New York designer Athena Calderone has renovated her mid-century home in the Long Island town of Amagansett with plaster walls, linen fabric, marble and second-hand finds. More about Athena Calderone revitalises her Long Island home with plaster walls and vintage finds
Interiors studio Esoteriko has selected light colours and natural materials for every room in this house in Sydney, apart from one bright blue bedroom. More about Esoteriko picks bold colour for only one room of Balmoral Blue House
New York studio WORKac has inserted a white perforated steel staircase into this three-storey Brooklyn apartment as part of a renovation designed to brighten its dark interiors. More about WORKac adds curving perforated steel staircase to Brooklyn apartment
Brooklyn design-build studio Desciencelab has overhauled a gabled house in Montauk on the furthest tip of Long Island with greyed cladding and teak interiors. More about Greyed wood clads renovated Montauk beach house by Desciencelab
New York's Islyn Studio has overhauled an old lumber warehouse in Albuquerque, New Mexico and turned it into a sun-lit food hall with various spots to indulge. More about Islyn Studio converts warehouse in Albuquerque into Sawmill Market food hall
Canadian architecture studio Office Ou has surrounded a detached garage in Toronto with glass doors and windows to convert it into a multifunctional space. More about Office Ou turns Toronto garage into workshop, conservatory and dining room
San Francisco's Blue Truck Studio clad the exterior of this holiday house in Manhattan Beach, California with cedar siding to tone down its unusual geometries. More about Slim wooden slats cover "wild geometry" of renovated Californian house
Austin Maynard Architects has transformed the quality of light inside a narrow Melbourne house, by creating a greenhouse-like space at its centre. More about Austin Maynard Architects adds plant-filled conservatory in centre of Newry house
Californian firm Ryan Leidner Architecture has used bright white paint and lush greenery to refresh a mid-century modern Eichler home in Silicon Valley that was completed in the 1960s. More about White Twin Gable House by Ryan Leidner Architecture is a remodeled Eichler
Board-marked concrete and warm wood are contrasted in this synagogue in Asunción, Paraguay, which has been renovated by local studio Equipo de Arquitectura. More about Equipo de Arquitectura updates synagogue in Paraguay with board-marked concrete
Designers Michael Godmer and Mathieu Turgeon's home in Montreal features contemporary Danish pieces alongside oak, terracotta and marble. More about Michael Godmer and Mathieu Turgeon renovate their Montreal design studio and home
American firm Malcolm Davis Architecture has placed skylights over existing wood framing to streak the interiors of this San Francisco house with beams of light. More about Woodwork and skylights stream light into Noe Valley Residence in San Francisco
Architect Leandro Garcia has renovated an apartment for a family's holiday home near the beach in Matinhos, Brazil and filled it with vintage Brazilian furniture. More about Leandro Garcia outfits Praia Mansa Apartment with Brazilian marble and local designs
US firm KoningEizenberg Architecture left worn-looking ornate walls, brickwork and columns inside this museum for children in Pittsburgh, which occupies a historic library that was struck by lightning. More about MuseumLab opens in ruins of lightning-struck Pittsburgh library
Kitchens, bathrooms and storage spaces are slotted behind an MDF "scenography" in these apartments designed by architects Adrià Escolano and David Steegmann. More about Jagged MDF creates entire walls of storage for El Guateque apartments in Barcelona
Concrete columns draped in greenery, steel beams filled with books and a small pool feature in this apartment in Quito, Ecuador that local architect Aquiles Jarrín has overhauled for a family of three and their dog. More about Quito apartment A Forest House has a mini indoor pool
Curved glass doors puncture the residential extension of this brick house in Montreal, designed by local studio TBA. More about TBA adds pale brick volume to traditional Montreal "shoebox" home
A renovated home in San Francisco features a pared-down colour scheme with places to eat, mingle and relax, designed by Los Angeles studio JDP Interiors. More about JDP Interiors renovates San Francisco home for couple that loves to entertain
Weathered wooden trusses cover the office of Mexico City's Esrawe Studio, led by designer Hector Esrawe, which takes over a former dance hall. More about Esrawe Studio's Mexico City office has an "honest industrial aesthetic"
The Hanwha headquarters office tower in Seoul has been remodelled by Dutch architecture firm UNStudio, retrofitting its facade to hold solar panels. More about UNStudio renovates and reclads fully occupied Seoul office tower