Sabine Marcelis's self-designed resin bathtub and three-metre-tall lava lamp feature in her Rotterdam family home, which she continuously reconfigures with her architect partner Paul Cournet. More about Sabine Marcelis's Rotterdam loft apartment is "forever evolving" with her life
Polish designer Dawid Konieczny has completed an apartment in Warsaw's Port Praski district featuring curved walls and bespoke joinery that make the most of the available space. More about Compact Warsaw apartment evokes "ingenuity and efficiency" of maritime architecture
Stained birch plywood forms storage throughout this compact Brooklyn duplex, which was renovated on a tight budget by New York studio Plan Plan. More about Plan Plan uses "affordable materials" for Brooklyn apartment renovation
Vintage furniture and palette of richly toned materials bring a sense of warmth and personality to this renovated maisonette in Amsterdam, which interiors firm Studio Elèn Letort designed to reference the Dutch Golden Age. More about Studio Elèn Letort completes "expressive and characterful" renovation of historic Amsterdam apartment
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled visuals of Nest and Cascades, a housing development in Tirana that will have overhanging balconies and a colour palette informed by its surroundings. More about Overhanging balconies to unite Albanian housing blocks by Zaha Hadid Architects
Potted plants and doorways shaped like gardeners are dotted across the faceted La Vallée Verte housing in Bordeaux, France, recently completed by Dutch studio MVRDV. More about Plant pots and people-shaped portals animate Bordeaux housing by MVRDV
A green-tiled bathtub overlooks the living room inside this 59-square-metre apartment in Barcelona, designed by architecture practice Sigla Studio as a "continuous domestic landscape". More about Bathtub takes centre stage in living room of Barcelona apartment
Natural materials, including wood and local stone, contribute to the relaxed feel of this residential development in Andermatt, Switzerland, which Patricia Urquiola has designed to echo the Alpine surroundings. More about Alpine landscapes inform Patricia Urquiola's "nest-like" interiors for Swiss apartment complex
Architect Cyrus Ardalan felt like he was "standing at the prow of a ship" on a visit to this Paris corner apartment, which he subsequently renovated with porthole-style openings and deck-like floors for DJ Louise Chen and her family. More about Cyrus Ardalan designs Paris DJ's plywood apartment to feel like a boat
Architecture studio Kuma&Elsa has renovated the top two floors of an apartment block in Japan, creating enclosures that aim to re-create the spatial conditions of a traditional Japanese engawa. More about Kuma&Elsa arranges Japanese apartments around translucent "huts"
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the completion of Ray Phoenix by California studio Johnston Marklee in partnership with Lamar Johnson Collaborative. More about "An attractive, well built thing. I approve" says commenter
California studio Johnston Marklee has completed Ray Phoenix, a residential building in Arizona clad in a mint green metal facade, the colour informed by the surrounding desert. More about Johnston Marklee completes "democratic by nature" green-metal tower in Phoenix
US studio Vladimir Radutny Architects has renovated a loft inside a former car-part manufacturing building in Chicago, exposing tiles and brickwork while adding chainmail curtains. More about Vladimir Radutny highlights "poetic relics" in Chicago loft renovation
Local practice Bruzkus Greenberg has redesigned a penthouse apartment in Berlin, adding a blue-stained wooden core that contains key functions including the entrance and built-in banquette. More about Bruzkus Greenberg arranges compact apartment around multifunctional "blue box"
Local studio Nicolas Laisné Architectes has completed Vatea, a riverside apartment block in France with a sleek, skinny form that references ship design. More about Vatea apartment block resembles "ship set along the riverbank" in France
Ceramic cobogó blocks and caquinhos tiles form the kitchen of this São Paulo apartment renovated by Brazilian studio Cota760 Arquitetura. More about Cota760 Arquitetura gives São Paulo apartment "terracotta-toned nucleus"
Architecture studio SO-IL utilised precast, coloured-concrete panels in various sizes to give the 144 Vanderbilt apartment block in Brooklyn, USA, a distinct identity. More about SO-IL uses pink concrete to give Brooklyn apartment block "civic presence"
US architecture studio Grzywinski + Pons has completed a 31-storey residential building in downtown Seattle that features a light olive-coloured facade and glazed boxes that pop out from the tower's edges. More about Boxy "sky lounges" protrude from Seattle skyscraper by Grzywinski + Pons
Local studio Bloqe Architectura created a four-bay apartment complex with a series of barrel-vaulted spaces that open up to rooftop gardens overlooking Mexico City. More about Bloqe Architectura designs Mariano Azuela 194 apartment block after Mexico City manor houses
A pair of white towers anchor a mixed-used project called Central Station, which was designed by US firm Multistudio to serve as "a model for multimodal development" in Phoenix. More about Multistudio designs towers with "crisp white skin" in Downtown Phoenix