Fala Atelier strips back former factory to create "naked" apartments
Architecture studio Fala Atelier has converted a former clothing factory in the town of Abragão, Portugal, into a block of six bare apartments. More
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Perfect Storm apartment in Sydney features moody grey interiors
Concrete-like surfaces help Australian design studio Killing Matt Woods foster a dark and brooding atmosphere inside this Sydney apartment. More
Original and modern features "quietly co-exist" inside London apartment
Pale marble and black steel fixtures sit among the otherwise classic living spaces of this west London apartment, overhauled by HASA Architects. More
Filipe Fonseca da Costa keeps things simple in renovated Lisbon apartment
Portuguese architect Filipe Fonseca da Costa has renovated an apartment in southwest Lisbon, creating bright living spaces while highlighting structural details. More
Rise Design Studio brightens Harvist Road flat with glass-walled lightwell
Expansive panels of glass helped Rise Design Studio connect the formerly light-starved living spaces of this northwest London flat to the outdoors. More
Heatherwick Studio reveals first images of Singapore tower with shell-like balconies
Heatherwick Studio has released photos of EDEN, a 20-storey concrete tower that is nearing completion in the Orchard Road neighbourhood of Singapore. More
Falken Reynolds takes cues from an igloo for Vancouver loft renovation
A hidden sleeping loft and an all-white hallway lined with closets are among the features in a renovated Vancouver apartment designed by Canadian firm Falken Reynolds. More
Perfect Darkness is an apartment installation that shows how to make the most of tiles
Design studio H+O has fitted out an apartment in Milan's Brera district, showing how tiles can be used to create bold contemporary interiors. More
Charles Cunniffe Architects completes affordable housing complex in Colorado ski town
Tiny homes, an apartment building and a boarding house make up the Virginia Placer development, which Charles Cunniffe Architects has designed for a Rocky Mountain community in Colorado with a dearth of low-cost housing. More
Vertical garden and sleeping pod feature in small Madrid apartment
Spanish studio Husos Arquitectos has created a 46-square-metre plywood-lined apartment in Madrid for a young doctor and his pet bulldog. More
KC Design Studio adds multi-functional furnishings to Apartment X in Taipei
KC Design Studio has squeezed a series of living areas into this 46-square-metre apartment in Taipei by incorporating space-saving furniture pieces.
Atelier Tao + C uses wooden structure to divide U-shape Room in Shanghai
A plywood volume that contains sleep, study and bathing spaces adds structure to this unusually-shaped Shanghai apartment, which architecture studio Atelier Tao+C has recently overhauled. More
Amin Taha creates distorted replica of 19th-century London terrace block
Amin Taha's studio Groupwork has completed a terrace in Islington, London, with a block designed as a misremembered copy of a lost four-storey building. More
Fieldwork completes Melbourne apartment block with "breathable" mesh facade
Melbourne architecture studio Fieldwork sought to create community-focused living spaces within a mesh-covered apartment block in the city's Fitzroy neighbourhood. More
Brani & Desi designs Breakfast With Mondrian apartment
Bulgarian studio Brani & Desi has designed a concept for an apartment that would translate Dutch artist Piet Mondrian's abstract paintings into 3D form. More
Pets Playground apartment in Hong Kong is designed for couple, a parrot and a cat
Sim-Plex Design Studio has created an apartment in Hong Kong for a couple that lives with their parrot, an elderly parent and her pet cat. More
Ten micro homes with floor plans that make the most of space
With more people living in cities, architects are increasingly finding inventive ways to squeeze homes into small spaces. Here are the floor plans of 10 micro homes that make the most of every square metre. More
Azab adds space-saving details to domed attic apartment in Bilbao
Architecture studio Azab has added under-floor storage and bright yellow walls to make this formerly characterless attic apartment in Bilbao, Spain, suitable for a young family of four. More
Sculptural staircase forms centrepiece of Loft Diego in Porto Alegre
Brazilian architecture studio Arquitetura Nacional has transformed a duplex apartment in Porto Alegre using a black spiral staircase, brise-soleil and locally sourced furniture. More
Bureau de Change inserts textured brick building into century-old London terrace
Bureau de Change has completed The Interlock, a mixed-use building in London with a facade made from matt blue bricks that "appear to twist like cogs". More