Kennedy & Violich Architecture has enlarged a 1970s brick building at Harvard University by creating two new levels topped with a pitched roof. More about Kennedy & Violich adds copper-clad volume to the top of a Harvard building
StudioMilou has merged Singapore's former city hall and courthouse to create a new national art gallery, with a sculptural entrance sheltered by a curving canopy made from golden filigree and glass (+ slideshow). More about StudioMilou converts Singapore city hall into national art gallery
British designer John Pawson has unveiled his plans to convert a former convent and hospital in Tel Aviv's Jaffa port into a hotel and apartment complex for the W hotel brand (+ slideshow). More about John Pawson to convert Jaffa convent and hospital into W's first hotel in Israel
Berlin architecture firm Atheorem has used dark grey curtains and metallic fixtures to update an apartment that dates back to the late 1800s in the city's Mitte district. More about Atheorem refurbishes compact apartment in Berlin's Mitte district
Brazilian firm Vitrô Arquitetura has renovated a 1960s apartment in São Paulo, revealing structural concrete pillars and brickwork walls (+ slideshow). More about Vitrô Arquitetura exposes structural concrete pillars within 1960s São Paulo apartment
London architect Simon Astridge has renovated the disused basement of a kitchen showroom in Putney, adding textured materials and a spiral-shaped wine vault with a glass trapdoor (+ movie). More about Simon Astridge creates "wine cave" beneath south London kitchen showroom
Archipl-Architects has converted a 19th-century factory into the regional headquarters for a care home in Ghent, Belgium (+ slideshow). More about Archipl-Architects converts former washing machine factory into light-filled workplace
Space Group Architects has renovated a 19th-century house in east London, adding details inspired by Minimalist artists and a sunken glass-walled extension (+ slideshow). More about Space Group Architects add sunken glass box extension to heritage-listed London house
Glass walls and simple furnishings are paired with pale surfaces to give this Bloomsbury renovation by London studio Stiff + Trevillion a minimal aesthetic (+ slideshow). More about Stiff + Trevillion updates Bloomsbury mews house with gridded glazing and double-height bookcase
Japanese architects Kunihiko Matsuba and Seitaro Aso have renovated an apartment in Tokyo, pairing exposed structural elements with contemporary details (+ slideshow). More about Saito House in Tokyo features herringbone flooring and an exposed wooden structure
Scenario Architecture has completed an extension to an east London residence, featuring blackened wood cladding that references Japanese architecture, and a dedicated walkway for cats (+ slideshow). More about Blackened timber extension by Scenario Architecture features a high walkway for cats
Square windows puncture the timber facade of this townhouse in Ghent, Belgium, which has been recently refurbished and widened to make room for three new flats (+ slideshow). More about FELT slots three new homes into an old Ghent townhouse and reclads it with strips of wood
Brazilian architect Alan Chu has completed the renovation of a São Paulo apartment, which uses ceramic ventilation bricks to form partitions and furniture (+ slideshow). More about Traditional ceramic blocks feature in Alan Chu's São Paulo apartment renovation
Atelier Central Arquitectos has upgraded the campus of a Lisbon high school, adding a pale concrete entrance block and a network of corridors enclosed behind slender golden fins (+ movie). More about Atelier Central Arquitectos adds concrete entrance and golden walkways to Lisbon school
Dara Huang of London studio Design Haus Liberty said she "used the palette that was already there" to ensure the newly created apartments of this converted building in the city's Marylebone district kept within a small budget (+ slideshow). More about London homes by Design Haus Liberty combine exposed plaster with off-the-shelf materials
Preston Lane Architects has renovated the kitchen inside a 19th-century house designed by British architect Henry Hunter – aiming to "inject light and life" into the property (+ slideshow). More about Preston Lane Architects renovates kitchen of 19th-century house in Tasmania
Colombo and Serboli Architects and Margherita Serboli Arquitectura has renovated an apartment within an early 1900's building – aiming to "retrieve its Art Nouveau essence" through the restoration and recreation of original features (+ slideshow). More about Renovated Barcelona apartment features vaulted brick ceilings and colourful floor tiles
Architect Raúl Sánchez has converted the vaulted basement of a Barcelona house into a subterranean apartment, with rooms separated by a curving pine partition (+ slideshow). More about Circular pine wall creates rooms in vaulted basement home by Raúl Sánchez
Glass partitions divide up the interior spaces of apartments created within a former school building in the Belgian city of Izegem by local architect Lieven Dejaeghere (+ slideshow). More about Lieven Dejaeghere creates affordable apartments inside the classrooms of an old Belgian school
Floor-to-ceiling glazing permits views across rooms and into the garage of this renovated Chicago office, where the owner's limited-edition Porsche is parked (+ slideshow). More about Chicago office by Vladimir Radutny features industrial details and a glass-walled garage