McLaren Excell turns Camden warehouse into craft-focused family home
Architecture studio McLaren Excell has converted an industrial building in north London into a house that includes dedicated spaces for arts and crafts activities. More
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CRÜ transforms public laundry into La Clara house in Barcelona
Spanish architecture studio CRÜ has remodelled an old public laundry into a house and studio for a couple in west Barcelona. More
Hawkins\Brown completes transformation of historic Central Foundation Boys' School
Old and new buildings wrap around a stepped courtyard in this central London school, which has been renovated by architecture studio Hawkins\Brown. More
Malik Architecture transforms ice factory into gallery and events space
Indian studio Malik Architecture has turned a 144-year-old ice factory in Ballard Estate, Mumbai, into the IF.BE contemporary gallery. More
Pyramid of Tirana officially reopens as "monument for the people"
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has added a stepped roof and bright-coloured boxes to a former museum dedicated to Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha in the centre of Tirana, Albania. More
Converted radio station by Van Heyningen & Haward Architects wins first-ever RIBA Reinvention Award
The conversion of an abandoned radio station into Houlton School near Rugby, UK, has won RIBA's inaugural Reinvention Award. More
Field Operations' Gansevoort Peninsula designed to "help prepare" New York for climate change
Manhattan's first "public beachfront" and a salt marsh feature at Gansevoort Peninsula on the Hudson River, which was designed by local landscape studio Field Operations to serve as a buffer against rising tides. More
Renovated Ibizan finca retains rustic charm as Aguamadera hotel
A 19th-century farmhouse hidden away in the mountains of Ibiza has been converted into a hotel, where guests stay inside earthy, minimalist suites with interiors conceived by creative director Carlota Sarda Caralps. More
Productora converts Mexico City textile factory into green-trimmed artist studios
Mexican architecture studio Productora has restored a concrete industrial complex in Mexico City into a series of studios including its own office. More
Schiller Projects turns former carriage house into mass-timber residence
New York-based studio Schiller Projects has converted a former Brooklyn carriage house into a single-family residence using mass-timber construction and re-purposed materials. More
MVRDV transforms Shenzhen skyscraper into colourful women and children's centre
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has added a colourful gridded facade to a skyscraper in Shenzhen, to create a hotel and centre dedicated to the welfare of women and children. More
PAU places vaulted glass structure in shell of Brooklyn's Domino Sugar Refinery
Local architecture studio Practice for Architecture and Urbanism has installed a glass office building with a vaulted roof inside the shell of the 19th-century Domino Sugar Refinery on the waterfront in Brooklyn. More
Alp Bozkurt creates "calming" interior for Brooklyn tattoo parlour
Arched niches provide stations for tattoo artists at Atelier Eva, located in a former Brooklyn hardware store transformed by designer Alp Bozkurt. More
Mesura furnishes Casa Vasto apartment and gallery with "constellation of objects"
Local studio Mesura has designed a live-work home for a gallery owner that combines exhibition space with living quarters in a former factory in Barcelona. More
Detroit Month of Design highlights initiatives and reuse projects "for a better Detroit"
This year's edition of Detroit Month of Design features a number of adaptive reuse projects, including furniture made from recycled bulletproof glass and religious buildings converted into art spaces. More
Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter converts derelict carpentry workshop into trio of townhouses
Architecture studio Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter has replaced a derelict carpentry workshop in Norway with a set of three pastel-coloured townhouses named Sagene Wood Trade. More
Urbanus transforms former Chinese brewery into cultural centre
The concrete-framed "industrial relic" of the former Kingway Brewery in Shenzhen, China, has been transformed into a cultural centre by architecture firm Urbanus. More
Henley Halebrown turns Victorian industrial terrace into creative studios in Hackney
London studio Henley Halebrown has completed a sensitive remodel of a 19th-century industrial terrace into a small campus of creative workspaces in Hackney, London. More
Alabama hotel by Avenir Creative occupies three historic buildings
US studio Avenir Creative has completed the renovation of a historic hotel in Montgomery, Alabama, restoring a trio of buildings in accordance with local heritage. More
The Rome Edition opens in converted 1940s bank building
American entrepreneur Ian Schrager's The Edition group has landed in Rome, opening a hotel in a converted bank that makes use of its soaring lobby, original marble staircases and hidden front courtyard. More