A 36-metre-tall concrete silo has been converted into a dramatic hotel lobby at Bacalan Block – the transformation of a former factory site in Bordeaux into a mixed-use development by Colboc Sachet Architects. More about Vestiges of industry inform hotel complex on former factory site in Bordeaux
Thatched roofs, recycled bricks and bundles of sticks were used to construct this hostel on Shanghai's Chongming Island, which Chinese studio RooMoo has organised around two existing buildings. More about RooMoo integrates local materials and traditions into Som Land Hostel near Shanghai
Vertical timber battens wrap around this Passivhaus hostel designed by architecture studio Blancodelprim to accommodate pilgrims on the famous route to Santiago de Compostela. More about Pilgrim's House is a timber-clad hostel in the Basque countryside
New Delhi-based design studio Zero Energy Design Lab has completed a girls' hostel building with a perforated concrete facade and an exterior staircase in Gurugram, India. More about Zero Energy Design Lab creates Girls' Hostel Block with hollow concrete facade
Aurora Arquitectos and Furo have transformed an old family home near Lisbon into a hostel, with colourful accents throughout based on the tropical patina of sunshine and vacations. More about Portuguese family home turned into brightly-hued hostel
American firm Un.Box Studio has transformed historic structures in Austin into a high-design hostel that is meant to serve as an alternative to pricey boutique hotels. More about Un.Box Studio converts neglected stone building into progressive Austin hostel
This mixed-used building in Thailand includes the home and work spaces of a pair of siblings, arranged around planted courtyards and perforated concrete-block walls. More about EKAR Architects designs concrete-block Thailand house for vet and pharmacist siblings
Shenzhen studio Aether Architects has transformed a derelict residence in the city's Guanwu district into a hotel and cultural centre that is wrapped in a latticed framework of white cubes. More about Latticed framework incorporates seating around the edges of Shenzhen hotel and cultural centre
In our next movie from the AHEAD Asia 2017 awards, Singapore architect Colin Seah explains the concept behind COO, a new hostel and bistro aimed at young, design-conscious travellers on a budget. More about Ministry of Design targets millennial travellers with COO concept hostel
Dishevelled surfaces and industrial details create a shabby-chic aesthetic at this hostel in Chicago, where guests are encouraged to interact with each other via Instagram before their stays. More about Chicago hostel The Hollander connects guests on Instagram prior to arrival
Chinese architect Zhang Ke has slotted a hostel into one of Beijing's ancient hutong neighbourhoods, featuring tiny rooms that project at angles into a central courtyard. More about Micro hostel with tiny concrete rooms installed by Zhang Ke in old Beijing hutong
Brightly painted shipping containers are stacked one on top of the other to house bunk beds at this hostel in Nha Trang, which also features aerial bridges and giant communal hammocks. More about Stacked shipping containers house bedrooms at Vietnam hostel by TAK Architects
Icelandic design studio Döðlur has paired 20th-century design pieces with custom-made furniture inside this hotel-cum-hostel on Reykjavík's waterfront. More about Döðlur converts 1940s warehouse into design hotel and hostel in Reykjavík
Architect He Wei has transformed a traditional rammed-earth property in China into a youth hostel, featuring house-shaped polycarbonate rooms-on-wheels (+ slideshow). More about He Wei adds portable plastic rooms to youth hostel in a converted Chinese house
Beijing architect Cao Pu has created a compact hostel in a traditional hutong courtyard that gets even smaller when its front wall is rolled back to provide extra external space (+ slideshow). More about Archicao's tiny Humble Hostel expands and contracts with a rolling facade
London office Peter Barber Architects has remodelled a Victorian sheltered housing scheme in the city, employing different types of brick and render to indicate where new additions meet the original buildings. More about Peter Barber uses a "collage of materials" in hostel for homeless people
This giant cube that appears to have landed on its side in the mountains is a proposal by Czech studio Atelier 8000 for a facilities building in Slovakia's High Tatras peaks (+ slideshow). More about Proposed mountain hostel by Atelier 8000 looks like it has crashed into the Earth
Architect Sergio Rojo has renovated a dilapidated nineteenth-century cultural centre to create a hostel for weary travellers on the Way of St James pilgrimage route in northern Spain (+ slideshow). More about Hostel by Sergio Rojo provides rest stop on medieval pilgrimage route
Exposed ductwork and rough materials feature at this hostel in central Berlin (+ slideshow). More about Generator Berlin Mitte hostel by Ester Bruzkus with Anwar Mekhayech and Mark Asipowicz
Bunk bed booths provide sleeping sanctuaries at this hostel in Split, Croatia, by local designer Lana Vitas Gruić (+ slideshow). More about Emanuel Hostel by Lana Vitas Gruić