Antwerp-based studio Bovenbouw has combined three 19th-century buildings on the city's main shopping street, creating a new residential development boasting sculptural openings and coloured marble details. More about Bovenbouw transforms trio of historic buildings into apartments on Antwerp's busiest shopping street
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has selected Thai architect Kulapat Yantrasast of wHY to design a major overhaul of its wing for arts produced in Africa, Oceania and the Americas. More about The Met announces million renovation of Africa, Oceania and Americas galleries
Merrett Houmøller Architects has renovated and extended a house in north London using a consistent palette of simple materials and repeated patterns. More about London townhouse updated with pared-back materials and patterns
Colour-blocked workspaces are implemented over historic details at the offices for a software company in Montreal, by local firm ACDF Architecture. More about ACDF Architecture combines pastels and exposed brick at Lightspeed offices
Black and white spaces, including a sculptural staircase and a wine cellar, are found across this brick house overhauled by Montreal firm La Shed Architecture. More about Maison du Parc in Montreal features stark interiors with "mysterious depth"
Japanese architect Tadao Ando has turned an old brick building in Chicago into an architecture-focused exhibition centre. More about Tadao Ando designs Wrightwood 659 exhibition space in Chicago
The craft of jewellery making provided a starting point for Brooklyn studio General Assembly's interior for this penthouse in Boerum Hill. More about Brass details decorate Bergen Street apartment by General Assembly
An Ottoman-era home in Jaffa has been refurbished as a spa, where Japanese elements sit alongside original Arabic details like arched ceilings and stone walls. More about Yoko Kitahara spa blends Japanese and Arabic designs in Jaffa
Pivoting doors, bulbous, stuccoed walls and a "cheeky window" are among the details that American architecture studio Dash Marshall has included in the overhaul of this Californian farmhouse. More about Californian Missions influence Dash Marshall's renovated House for Grandparents
New York studio Worrell Yeung has overhauled an awkwardly shaped apartment inside a landmarked hotel in the city, adding decorative marble and brass to reference its history, and a curved plaster hallway to clean up the layout. More about Worrell Yeung updates apartment in former Manhattan hotel with "classic materials"
Texas firm Official Design has refreshed a two-bedroom home in Dallas, Texas, focusing on the building's original details and ensuring plenty of natural light inside. More about Official Design renovates Dallas townhouse to highlight its original charm
Brazilian firm Studio MK27 has renovated and enlarged a house designed by its founding partner in the early 2000s, which features white surfaces and huge windows that open to the garden. More about Studio MK27 updates and expands Gama Issa house in São Paulo
Israeli architect Anat Gay has combined two properties in Tel Aviv to create her family residence, but kept both entrances for two generations to use separately. More about Anat Gay Architects joins two homes into Spiral Suite House in Tel Aviv
Architecture firm Main Office has extended and renovated a residence in a Mexican surfing town to nestle among trees, plantains and ferns on a steep slope overlooking the Pacific Ocean. More about Main Office staggers Casa LT down lush slope in Mexican surf village
New York designer Xuhui Zhang has chosen minimal furnishings and mint green accents for a local Chinese restaurant as a conscious effort to redefine East Asian design. More about New York restaurant Junzi Kitchen is coloured to evoke "early spring in Northern China"
Belgian architecture firm DMVA has transformed a 17th-century house with a facade just 2.4 metres wide into what might be Antwerp's smallest hotel. More about DMVA creates One Room Hotel inside 17th-century house in Antwerp
Quebec City studios Hatem + D and Étienne Bernier have given a 20th-century residence a new life, by refurbishing the existing building and adding a small extension to the back yard. More about Black extension by Hatem + D and Étienne Bernier contrasts pale-brick Quebec City home
This huge industrial building in San Francisco now functions as office space for an HR software company, where employees are encouraged to take off their shoes. More about Vast warehouse at San Francisco's Pier 70 becomes Gusto headquarters
Interior design studio Casework has transformed a 20th-century building in Portland, Oregon, into a collaborative hub for a digital product agency. More about Casework turns Portland industrial building into collaborative workspace
Pale pink window casings, potted plants and fresh produce colour this vegan restaurant in Tel Aviv, with interiors by local firm Amit Studio. More about Amit Studio enlivens Tel Aviv cafe Bana with pink windows and metal racks