Architecture studio VATRAA has converted a former artist's studio in west London into a house featuring a six-metre-high lightwell that allows daylight to reach a new basement level. More
An angular steel staircase crosses through this Montreal residence by Naturehumaine, which was inspired by the fantastical paintings of Dutch artist MC Escher. More
Jean Verville Architectes has completed a residence in Montreal where nearly every surface is made of plywood for a "minimalist, functional, artistic experiment". More
Our latest lookbook features 10 homes where basement conversions create extra rooms and more liveable space underground. More
Valentino Architects has converted the studio and home of late post-war painter Frank Portelli in Malta into a contemporary residence for his granddaughter. More
Architect Neil Dusheiko has converted a showroom in west London into a bright, contemporary residence designed to meet the changing needs of its elderly owners. More
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Stella van Beers has created a watchtower-style house inside a grain silo. More
An early 20th-century mansion in the centre of Querétaro, Mexico, has been turned into a boutique hotel by architecture studios Anonimous and JAHS. More
A 10-metre-tall ficus tree grows through the centre of the living space in The Greenery, a farmhouse renovation and extension by studio Carlo Ratti Associati and architect Italo Rota in Italy. More
David Chipperfield Architects has shared images of its redesign of a Beaux-Arts townhouse in New York City that will serve as the headquarters of non-profit organisation 1014, which aims to promote cooperation between Germany and the United States. More
Hidden off-form concrete walls have come to the fore in this minimalist Melbourne apartment conversion, with interiors designed by local firm Studio Goss. More
Greek architecture firm Point Supreme has transformed a semi-basement storage space in Athens into a small one-bedroom home. More
London architecture studio Daab Design has turned a former art storage vault in Marylebone, London, into a two-bedroom apartment full of Georgian period features that were restored with the help of an archaeologist. More
Amsterdam studio Barde + vanVoltt has inserted skylights and glass partition walls into this former garage to transform it into a light-filled family home that celebrates the building's industrial past. More
Porto architecture practice Merooficina has converted a former fisherman's house in Aveiro, Portugal, into two apartments that blend original features with new interventions. More
Architect Carl Turner has teamed up with the founder of creative agency Accept & Proceed to transform a Dutch barn in the English countryside into a holiday home set in a rewilded landscape of wildflower meadows. More
Architecture office Tate Harmer has converted a 100-year-old fire station in Belsize Park, London, into a set of apartments. More
Wooden detailing and black-painted steel fill the lofty interiors of The Gymnasium apartment that Robbert De Goede has built within an old sports hall in the Netherlands. More
Tactile bricks and pinewood partitions decorate the La Nave apartment, which Nomos has slotted into the concrete shell of a disused workshop in Madrid, Spain. More
HBG Architects has converted an old granite community oven in east Portugal into a small holiday home, featuring a staircase with steps that double as a table, bench and fireplace. More
