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
Boutique hotel brand Aethos has opened its first London outpost with interiors designed by Astet Studio in a Ron Arad Associates building that was formerly home to Nobu Hotel Shoreditch. More about Aethos London Shoreditch designed using an "East meets East" approach
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has completed a wellness hotel on Awaji Island, Japan. More about Shigeru Ban unveils coastal wellness retreat on Awaji Island
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"
US architecture studio KTGY has revamped the interiors of the HOK-designed Fairmont Hotel off of Chicago's Millennium Park. More about KTGY revamps interiors of Fairmont Hotel in Chicago
Photographer Ahmad Alnaji has captured the Ciel Dubai Marina, a supertall skyscraper by architecture studio NORR that was recently completed as the tallest hotel in the world. More about Photos reveal world's tallest hotel in Dubai
French-German designer Tatjana von Stein designed hundreds of bespoke lights and furnishings for this hotel in Munich, drawing on the city's art nouveau style and its exuberant nightlife history. More about Tatjana von Stein blends Jugendstil style with 1980s glamour for The Dean Munich
Interior design practice Busta Studio has filled the Kimpton Ashbel hotel on Park Avenue with art and objects intended to make it feel like "a warm, elegantly curated home". More about Busta Studio evokes the elegance of New York townhouses for Kimpton Ashbel hotel
Interior architecture studio A-nrd has transformed a 19th-century Glasgow townhouse into a hotel with a raw, honest material palette that celebrates the Scottish city's industrial heritage. More about A-nrd designs Arthouse Glasgow hotel to "feel like it belongs to the city"
Designer Joyce Wang has completed an interior renovation at the Mandarin Oriental The Landmark hotel in Hong Kong, designed to evoke the feel of living in a colonial mansion. More about Joyce Wang draws on "colonial country manors" for Hong Kong hotel interior
Architecture studio Neri&Hu has upgraded the facade of Mandarin Oriental The Landmark in Hong Kong, using staggered terracotta tiles to resemble a piece of woven tapestry. More about Neri&Hu wraps Hong Kong hotel in "urban tapestry" facade
Designer Keiji Ashizawa has turned a former hostel in Shintomicho, Tokyo, into Tomi Ginza, a boutique hotel with a single suite on each of its floors that was designed to fulfil a need for group accommodation in the city. More about Eight-room Tokyo hotel designed to feel like staying "at the home of a tasteful friend"
Interior design studio Stephanie Barba Mendoza looked to Vienna's artistic past to devise the communal spaces of this aparthotel, which takes over a 19th-century post office in the Austrian capital. More about Secessionist references weave through Vienna's Wilde aparthotel
Architecture studio Snøhetta has released images of its vision for a hotel in Aino and Alvar Aalto's iconic 1930s sanatorium in Paimio, Finland, which will include turning patient rooms into bedrooms. More about Aaltos' Paimio Sanatorium set to be turned into "future-oriented" hotel by Snøhetta
A central skylight naturally illuminates the interiors of this 10-key boutique hotel in Mexico City, designed by local architecture studio PPAA. More about PPAA designs "discreet yet powerful" Mexico City hotel Lamartine
Untreated spruce was used to reconstruct parts of the Haus W lodge and boutique hotel in Zug, Austria, which features bespoke furniture, interior details by local craftspeople and a gridded wooden screen. More about Gerold and Katia Schneider transform 17th-century Alpine lodge into wood-clad hotel
The unique "rhythm and progression" of Japanese machiya townhouses helped Brewin Design Office devise the interiors of this hotel in Kyoto designed by Kengo Kuma. More about Traditional wooden townhouses inform interiors of Kengo Kuma-designed Capella Kyoto hotel
This week on Dezeen, Danish studio BIG unveiled three rammed-earth villas on the remote island of Sagishima, which marks the studio's first project in Japan. More about This week BIG revealed a trio of luxury rammed-earth villas in Japan
Danish studio BIG has completed its first buildings in Japan, creating a trio of rammed-earth villas on the remote island of Sagishima for hotelier Not A Hotel. More about BIG uses rammed earth to create trio of luxury villas in Japan
Global architecture studio SOM has designed a pair of stepped, wedge-shaped towers to be a landmark for the new city of Alatau in south-eastern Kazakhstan. More about SOM designs stepped glazed towers for Kazakhstan's new city