London and St Louis-based design studio Kiku Obata & Company is overseeing the redevelopment of an ageing downtown district in the US heartland, in a rural town where big-box stores have taken over (+ slideshow). More about Kiku Obata leads revival of historic district in a rural Illinois town
BDG Architecture + Design and Matheson Whiteley have refurbished several floors of a historic 1980s building in London, creating open-plan offices for global communications group WPP intended to promote flexible working (+ slideshow). More about Revamped Sea Containers House features offices designed to encourage interaction
Architects office Roovice has converted a former warehouse in Miura, Japan, into a bagel shop, replacing the existing walls with polycarbonate panels to make the building more transparent (+ slideshow). More about Roovice transforms wooden warehouse into bagel shop with see-through walls
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Madrid firm Office for Strategic Spaces has used low-budget materials to transform an old industrial building in the Spanish capital into a multi-level workspace for creative startup businesses (+ slideshow). More about Factoría Cultural Matadero Madrid is a creative incubator in a disused Madrid warehouse
Dutch architecture firm OMA has restored the historic Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice, adding new entrances and wood-panelled escalators to turn the 16th-century building into a department store (+ slideshow). More about OMA completes restoration of Venice's Fondaco dei Tedeschi
Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher Architekten has added a contemporary extension to a traditional farmhouse in Austria, featuring rough-sawn spruce cladding and a folded fibre-cement roof (+ slideshow). More about Traditional farmhouse in Austria updated with contemporary extension
Whitewashed brickwork and galvanised steel surfaces feature inside this old Vancouver warehouse that Canadian studio Scott & Scott has converted into a liquid-nitrogen ice cream shop (+ slideshow). More about Scott & Scott Architects creates stripped-back interior for Vancouver ice cream shop
Pritzker Prize winners Álvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo Souto de Moura have teamed up to renovate a museum at a historic Portuguese monastery and have also added a new contemporary sculpture museum (+ slideshow). More about Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura team up for Portuguese museum project
Transparent glass walls, floors and furniture all feature inside this office block, created by Dutch firm MVRDV in a stripped-out Hong Kong factory (+ slideshow). More about MVRDV creates transparent interior for Hong Kong office block
A pair of box-like units contain the bedroom and bathroom in this apartment just outside of Tokyo, which was renovated by architects Tomoko Sasaki and Kei Sato to create an open space for their own family (+ slideshow). More about Two boxes replace walls in Kanagawa apartment by 8 Tenhachi
Japanese studio Nendo has completed its biggest-ever project: the exterior and interior renovation of a department store in Bangkok that founder Oki Sato believes represents a new way of shopping (+ slideshow). More about Nendo reimagines Bangkok department store as a new concept for retail
Pedro Ferreira Architecture Studio has renovated a 19th-century townhouse in central Porto, maintaining the original features and adding stark white boxes that contain the kitchens and bathrooms (+ slideshow). More about Pedro Ferreira separates old from new in Porto townhouse conversion
Japanese architect Masatoshi Hirai has refurbished an apartment in Tokyo, creating one shared bedroom, living space and wardrobe for its inhabitants (+ slideshow). More about Masatoshi Hirai reconfigures Tokyo flat to create a wholly shared family living space
This tall, gabled extension is tucked behind the Victorian frontage of a mid-terrace house in Melbourne's Fitzroy North suburb, and its exterior is clad in pale blue tiles (+ slideshow). More about Pastel blue tiles front gabled extension to a Melbourne house by Dan Gayfer Design
A three-metre-high pivoting glass door protrudes from the sloping roof of this London house extension, which is clad in fibre-cement panels to match a refurbished dormer window (+ slideshow). More about Alma-nac creates huge pivoting door for London house extension
Studio Farris Architects has integrated an office into a staircase made from stacked timber beams, and installed it inside a renovated barn in West Flanders, Belgium (+ slideshow). More about Stacked beams form Jenga-like workspace inside converted barn in Belgium
Japanese firm Domino Architects has renovated an apartment in Tokyo by installing wooden partitions instead of building new walls (+ slideshow). More about Domino Architects divides J House with wooden storage partitions
John Puttick Associates has significantly revised its designs for a new youth centre at Preston Bus Station, a transport hub in northern England that has become an icon of Brutalist architecture (+ slideshow). More about Dramatically overhauled plans unveiled for Preston Bus Station
The Yale Center for British Art, designed by architect Louis Kahn, has reopened following a refurbishment that "sets a new standard for the stewardship of modern architecture" according to Robert AM Stern (+ slideshow). More about Louis Kahn building at Yale reopens following meticulous restoration
OMA and Allies and Morrison have completed the redevelopment of the former Commonwealth Institute in London, adding three blocks of private housing that have helped fund the transformation of the protected building into a new home for the Design Museum (+ slideshow). More about OMA and Allies and Morrison complete Commonwealth Institute overhaul and housing