Bookshop in paddy field sandwiched between walls of abandoned house
Trace Architecture Office has inserted a bookshop and cafe into old rammed earth gables of a long-abandoned house in rural China. More
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Steel and glass exoskeleton transforms abandoned warehouse into concert venue
Sudraba Arhitektüra has reinforced the dilapidated shell of an abandoned 20th-century railway warehouse in Riga and turned it into a concert hall. More
Contemporary design meets Belle Époque in Berlin office
David Kohn Architects has worked with Nord Studio to convert a listed residential interior in Berlin into a grand office for property developer Euroboden. More
Brutalist Marcel Breuer building in Connecticut sold to become hotel
IKEA has sold a brutalist tower by Marcel Breuer in Connecticut to a local architect and developer, who plans to turn it into a zero net energy boutique hotel. More
Melilla's historic market converted into latticed education centre
Ángel Verdasco Arquitectos used a lattice of aluminium beams to cover the ceramic tiled facade of an education centre built over an abandoned market in Melilla. More
Faulkner Architects converts barn in California's wine country into minimal bunkhouse
American studio Faulkner Architects has transformed a rustic building in northern California into a simple dwelling sheathed in salvaged redwood and weathering steel. More
Bathhouse spa with sensory deprivation tank opens in old Williamsburg soda factory
A 1930s soda factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn has been transformed into bathhouse with a subterranean spa influenced by Scandinavian saunas, Russian banyas and Turkish hammams. More
Lever Architecture transforms Portland industrial buildings into creative workspace
American firm Lever Architecture used weathering steel and original timber in the adaptive reuse of two factories built over 70 years ago for a hay-baler manufacturer. More
Studio Arquitectos creates holiday home-like apartments for Tulum's permanent residents
Mexican firm Studio Arquitectos has created a residential apartment complex in popular Mexican holiday resort Tulum, featuring shared courtyards and traditional Mayan materials. More
Palma Hideaway in Mallorca is obscured from the street by a tiny tiled garden
Architect Mariana de Delás created a green-tile garden to keep this apartment – which was formerly a motorcycle workshop – out of sight from the busy streets of Palma de Mallorca. More
La Firme turns abandoned shed into Quebec home The Barn
Montreal designer Louis Beliveau of La Firme studio has overhauled a decrepit barn in Quebec by turning its hollow core into a holiday home for two city dwellers. More
Angular black frames form studios in Toronto visual effects office
A black-painted wood structure separates spaces inside an old industrial building in Toronto that local firm StudioAC designed as office space for a visual effects company. More
Waechter Architecture builds ring of cabins on old school campus to create The Society Hotel Bingen
A converted schoolhouse and a series of detached cabins forms this boutique hotel in Washington State. More
RDHA turns riverfront building into "Canada's first bookless library"
Canadian architecture firm RDHA has added glazed volumes to an old limestone post office in Cambridge, Ontario as part of its transformation into a community centre with makerspaces. More
Kooo Architects inserts plywood-lined hotel rooms into an existing concrete frame
Plywood panels and fabric curtains have been used by by Kooo Architects to transform an existing concrete structure into a guesthouse in Guangzhou, China. More
Cowshed in the Netherlands rebuilt as a timber-clad family home
Julius Taminiau Architects has rebuilt an old cowshed to create a house clad in thin timber slats that conceal double-layered openings. More
Casa Josephine transforms motorcycle workshop into brightly-hued advertising office
Design studio Casa Josephine arranged yellow, red and deep-blue tiles to create the "emphatically geometrical" interior of this advertising office in Madrid. More
Tribeca button factory becomes Walker Hotel with "eclectic modernist" design and sub-cellar bar
A former button and ribbon factory in New York's Tribeca neighbourhood has been turned into a boutique hotel featuring an eclectic mix of modern furniture and industrial details. More
JHL Design converts abandoned Portland penthouse into moody office space for tech firm
US studio JHL Design emphasised "the interplay of light and shadow" and other classic Japanese principles when turning a vacant penthouse in Portland into a tech firm's office space. More
Kapsimalis Architects converts caves for summer houses on Greek island
The vaulted forms and underground caves of an old house on the Greek island of Santorini have been converted into a holiday home complex by Kapsimalis Architects. More