
Architects Luke and Joanne McClelland have overhauled their own apartment in Edinburgh, Scotland, to feature a sequence of contemporary light-filled living spaces. More about Architect couple turns Edinburgh apartment into modern living space
Tel Aviv studio Rust Architects has renovated an apartment in the Israeli city for a couple who both work from home. More about Rust Architects softens modernist Tel Aviv apartment with oak details
Architecture studio Fala Atelier has arranged six micro-homes around a communal garden in Porto, Portugal. More about Fala Atelier combines geometric forms and concrete finishes in Porto micro-homes