Israeli practice En Design Studio made strategic interventions into this new-build apartment interior to give the home a "young and unique character" (+ slideshow). More about En Design Studio remodels new-build apartment in Israel to add character
Emil Eve Architects has paired original details with contemporary finishes in this loft apartment, which it created inside a Victorian warehouse building in Shoreditch, east London (+ slideshow). More about Emil Eve Architects retains historic "quirks" in Shoreditch warehouse conversion
Spanish architecture studio Lucas y Hernández-Gil removed compartmentalising walls inside this Madrid apartment to allow light to flood in from its nine balconies (+ slideshow). More about Lucas y Hernández-Gil reconfigures 19th-century Madrid apartment to let in light
A cream-painted staircase connects the four floors of this London mews house, which has been renovated by architecture studio Alma-nac to create more light and space (+ slideshow). More about Cornwall Mews renovation by Alma-nac centres around a cream staircase
Oriol Garcia has overhauled a derelict apartment in Barcelona, removing walls he deemed "light barriers" to create a bright and spacious home that celebrates its historic details (+ slideshow). More about Oriol Garcia revamps Barcelona apartment by replacing walls with curtains and bookcases
Aurora Arquitectos knocked through walls to create a large living room in this old Lisbon apartment, and inserted a wall with curving edges to form a pair of bedrooms (+ slideshow). More about Aurora Arquitectos draws attention to additions and "ruptures" in Lisbon apartment
Romanian architect Vlad Rusu has resurrected a "cultural palace" that was originally built in the 1930s but has sat in ruin for 20 years after being ravaged by fire (+ slideshow). More about Ruined "cultural palace" in Romania revived by architect Vlad Rusu
Architecture studio Selencky Parsons has extended a typical midcentury end-of-terrace house in southeast London by adding a pair of brick gables that diminish in size like Russian dolls (+ slideshow). More about Selencky Parsons adds stepped extension to 1960s terraced house in London
London studio De Matos Ryan has refurbished a historic theatre in York, England, to create more space in both the 18th-century building and its 1960s extension by Modernist architect Patrick Gwynne (+ slideshow). More about De Matos Ryan overhauls York Theatre Royal and its 1960s extension
The old bones of a 1912 building have been preserved in its renovation into a plastic surgery practice on the Greek island of Rhodes (+ slideshow). More about DArch creates plastic surgery clinic inside heritage-listed building on a Greek island
London studio 51 Architecture has combined digital fabrication with boatbuilding techniques to create a sculptural timber staircase at the centre of a family home (+ slideshow). More about Twisted staircase features in Casa Vota renovation by 51 Architecture
Jo Cowen Architects has converted a 19th-century bakery complex in south London into housing, featuring glazed brickwork, cast-iron columns and industrial-style glazing (+ slideshow). More about Jo Cowen Architects transforms Victorian bakery in London into 12 factory-inspired homes
Architect He Wei has transformed a traditional rammed-earth property in China into a youth hostel, featuring house-shaped polycarbonate rooms-on-wheels (+ slideshow). More about He Wei adds portable plastic rooms to youth hostel in a converted Chinese house
British studio Nimtim has updated a London flat with pastel blue cabinetry, zigzagging parquet and marble to create an urban retreat for a children's heart surgeon (+ slideshow). More about Nimtim modernises Victorian terrace to create pied-a-terre for a heart surgeon
London fashion store Hostem has launched its first guesthouse – a refurbished Georgian house with furniture from Pierre Jeanneret, Faye Toogood and Max Lamb, and accessories that guests can buy (+ slideshow). More about Hostem's New Road Residence is a guesthouse that includes a "lifestyle minibar"
Bespoke joinery creates furniture, partitions and storage solutions for this Sydney studio apartment renovated by local design firm Catseye Bay (+ slideshow). More about Catseye Bay designs multi-use furniture for renovated Sydney studio flat
New York firm Deborah Berke Partners has won a competition to transform a correctional facility into a permanent home for the girls' and women's rights movement in the city. More about Deborah Berke to turn former New York prison into women's rights headquarters
Porto studio NPS Arquitectos has renovated a pair of matching townhouses and added a contemporary linking building to create a new headquarters for the Portuguese Architectural Association (+ slideshow). More about Portuguese Architectural Association takes over two revamped townhouses
Dutch architect Antonia Reif has renovated an early 20th-century townhouse in The Hague, laying herringbone-patterned parquet and installing a bath tub overlooking the garden (+ slideshow). More about Antonia Reif updates Dutch townhouse with herringbone parquet and chevron-patterned tiles
Movie: Oki Sato of Nendo explains the concept behind the Japanese studio's redesign of a 40,000-square-metre shopping mall, in this video Dezeen filmed in Bangkok for retail development company Siam Piwat. More about Siam Discovery shopping centre in Bangkok is Nendo's biggest ever project