ARCity Office transforms disused power plant into Shajing Village Hall
Architecture studio ARCity Office has used black steel and glass to transform the concrete shell of a former power plant into a community hub in Shenzhen, China. More
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Approach Design turns Beijing police station into office building with multi-storey park
Architecture office Approach Design has transformed a former police station in Beijing into an office building enclosed by a steel framework that functions as a multipurpose urban park called TMT Folding Park. More
Zeller & Moye creates earthquake-resistant La Ribera housing block in Mexico City
Local architecture studio Zeller & Moye used an abandoned lot in Mexico City to create a multifamily property called La Ribera with eight townhouses organised around a lush courtyard. More
EYRC maintains industrial detail for office campus built in a former LA Times facility
Los Angeles studio Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects transformed the derelict Los Angeles Times printing facility and Orange County newsroom into an office campus in Costa Mesa, California. More
Atelier38 reworks furniture store into home for Czech Radio
Architecture studio Atelier38 has converted a former furniture store in Olomouc, Czech Republic, into a broadcast centre arranged around a light-filled atrium. More
Charlie Luxton Design reworks Oxfordshire farmhouse to create Studio Richter Mahr
Composer Max Richter and visual artist Yulia Mahr have set up a multimedia production studio inside a former farmhouse in Oxfordshire, which Charlie Luxton Design has updated with more sustainable features. More
Artchimboldi Menorca is a work retreat inside an abandoned girls' school
Hospitality company Artchimboldi and Spanish architect Emma Martí have teamed up to transform a forgotten girls' school in Menorca into a bright and contemporary retreat for professionals. More
Konishi Gaffney converts 1950s garage into artist's studio with a sense of "civic grandeur"
Architecture studio Konishi Gaffney has overhauled a 1950s garage in an affluent Edinburgh suburb, adding a rhythmic facade made up of wooden battens. More
Konishi Gaffney repurposes church into versatile community hub
Timber cladding features in this church in Edinburgh, which has been converted into a community centre by Scottish architecture firm Konishi Gaffney. More
Little Finlandia in Helsinki is a modular conference venue held up by pine trees
Ninety-five pine trees that retain their branches support the roof of Little Finlandia, an events centre in Helsinki designed by recently graduated architect Jaakko Torvinen. More
The Africa Centre finds new home inside former office building in London
A lacklustre office building in Southwark has undergone a vibrant makeover to become The Africa Centre, devised by architecture studio Freehaus and interior designer Tola Ojuolape. More
AUX Architecture clads Los Angeles arts centre in polycarbonate panels
California studio AUX Architecture has tranformed and expanded a synagogue on LA's Westside to create the Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center for a nonprofit focused on children's welfare. More
GOAA turns São Paulo car dealership into light-filled Camino School
Brazilian studio GOAA has converted a concrete car dealership into a school complete with circus equipment, a glazed elevator and a rooftop ball court. More
Cells in former Berlin prison turned into guest rooms for hotel Wilmina
German practice Grüntuch Ernst Architects has converted an abandoned women's prison and courthouse in Berlin into a "tranquil" hotel. More
Holloway Li transforms Munich office building into Wunderlocke hotel
Wassily Kandinsky's abstract paintings influenced the colourful yet understated interiors that design studio Holloway Li has created inside the Locke hotel in Munich. More
Neubau transforms former greenhouse building into school STEM lab
Local architecture studio Neubau has converted an existing greenhouse on the grounds of a school in Cambridge, England, into a teaching space with fold-out computer stations. More
Child Studio transforms 19th-century London townhouse into Cubitts eyewear store
London practice Child Studio has created an "intimate and domestic atmosphere" inside this store by local eyewear brand Cubitts, which occupies a townhouse in Belgravia. More
Office architecture
Office architecture
Foster + Partners creates Ombú offices in old gas plant in Madrid
British architecture studio Foster + Partners has inserted a demountable timber structure into a disused gas plant in Madrid, Spain, creating a flexible and tree-lined office building. More
Marcel Breuer's brutalist office in Connecticut reopens as Hotel Marcel
Architecture studio Becker + Becker has converted a 1970s brutalist building in New Haven, designed by Hungarian-American architect Marcel Breuer, into a Passive House hotel. More
Luchetti Krelle creates eclectic bar Jane inside former butcher shop
Seventies decor, French bistros and indigenous flowers are some of the references design studio Luchetti Krelle has mixed inside this bar in Sydney, Australia, which occupies a converted butcher. More