Atheorem refurbishes compact apartment in Berlin's Mitte district
Berlin architecture firm Atheorem has used dark grey curtains and metallic fixtures to update an apartment that dates back to the late 1800s in the city's Mitte district. More
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Vitrô Arquitetura exposes structural concrete pillars within 1960s São Paulo apartment
Brazilian firm Vitrô Arquitetura has renovated a 1960s apartment in São Paulo, revealing structural concrete pillars and brickwork walls (+ slideshow). More
Dift transforms former Ghent office space into WATT loft apartment
Belgian creative agency Dift has designed the interiors for a loft apartment housed in a former office space in the centre of Ghent (+ slideshow). More
Frosilo apartments offer a "great combination of old and new" says MVRDV's Jacob van Rijs
The eighth movie in our exclusive series profiling buildings by MVRDV looks at Frosilo – a pair of converted seed silos in Copenhagen that now contain some of the neighbourhood's most sought-after apartments (+ movie). More
Traditional ceramic blocks feature in Alan Chu's São Paulo apartment renovation
Brazilian architect Alan Chu has completed the renovation of a São Paulo apartment, which uses ceramic ventilation bricks to form partitions and furniture (+ slideshow). More
Milan dental studio converted into compact two-storey apartment
Italian architecture firm +R Piuerre has converted a dental practice at the top of a Milanese building into a 60-square-metre apartment (+ slideshow). More
London homes by Design Haus Liberty combine exposed plaster with off-the-shelf materials
Dara Huang of London studio Design Haus Liberty said she "used the palette that was already there" to ensure the newly created apartments of this converted building in the city's Marylebone district kept within a small budget (+ slideshow). More
Pitsou Kedem combines four apartments to create penthouse home with sculptural wall surfaces
Israeli studio Pitsou Kedem Architects knocked four apartments into one to create this two-storey penthouse in Tel Aviv, which features a rooftop pool offering views out over the city (+ slideshow). More
Renovated Barcelona apartment features vaulted brick ceilings and colourful floor tiles
Colombo and Serboli Architects and Margherita Serboli Arquitectura has renovated an apartment within an early 1900's building – aiming to "retrieve its Art Nouveau essence" through the restoration and recreation of original features (+ slideshow). More
h2o Architectes adds angular shelving units to a book collector's Parisian loft apartment
Wooden bookshelves installed against slanted walls help to define the different areas of this open-plan loft apartment that h2o Architectes has renovated in the Arsenal district of Paris (+ slideshow). More
Wooden niches contain work surfaces and storage inside Black Line Apartment by Arhitektura d.o.o.
A fitted kitchen, a seating nook and a desk space are all contained in oak-lined recesses in the otherwise black walls of this apartment in Ljubljana, Slovenia by local studio Arhitektura d.o.o. (+ slideshow). More
Point Supreme adds Postmodern touches to Nadja apartment in Athens
Pomo summer: patterned tiles, geometric screens and a bright yellow staircase were added to this apartment in Athens by local studio Point Supreme (+ slideshow). More
Circular pine wall creates rooms in vaulted basement home by Raúl Sánchez
Architect Raúl Sánchez has converted the vaulted basement of a Barcelona house into a subterranean apartment, with rooms separated by a curving pine partition (+ slideshow). More
Lieven Dejaeghere creates affordable apartments inside the classrooms of an old Belgian school
Glass partitions divide up the interior spaces of apartments created within a former school building in the Belgian city of Izegem by local architect Lieven Dejaeghere (+ slideshow). More
Szymon Hanczar crams his entire city home into 13 square metres
Polish designer Szymon Hanczar's micro apartment in Wroclaw contains a kitchen, bedroom and bathroom all within the confines of just 13 square metres (+ slideshow). More
Sarah Van Peteghem furnishes Berlin apartment with vintage Danish seats
Interior designer Sarah Van Peteghem has added greyscale furnishings, fabrics and accessories sourced from both contemporary brands and antique stores to this minimal apartment in Berlin (+ slideshow). More
Berlin apartment by NOWlab features a spiral staircase and a fireman's pole
Hidden behind a bookcase in a secret room, a fireman's pole offers a fast escape route from the top floor of this Berlin home by local studio NOWlab (+ slideshow). More
MAMM Design adds curved walls and different-shaped doorways to a Japanese apartment
Arched, rectangular and pentagonal doorways cut through the three bowed walls that frame the dining room of this apartment by MAMM Design on the outskirts of Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
Wilson Tang adds oak staircases and marble surfaces for Theresa St Residence renovation
Pale oak staircases ascend to a pair of mezzanine floors set in the rafters of this Melbourne residence, which has been renovated by local architect Wilson Tang. More
Tables, benches and an ironing board unfurl from the walls of a Madrid apartment by Elii Architects
Wooden furnishings have been integrated into the walls of this compact Madrid apartment by Elii Architects, allowing them to be folded away when not in use (+ movie). More