Steven Vandenborre adds cross-shaped staircase to an industrial office conversion
A multi-directional black staircase bridges the main entrance space in this converted office building in Belgium (+ slideshow). More
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Jump Studios completes Google co-working space in former Madrid battery factory
London firm Jump Studios has renovated a 19th-century battery factory in Madrid to create the sixth Google Campus – a co-working space for entrepreneurs and start-up companies. More
It Met uses modular panels to create flexible workspace for Buenos Aires ad agency
Argentinian studio It Met used corrugated plastic and sheets of wood to partition the workspaces of this advertising agency in Buenos Aires. More
Mamiya Shinichi Design Studio recreates "feeling of being in a grove" inside its own office
Rows of wooden pillars support various split-level floors to create a forest-like feel inside the Nagoya office of Japanese architecture firm Mamiya Shinichi Design Studio (+ slideshow). More
KAMP Arhitektid creates tree-filled office within former Soviet-era factory
KAMP Arhitektid has installed angular wooden rooms and five metre-high trees inside a former factory in Estonia, to create an office modelled on a "bright summer forest". More
Fendi moves headquarters into iconic Mussolini-commissioned building
Italian fashion house Fendi has moved into its new headquarters at Rome's Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana – a building commissioned by dictator Benito Mussolini in 1943 that has been renovated by local architect Marco Costanzi (+ slideshow). More
Mirror-clad office extension by Atelier Vens Vanbelle offers reflections of brickwork and trees
Atelier Vens Vanbelle has extended a notary's office it completed five years ago in the Belgian village of Horebeke, adding mirrored walls that reflect both the original building and its pastoral setting (+ slideshow). More
Remix Studio renovates Beijing hutong house into office with metal mezzanine
Beijing architecture firm Remix Studio has transformed a traditional house in the city's Dashilar area into its own office space, pairing glass and steel with the original wooden structure (+ slideshow). More
Jakob + MacFarlane adds sinuous green skin and curved chasms to Euronews headquarters
Built in Lyon's docklands, Jakob + MacFarlane's new headquarters for international news channel Euronews features an acid-green facade punctured by two huge egg-shaped holes (+ slideshow). More
Helmut Jahn's Thompson government centre faces demolition threat
The governor of Illinois has announced plans to sell Helmut Jahn's James R Thompson Center in Chicago – a move that could lead to the demolition of the Postmodern government office building. More
MVRDV completes flower-inspired office block near Shanghai Hongqiao Airport
Designed to looked like a four-petalled flower, this office block is the first of 10 buildings that Dutch firm MVRDV is constructing beside Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport (+ slideshow). More
MVRDV's plant-covered proposal wins Ravel Plaza Amsterdam competition
Protruding bay windows and angular balconies feature in Rotterdam firm MVRDV's proposal for a greenery-covered high-rise complex in Amsterdam's financial district. More
Apple's latest Silicon Valley campus could be "futuristic tech office" by HOK
Apple is rumoured to be planning another new campus in California's Silicon Valley – a clover leaf-shaped complex by architectural firm HOK featuring a two-acre roof garden and a sunken amphitheatre (+ slideshow). More
Studio 102 converts an empty Hanoi house into a plant-covered office and showroom
Hanoi architecture office Studio 102 has transformed an incomplete house in the Vietnamese capital into an office for a landscape architecture firm, featuring plants that clamber over its slatted timber cladding (+ slideshow). More
Wooden house by Suzuki Architects also contains a hair salon and a writing studio
The couple that occupy this combined home and workspace in Tokyo each have their own domain – downstairs is a salon for a hairdresser, while upstairs contains a workspace for a writer (+ slideshow). More
Zaha Hadid completes Moscow office block with jutting floors and monochromatic atrium
Zaha Hadid has created a seven-storey office block in Moscow for the city's growing IT and creative sectors, with off-set floor plates and a dramatic black-and-white atrium (+ slideshow). More
Post-Office creates "simple and elegant" UK headquarters for Aesop
Philippe Malouin's design studio Post-Office has used a minimal colour palette and custom-designed furniture to turn a London warehouse into the UK head office of skincare brand Aesop. More
Red Bull's Stockholm office features modular mobile furniture
The new Stockholm office of energy drink company Red Bull incorporates a range of flexible communal spaces, including a reception with a modular desk that can be reconfigured for use as a bar in the evening (+ slideshow). More
MoreySmith designs new Primark international HQ in Dublin
Recycled shopping bags and clothing labels adorn the walls at budget fashion retailer Primark's international headquarters in Dublin by British studio MoreySmith (+ slideshow). More
Norman Foster's huge Bloomberg headquarters in London will be a "very human environment"
British architect Norman Foster has revealed details of his firm's design for the offices of global media giant Bloomberg, currently under construction in the City of London. More