Semi-translucent polycarbonate panels and wooden shelving systems create partitions in this office renovation for a television station in Hangzhou, China, by Daipu Architects (+ slideshow). More
This apartment conversion in Bilzen, Belgium, by C.T. Architects is designed as a stylish home for a wheelchair user and features practical storage including shelves built into either end of an angular dining table. More
A sweeping, sculptural staircase extends through the centre of this monochrome inner-city loft apartment in Melbourne, Australia, by Adrian Amore Architects. More
Japanese architect Shimpei Oda has reworked the dark interior of a humble 1920s house in Kyoto to bring natural light into living spaces and create a small gallery that opens to the street (+ slideshow). More
Fashion house Saint Laurent's creative director Hedi Slimane has designed a new store for the brand in London, with a marbled and mirrored interior similar to the label's flagship retail outlet in Paris (+ slideshow). More
This conceptual restaurant covered in a patchwork of textiles is the final instalment in Polish designer Karina Wiciak's series of fantasy interiors. More
French designer Patrick Norguet has created the interior for a hotel in Nantes featuring compact rooms with wavy white louvred walls enclosing en suite bathrooms (+ slideshow). More
German firm Buero Wagner has designed a bar for mixology company Gamsei with ceramic bottles of ingredients hanging from a metal grid on the ceiling (+ slideshow). More
Portuguese architect João Branco has converted a small office building in Coimbra into a home by installing softwood joinery that functions as furniture, storage and partitions (+ slideshow). More
Portuguese studio CVDB Arquitectos has created a tapestry museum with vaulted ceilings, marble walls and funnel-shaped skylights inside a twelfth-century hospital building (photos by Fernando Guerra + slideshow). More
Large glowing letters spell out the Portuguese Spanish word for tea at the front of this tea house in Brazil by architects Estudio 30 51, the third cafe we've featured in the last seven days (+ slideshow). More
The floors of this open-plan apartment in London by local studio Form Design Architecture are covered with timber boards salvaged from an old Welsh chapel (+ slideshow). More
Foliage is scattered around the interior of this hotel in Berlin by designers Studio Aisslinger to create an "urban jungle" (+ slideshow). More
Norwegian firm Eriksen Skajaa Architects has redesigned the offices of the team behind the Bergen International Festival, creating an environment that's meant to resemble the backstage areas of a concert. More
Emerging Dutch firm Unknown Architects has renovated a 200-year-old house in Leiden by stripping back its interior, and inserting built-in furniture and a twisting white staircase (+ slideshow). More
Japanese design studio Nendo has installed screens based on wrought iron fences in the women's clothing section of Tokyo's Seibu department store so it resembles a European city park (+ slideshow). More
Following our earlier story about a tea house in Prague, here's another cafe with vaulted ceilings by Hungarian studio Spora Architects, in a two-hundred-year-old former palace in Budapest (+ slideshow). More
Czech studio A1 Architects covered the walls of this cafe in Prague with a tactile mixture of black plaster, coal and pieces of straw, in a modern take on the clay plasters used inside traditional Japanese tea houses (+ slideshow). More
Dutch firm 8A Architecten has modernised a small labourer's house in Leiden by adding a large oak structure that incorporates a staircase, storage facilities and sofa (+ slideshow). More
Australian skincare company Aesop has opened a new signature store in Hong Kong that features shelving made from blackened steel, plus sinks made of oak and copper. More