With Milan design week about to start, we asked designers to name their favourite hangouts in the city. Highlights include a plant-filled gin distillery, a "chocolate factory" and a locomotive factory converted into a gallery. More about 12 of Milan's best bars, restaurants and galleries nominated by designers
Extending this historic home in the capital of Uruguay has allowed architect Pedro Livni to reconfigure living spaces into a cafe, and place a bakery in the courtyard. More about Heritage building in Uruguay houses new bakery and cafe by Pedro Livni Arquitecto
The interior of this restaurant in London's Pimlico features a palette of materials and colours chosen by local studio Sella Concept to evoke the warm sunshine and relaxed lifestyle of the Mediterranean. More about Sella Concept combines Mediterranean hues and textures for London tapas restaurant Omar's Place
Pale pink plasterwork, timber panels and simple wooden furniture were chosen by design studio The MP Shift to make this New York eatery look like an art atelier. More about The MP Shift evokes artist's studio at De Maria restaurant in New York
Architecture studio Michaelis Boyd has introduced touches of brass and geometric pattern to a listed church in London to create a 1960s-inspired home for Cantonese eatery Duddell's. More about Michaelis Boyd transforms London church into Cantonese restaurant Duddell's
For the Easter weekend, we're rounded up 10 restaurants with designs that suit the spring season, including a plant-filled eatery in Tel-Aviv, a vegan cafe in California and a Vancouver restaurant that pairs plants with floral fabrics. More about 10 restaurant interiors suitable for spring
Dezeen promotion: celebrity chef Alessandro Borghese has opened a new restaurant in Milan, featuring an interior that pairs Neolith Sintered Stone with shades of gold and green. More about Alessandro Borghese's Milan restaurant designed to evoke a 1930s cruise ship
French designer Philippe Starck has worked alongside Venetian artisans to restore this 18th-century restaurant, refreshing its upholstered walls, chandeliers and decadent furnishings. More about Philippe Starck restores time-worn interiors of the Quadri restaurant in Venice
Brooklyn studio GRT Architects has used a "rhythm" of arches, chequered tiles and brass details throughout this Italian-American restaurant in New York City's West Village. More about Don Angie restaurant interior takes influences from Italy and New Jersey
Ornately painted walls, velvet furnishings and a pair of olive trees create a decadent setting for this Italian restaurant within an early 20th-century cinema, in Sweden's capital. More about Millimeter Arkitekter transforms Stockholm cinema into L'Avventura restaurant
Israeli designer Meir Guri has used dusty pink and multicoloured marble tiles to ensure this restaurant stands out against its shopping centre setting in Tel Aviv. More about Pale pink and mismatched marble decorate Tel Aviv cafe by Meir Guri
Mid-century-style lamps hang above burnt orange leather booths inside this restaurant in Chicago, designed by New York-based studio Meyer Davis in an old printing house. More about The Proxi restaurant occupies former printing house in Chicago
Danish homeware brand Ferm Living used shades of red and grey to create a homely interior for this new Asian-fusion restaurant in Copenhagen. More about Ferm Living combines Nordic and Asian references in new Copenhagen restaurant IBU
Design studio Snøhetta has expanded a Michelin-star restaurant in California's Napa Valley with a glazed annex, and renovated its kitchen and grassy courtyard. More about Snøhetta revamps The French Laundry restaurant with fritted glass extension
Los Angeles studio Design, Bitches has evoked "old-school Miami" at this restaurant in Nashville using pastel colours, planting and plenty of natural light. More about Design, Bitches decorates Little Octopus restaurant in Nashville with sherbet shades
US design studio Basic Projects has gutted a restaurant in South Carolina and transformed the dark interior into an eclectic, light-filled dining space. More about Vintage objects populate restaurant in Charleston by Basic Projects
Stockholm-based Note Design Studio has renovated a 1950s restaurant in Helsinki, combining soft pink tones with a teak-lined scheme that honours the building's modernist design. More about Note Design Studio redesigns historic mid-century restaurant in Helsinki
Shapes borrowed from Middle Eastern architecture and colours of over-saturated food photographs found on menus informed the interior of this fast-casual Lebanese restaurant in Victoria, Canada. More about Pita bread shop interior by Studio Roslyn is based on bad food photography
Pastel tones and plenty of plants fill this hotel restaurant and bar in Vancouver, which local design studio Ste Marie modelled on a conservatory. More about The Botanist restaurant by Ste Marie features rosy hints and copious greenery
Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has designed a curved wood ceiling for a restaurant in Texas, complete with a large glazed wall and an open kitchen. More about Wooden ceiling curves over restaurant in Austin by Michael Hsu