Will Gamble Architects has updated a house in west London with an extension modelled on a Japanese tea house. More about Burnt House is a charred wood extension that looks like a Japanese tea house
California architect Juan Saez Pedraja has added a studio fronted with aluminium panels and cedar shades to the backyard of a remodelled Santa Monica residence. More about Saez Pedraja adds small studio to a fashion designer's Santa Monica residence
Mexico City's AG Studio has turned a colonial house in San Miguel De Allende, Mexico into a boutique hotel featuring tiled archways and yellow walls that look like a "large corn cob". More about Colourful tiles and Mexican craft feature in Casa Hoyos hotel by AG Studio
A patchwork of wood shingles and stone forms this Toronto home that local practice Batay-Csorba Architects has extended and renovated. More about Batay-Csorba Architects expands Arts and Crafts-style house in Toronto
These five houses in San Francisco are traditional in the front and have contemporary extensions in the back. More about Five San Francisco house extensions designed to contrast the original architecture
New York architecture studio Worrell Yeung has brought new life to a former artist's studio in the city, stripping paint off wood pillars and adding a large kitchen island. More about Worrell Yeung contrasts wood pillars and grey marble in Chelsea Loft
Mexican architect Delfino Lozano has turned a family home in Guadalajara into four apartments detailed with blue-painted beams and arched doorways. More about Arched terracotta volume tops Delfino Lozano's Guadalajara apartment complex
San Francisco studio John Lum Architecture has contrasted the look of this cottage-style house in the city with a steel-and-glass extension at the back. More about John Lum Architecture reimagines charming San Francisco home with modern extension
Architecture firm Roth Sheppard has added a pair of steeply pitched metal gables and a raised rear wing to this brick Tudor Revival house in Denver. More about Roth Sheppard adds black metallic extension to 1930s Rabbit House
Design studio La Firme has turned a tight, triangular space into a bright and airy cafe in Montreal. More about La Firme transforms cramped space into Montreal's sun-lit Melk Cafe
Weathered steel and juniper siding clad the cross-laminated timber community centre that Lever Architecture has added to the Oregon outpost of The Nature Conservancy. More about Lever Architecture designs CLT extension for The Nature Conservancy's Portland office
Mexico City studio Goko has topped this music studio with a large "skyspace" to flood it with natural light. More about Goko converts 1920s house in Mexico City into recording studio
Architecture studio Ottotto has remodelled the interior of this home in Porto, using green metal mesh to encase its original stone walls. More about Ottotto remodels Portuguese home with panels of green metal mesh
Los Angeles studio Mini Inno added a Japanese-style tea room to a 1960s property in Joshua Tree National Park while turning it into a holiday home. More about Mini Inno renovates mid-century home Villa Kuro in Joshua Tree
Cobalt-blue curtains hang in place of walls in a small apartment in Kyiv renovated by Ukrainian architecture and interiors studio Ater Architects. More about Ater Architects uses blue curtains as walls in Kyiv apartment
Pale wood decorates this Blue Bottle Coffee cafe in Brooklyn designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, which the American practice has updated to accommodate more people. More about Bohlin Cywinski Jackson touches up its design for Williamsburg's Blue Bottle Coffee
An extensive overhaul of Montreal's Olympic Stadium building by local firm Provencher Roy has opened up the facade of the swooped tower to create offices "bathed in natural light". More about Provencher Roy creates bright and airy offices in Montreal Olympic Stadium tower
Wood salvaged from old miso barrels has been used to clad a house built by Tato Architects in Japan for the owner of a nearby brewery specialising in soy sauces. More about Tato Architects uses old barrels to clad exterior of home and shop
South African practice Antonio Zaninovic Architecture Studio has overhauled a 1960s house in Cape Town with designer Tara Bean, adding outdoor areas to make the most of its ocean views. More about Antonio Zaninovic and Tara Bean renovate clifftop Icaria House in Cape Town
A house with an asymmetrical roof on the Japanese island of Hokkaido has been renovated and extended by architecture studio Yoshichika Takagi + Associates. More about Yoshichika Takagi adds translucent facade to asymmetric house in Hokkaido