Design firm Yabu Pushelberg has transformed a 20th-century house in California's Napa Valley into this luxury hotel, which features bedrooms lined with dark wood, spacious bathrooms and a rustic restaurant. More about Yabu Pushelberg's Las Alcobas Napa Valley hotel features "spa-like" bathrooms and homey dining
Mexican architect Frida Escobedo sourced rammed earth from her home country to make the rosy brick walls in this Aesop store in Brooklyn. More about Frida Escobedo segments Aesop Park Slope with rammed-earth brickwork
Five aviation fuel containers on the former Longhua airport in Shanghai have been transformed into art and culture park Tank Shanghai, by local studio Open Architecture. More about Open Architecture converts airport fuel tanks into gallery spaces
This modernist resort in Northern California, which formed an enclave for artists in the 1960s, has been overhauled by Los Angeles design studio The Novogratz. More about Timber Cove Resort occupies mid-century A-frame building on Sonoma's coast
The Architectural Design Institute of South China University of Technology has completed a youth development facility, by renovating a former primary school and adding a series of covered bamboo campsite spaces. More about Tensile fabric roof stretches over bamboo structures at Raleigh Campsite in China
Gruff Architects has incorporated plenty of storage and blocks of bright colour into this top-to-bottom renovation and extension of a London house built in the 1930s. More about Gruff Architects overhauls 1930s London terrace with birch joinery and colourful accents
Husband and wife design duo Jon and Maša Kleinhample drew on dinner parties held in their Belgium home to create the homey aesthetic of this restaurant in Los Angeles. More about Rustic and homey restaurant Auburn opens on LA's Melrose Avenue
American studio Specht Architects has renovated and expanded a "mid-century-utilitarian" carpenters' union hall building to create this hotel near downtown Austin. More about Specht Architects transforms former union hall into Carpenter Hotel in Austin
US studio SL Design has overhauled the interiors of a 20th-century building in Baltimore, Maryland to create this boutique hotel, including a 1970s-style lounge, modernist designs and a curated art collection. More about Boutique hotel Revival opens in old Baltimore mansion
US firm Norman Kelley has merged old and new elements inside the flagship store for clothing retailer Notre, which is housed inside a 113-year-old building in central Chicago. More about Norman Kelley preserves "layered history" inside revamped Notre store in Chicago
American firms Brand Bureau and Modus Studio employed a "slightly cheeky camp and wilderness feel" for the conversion of an industrial building in Arkansas into this venue for co-working, dining and playing shuffleboard. More about Brand Bureau and Modus Studio transform Arkansas factory into The Holler work-eat-play venue
Rodman Paul Architects has overhauled a single-storey home on New York's Fire Island, opening up views from the living space to the swimming pool and bay beyond. More about Rodman Paul Architects renovates Bay Walk bungalow in Fire Island Pines
New York studio Light and Air Architecture has retrofitted a two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn with ample custom cabinetry and a spiral staircase. More about Baltic birch storage system organises Brooklyn apartment by Light and Air Architecture
Industrial designer Tom Chung and Campos Studio discovered a brick fireplace while updating this Vancouver residence, renovated so its owners can enjoy into their old age. More about Campos Studio and Tom Chung overhaul Yew House in Vancouver for retired couple
Canadian twins Byron and Dexter Peart, who co-founded leather brand WANT Les Essentiels, have turned away from fashion to redesign a resort in Belize. More about WANT Les Essentiels co-founders revamp Matachica resort as "redefined Belizean beach experience"
A former surfboard factory in Cornwall has been transformed into an all-white shop and cafe by local couple Emily and Mark Anderson. More about Surfers turn run-down Cornwall factory into Open surf shop and cafe
New York studio GRT Architects has added restored blue bathtubs and green cabinetry to update an early 20th-century townhouse in Brooklyn. More about GRT Architects blends old and new at renovated Brooklyn townhouse
Brazilian architecture studio Arquitetura Nacional has transformed a duplex apartment in Porto Alegre using a black spiral staircase, brise-soleil and locally sourced furniture. More about Sculptural staircase forms centrepiece of Loft Diego in Porto Alegre
US architecture practice Fogarty Finger has updated portions of a 109-year-old office building in Manhattan with glazed meeting rooms, skylights and Scandinavian-style pale woodwork. More about Fogarty Finger revamps New York office building with glazed and cosy wooden meeting spaces
British firm Hopkins Architects and US studios Bruner/Cott Architects and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates have overhauled a massive, 1960s building at Harvard University, adding in living walls and glazed rooms. More about Harvard's brutalist Smith Campus Center receives dramatic makeover by Hopkins