Montreal Tower to become glazed offices for Desjardins Group
The iconic angled tower of Montreal's Olympic Stadium is being converted into offices by local firm Provencher Roy. More
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EFFEKT transforms abandoned windmill factory into skatepark and youth centre
A translucent polycarbonate skin wraps Streetmekka Viborg Build, a former windmill factory that Danish studio EFFEKT has transformed into a hub for street sports and youth culture. More
Collective Office founder converts Chicago factory into his apartment and studio
Chicago architect Jeff Klymson has designed a home for himself inside an old industrial building in the city, while reserving the ground floor for the studio of his firm Collective Office. More
Tonkin Liu transforms agricultural shed into "container for books and art"
Architecture studio Tonkin Liu has converted a barn in the English county of Yorkshire into a house featuring a double-height library and a gallery space flanked at either end by huge windows. More
John Pawson transforms historic convent into Jaffa Hotel in Tel Aviv
British designer John Pawson has completed the overhaul of an ornate convent and hospital into a hotel in Tel Aviv's historic Jaffa neighbourhood. More
Amy Shao imagines Herbalist Hotel where stressed Londoners can rest
Royal College of Art graduate Amy Shao has proposed converting a central London hospital into a hotel, which would naturally treat guests with herbs that sprout from the roof, ceiling and walls. More
Davidson Rafailidis turns 1920s garage in Buffalo into combined home and workshop
US design studio Davidson Rafailidis has retained peeling paintwork, uneven concrete flooring and rough wooden beams while converting a garage in Buffalo, New York, into a live-work space. More
Teatum + Teatum transforms 18th-century iron foundry in Sheffield into pared-back offices
British architecture studio Teatum + Teatum has adapted an old iron foundry in Sheffield into modern offices for a communications agency and co-working local businesses. More
Neumann Monson converts century-old Iowa factory into offices
The open floors of a 117-year-old, run-down factory in Des Moines, Iowa, have been transformed into offices by Neumann Monson Architects. More
White volumes by HW Studio form food market between stone buildings in Mexico
Architecture practice HW Studio has ripped out an abandoned warehouse and replaced it with a series of all-white volumes to create this food market in a historic Mexican city. More
Kogaa converts crumbling Czech distillery into fuss-free co-working space
The Distillery is a co-working space in Brno, Czech Republic, featuring unfinished walls, ageing ceiling beams and a drinks bar in a disused elevator shaft. More
Ares Partners converts former granary into hotel in rural China
Chinese architecture office Ares Partners has completed a hotel nestled among the mountains of Ninghai County, China, in a collection of refurbished stone warehouses. More
Breathe Architecture converts film studio head offices into Paramount House Hotel
Australian practice Breathe Architecture has transformed the former headquarters of Paramount Pictures in Sydney into a boutique hotel with warm and tactile interiors. More
Portuguese family home turned into brightly-hued hostel
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
Adamo-Faiden creates rural home Macchi House inside converted livestock buildings
A pair of buildings once used to house bulls in rural Argentina have been transformed into a countryside home by architecture studio Adamo-Faiden. More
Superimpose turns Chinese revolutionary factory into exhibition centre
Superimpose has saved a historic factory in Changzhi, China, from demolition by renovating it into a exhibition centre for the city. More
San Francisco's art-deco McClintock Building transformed into "maker spaces"
Pfau Long Architecture has converted a 1930s building that once housed a dress manufacturer into a creative workspace with an openable glass roof. More
Snøhetta to renovate historic Detroit station for Ford innovation centre
Architecture firm Snøhetta plans to transform Detroit's Michigan Central Station into a research hub for car company Ford, with proposals for a "collaborative ecosystem" of professionals to develop self-driving vehicles. More
London off-licence transformed into industrial-style apartment building by Emulsion
London architecture office Emulsion has built a trio of homes around the structure of a former corner shop, including an apartment for studio director Michael Deeley and his partner. More
Ryuji Kajino converts simple shed into studio for flower craft
Architect Ryuji Kajino converted an 80-year-old barn in Kurashiki, Japan, to create Tiny Atelier, a studio for a designer who makes accessories from dried flowers. More