Architect Sarah Wigglesworth has carried out an extensive upgrade and retrofit of the influential Stock Orchard Street home in London to improve its energy performance and age-proof its interiors. More about Sarah Wigglesworth future-proofs self-designed straw bale house in London
Rider Stirland Architects has remodelled the interiors of a Victorian terraced house in south London by adding a small rear extension clad in blackened wood and London stock bricks. More about Victorian townhouse in London remodelled with charred-wood extension
Architecture studio Main Office has renovated a 1980s seaside holiday village with traditional thatch roofs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Sayulita, Mexico. More about Outdoor bathing and a jungle yoga platform feature in Villa Pelícanos by Main Office
Toronto architect Carlo Parente has renovated an old and dilapidated mason's shop in Chicago to create a live and work space called Facility for artists Nick Cave and Bob Faust. More about Old industrial building in Chicago transformed into artist couple's home and studios
A fake Disneyland mountain informed this playful revamp of a family house in south London by architecture studio CAN. More about CAN adds fake mountain to Edwardian house in south London
Local design studio Basic Projects combined antiques with modern furniture pieces so that boutique hotel Post House in South Carolina "feels like it has always been there". More about South Carolina's Post House inn features a mix of old and new
Olson Kundig Architects principal Alan Maskin has renovated and extended a beach cabin from 1938 in Washington State, turning it into his wood-lined retreat. More about Olson Kundig principal designs himself a cosy beach cabin
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features the conversion of an abandoned hospital in western Germany into an office. More about David Chipperfield Architects' abandoned hospital conversion features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron has created a boutique hotel inside a century-old building in the heart of its home city, Basel. More about Herzog & de Meuron creates boutique hotel in historic Volkshaus Basel
Pastel storage walls curve and dip through the rooms of this apartment in London's Marylebone neighbourhood, which has been overhauled by architecture studio Jonathan Tuckey Design. More about Jonathan Tuckey Design updates London apartment with pink and pistachio-green storage walls
An abandoned hospital in western Germany, originally built as a monastery, has now become an office designed by David Chipperfield Architects. More about David Chipperfield Architects uses "sculptural demolition" to transform former monastery into offices
Architecture firms Hassell and OMA have renovated a group of old buildings in Perth, Australia, and stitched them together with protruding metal-clad structures to create the WA Museum Boola Bardip. More about Hassell and OMA complete top-heavy WA Museum Boola Bardip in Perth
Architecture studio Atelier-r has added a series of Corten steel bridges and platforms to provide tourist access to the ruins of Helfštýn castle in the east of the Czech Republic. More about Atelier-r creates Corten tourist route around ruins of Czech Republic castle
Beijing-based BLUE Architecture Studio has renovated the % Arabica shop in Shanghai's Xuhui district, adding a glass box and a courtyard to open the cafe up to the surrounding neighbourhood. More about BLUE Architecture Studio adds U-shaped glass box to Shanghai coffee shop
London studio Archmongers has renovated a duplex flat in one of the city's most influential housing estates, using shades of red, yellow and blue to complement the modernist materials palette. More about Archmongers uses primary colours to revive a home in the modernist Golden Lane Estate
Japanese architect Uoya Shigenori stripped back and reconfigured this 100-year-old townhouse in Kyoto to create moody and tranquil interiors for Maana Kamo guesthouse. More about Century-old Japanese dwelling transformed into minimalist guesthouse
Italian architecture office La Macchina Studio has renovated a 1950s apartment in Rome, revealing original terrazzo floors and adding bold colours. More about Retroscena is a colourful apartment renovation by La Macchina Studio
US firm Trahan Architects has renovated the Coca-Cola Stage at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, Georgia, using steam-bent timber to form an undulating auditorium. More about Trahan Architects creates curving wooden balconies for Atlanta theatre
Wooden detailing and black-painted steel fill the lofty interiors of The Gymnasium apartment that Robbert De Goede has built within an old sports hall in the Netherlands. More about Old gymnasium transformed into lofty apartment in Amsterdam
The Borderless Community of Zi Ni Twelve Portals is a housing project in Guangzhou, China, designed by Fei Architects to show off its occupants. More about Fei Architects designs apartment block that frames residents' daily lives in Guangzhou