Italian practice Studio Bressan has restored and extended a historic farmhouse in Treviso, expanding its portico into a spacious, glazed dining room that blends contemporary and traditional materials. More about Studio Bressan updates and expands traditional stone farmhouse in Italy
London studio David Chipperfield Architects has converted the former US Embassy building in Mayfair, created by architect Eero Saarinen, into a hotel designed as a "palace on the park". More about David Chipperfield Architects transforms Saarinen-designed US Embassy into The Chancery Rosewood
Mexican architecture studio Pedro & Juana has opened up the roof of a Valle de Bravo house to install a pine staircase, which connects to a residential extension higher on the site. More about Pedro & Juana creates wooden tunnel staircase to bridge Mexico house extension
London studio Carmody Groarke has overhauled a gallery at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, UK, reinstating 19th-century details including timber trusses and cobbled floors. More about Carmody Groarke completes "transformative yet discreet" overhaul of Manchester museum
Scottish architecture studio O'DonnellBrown has overhauled and extended a 1970s community centre in Kilmarnock to create a performing arts hub for the charity organisation Take A Bow. More about O'DonnellBrown frames Scottish performing arts hub with timber colonnade
British designer Asif Khan has converted a Soviet-era cinema in Kazakhstan into Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture, updating its concrete structure and 18-metre-tall auditorium. More about Asif Khan transforms Soviet cinema into "cloud-like" cultural centre in Almaty
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the renovation of a 1950s country home in Surrey by architecture studio Medium. More about "An unpretentious and tranquil space" says commenter
Architect Luca Cipelletti has renovated the lower-ground floor of Milan's Triennale Milano museum, including its restaurant, music venue and children's play area. More about Triennale Milano completes renovation that "enhances Giovanni Muzio's original 1933 design"
Local studio SHED Architecture & Design has renovated a 1920s building into a compact two-level home with a black exterior and interior references to its history in Seattle. More about SHED Architecture & Design renovates home for Seattle restaurateur
Japanese studio Schemata Architects has converted an old factory on the island of Teshima into a cafe, swapping its metal walls with polycarbonate that allows light into the building. More about Schemata Architects turns ironworks on former "garbage island" into cafe and brewery
London studio James Grayley Architecture has used red bricks, oak shingles and terracotta floors to give a rustic character to its extension of Church Cottage, an old farmhouse in Suffolk, UK. More about James Grayley Architecture finishes Suffolk cottage extension with "hairy shingle exterior"
British architecture studio Medium has completed its renovation of Hearth House, a 1950s country home in Surrey, bringing clarity to a series of hotchpotch extensions. More about Medium consolidates and unifies sprawling 1950s home in Surrey
Plans have been unveiled by London-based architecture studio Jestico + Whiles to revitalise Alison and Peter Smithson's 1950s Smithdon High School in Norfolk, UK. More about Alison and Peter Smithson school to be refurbished "before it is too late"
Architecture studio Snøhetta has completed a sculptural addition to the home of St Louis Symphony Orchestra in St Louis, USA, while revamping historical interiors and creating a public-facing plaza. More about Snøhetta completes arched extension to St Louis' Powell Hall
Furniture built from doors and stairs made by "flipping" concrete floors feature inside this community hub, which architect Søren Pihlmann has created in a 1960s factory and opened up as part of Copenhagen Architecture Biennial. More about Pihlmann Architects turns floors into staircases and facades into pavements at Thoravej 29
Dutch firm Studio &Space has refurbished a time-worn house in Amsterdam, transforming it into a family home with bespoke furnishings and sophisticated finishes that evoke the feeling of a high-end hotel. More about Studio &Space renovates 1930s Amsterdam home with "iconic spiral staircase"
A striped kitchen sets the tone for a colourful design scheme within this Parisian apartment, which was renovated by local studio Atelier HA. More about Atelier HA uses colour "as a structural element" in renovated Parisian apartment
Cork cladding, curved ceilings and mirrored surfaces animate this holiday home in Portugal, renovated by Atelier Local to feel spacious despite its compact plot. More about Atelier Local redesigns House in Valongo to "feel larger than it actually is"
Oak joinery and white surfaces run throughout the interior of Heartwood, an end-of-terrace house in London renovated by local architecture studio Knox Bhavan. More about Knox Bhavan completes "elegant and refined" overhaul of Notting Hill home
Adaptive reuse is becoming an increasingly valued approach to architecture, but can be tricky to pull off. Dezeen spoke to specialists about the skills architects need to tackle projects successfully. More about Adaptive reuse requires architects to get "hands on" say experts