Architecture studio OMA has broken ground on the Frank Liu Jr Academy for Music and Arts charter school in Houston, a pre-K through eighth-grade institution housed in a former coffee plant. More about OMA to convert Houston coffee plant into music school with instrument-informed architecture
Architecture firm Acronym Collective Studio has transformed a former brewery near Brno into a community centre, which addresses its corner site with a curved, perforated brick facade. More about Acronym Collective Studio transforms former brewery in Czech Republic into community centre
British studio John McAslan + Partners has transformed and extended a disused power station into a learning space and accommodation for the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School. More about John McAslan + Partners revamps Victorian power station for University of Oxford
Architecture studio Office for Future has unveiled plans to remodel a former school in Stavyshche into temporary housing, wrapped around a courtyard, for families affected by the war in Ukraine. More about Office for Future reveals plans to transform school into housing for displaced Ukrainians
Danish studio CF Møller has completed the Mind Museum on the island of Funen in Denmark, guided by the "clear spatial structure" of the former psychiatric hospital it occupies. More about CF Møller transforms psychiatric hospital in Denmark into museum
A former tile warehouse in Accra, Ghana, has been transformed into the headquarters of the African Futures Institute, an independent architecture school founded by Ghanaian-Scottish architect Lesley Lokko. More about Renovated warehouse becomes permanent home of African Futures Institute in Ghana
Arched openings and rough brick walls evoke the feel of a Roman bathhouse at Alchemy Saunas, a wellness centre in Australia by interior design studio Rezen. More about Rezen transforms hotel stables in Australia into "raw and direct" wellness centre
Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron has utilised the existing concrete foundation of an older structure for the Student Center & Dining Commons at Amherst College, adding mass-timber levels on top. More about Herzog & de Meuron reuses foundations for mass-timber Massachusetts school building
The conversion of a Victorian hospital is one of three reuse projects that make up the shortlist for the 2026 RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland award. More about Building reuse defines shortlist for Scotland's best building
A green-concrete frontage marks the transformation of a neglected building in Hastings into Eagle House community centre, designed by London architecture studio IF_DO. More about IF_DO transforms neglected building in Hastings into "genuinely welcoming" community centre
Architecture studio Orms has submitted a planning application to transform the BT Tower in London into a hotel with a rooftop swimming pool for American hotelier MCR. More about Orms plans to add rooftop swimming pool to London's BT Tower
A metal tunnel guides visitors from underground into a lofty exhibition hall within a tram depot at the Centre for Contemporary Arts Tashkent, which was designed by French architecture practice Studio KO in Uzbekistan's capital. More about Studio KO transforms "basilica-like" tram depot into Tashkent art centre
UK studio Hudson Architects has converted a disused commercial building in Norfolk into a public library, wrapping its existing concrete structure in a skin of cement shingles. More about Hudson Architects transforms neglected nightclub into King's Lynn Library
Canada's Ivy Studio has transformed a 1970s bank into a veterinary clinic for exotic animals in Laval, Quebec, featuring minimalist interiors and soft lighting. More about Ivy Studio creates "soothing" exotic animal clinic in brutalist Quebec bank
Architecture studio MAD has revealed updated designs for the Danshuis dance centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, which will feature a billowing glass extension to an art deco warehouse. More about MAD unveils rippled glass extension in updated design for Rotterdam's Danshuis
British studio Richard Parr Associates has renovated a trio of 19th-century buildings at The Newt in Somerset hotel in England, restoring their interiors to nod to the site's past. More about Yarlington Lodge at The Newt in Somerset blends "little snippets of history with life today"
A team including Studio Barnes and Ch_studio has revealed designs to transform the 1920s building once used by the white supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan in Fort Worth, Texas, into a "catalyst for community and restoration". More about Studio Barnes and Ch_studio to convert former KKK building in Texas into arts centre
New York architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro has spliced an 1894 brick warehouse building with several glazed volumes to create a home for MIT's School of Architecture and Planning. More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro renovates Boston storage warehouse for MIT architecture school
Local studio Lenka Milerová Architektka has converted a former pigsty in the Czech Republic into Panoší Újezd Summer House, complementing its rough stone walls with additions in exposed concrete. More about Lenka Milerová Architektka transforms stone pigsty in Czech Republic into holiday home
Architecture collective Assemble has converted a pair of former dairy warehouses into a "robust and adaptable" community centre and church on Becontree Estate in east London. More about Assemble turns former dairy warehouses into adaptable community hub