MWAI designs Mayfair apartment as if it were a hotel suite
From a mini-fridge to a folding desk and a concealed make-up mirror, this compact London apartment in Mayfair, designed by local firm MWAI, features a variety of space-saving solutions. More
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Buckley Gray Yeoman gives Panagram office in London a "retro-pop aesthetic"
UK architecture studio Buckley Gray Yeoman has revived a 1980s office building in Central London, creating colourful spaces using painted ductwork, translucent curtains and speckled terrazzo. More
Bureau de Change makes creative use of terrazzo in Frame House renovation
London studio Bureau de Change has used different varieties of terrazzo to create a richly textured interior for a remodelled family home. More
Enrique Jerez and Blanca Leal transform mid-century garage into music school
Located in a former garage space at the base of a residential block, this school for music in the Spanish city of Burgos makes a feature of the building's existing concrete structure. More
Feilden Fowles adds pointed arch extension to Carlisle Cathedral's fratry
Feilden Fowles has refurbished the medieval dining hall at Carlisle Cathedral in north-west England and extended it with a red sandstone entrance pavilion. More
Sarah Wigglesworth future-proofs self-designed straw bale house in London
Architect Sarah Wigglesworth has carried out an extensive upgrade and retrofit of the influential Stock Orchard Street home in London to improve its energy performance and age-proof its interiors. More
Victorian townhouse in London remodelled with charred-wood extension
Rider Stirland Architects has remodelled the interiors of a Victorian terraced house in south London by adding a small rear extension clad in blackened wood and London stock bricks. More
Outdoor bathing and a jungle yoga platform feature in Villa Pelícanos by Main Office
Architecture studio Main Office has renovated a 1980s seaside holiday village with traditional thatch roofs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Sayulita, Mexico. More
Old industrial building in Chicago transformed into artist couple's home and studios
Toronto architect Carlo Parente has renovated an old and dilapidated mason's shop in Chicago to create a live and work space called Facility for artists Nick Cave and Bob Faust. More
CAN adds fake mountain to Edwardian house in south London
A fake Disneyland mountain informed this playful revamp of a family house in south London by architecture studio CAN. More
South Carolina's Post House inn features a mix of old and new
Local design studio Basic Projects combined antiques with modern furniture pieces so that boutique hotel Post House in South Carolina "feels like it has always been there". More
Olson Kundig principal designs himself a cosy beach cabin
Olson Kundig Architects principal Alan Maskin has renovated and extended a beach cabin from 1938 in Washington State, turning it into his wood-lined retreat. More
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David Chipperfield Architects' abandoned hospital conversion features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features the conversion of an abandoned hospital in western Germany into an office. More
Herzog & de Meuron creates boutique hotel in historic Volkshaus Basel
Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron has created a boutique hotel inside a century-old building in the heart of its home city, Basel. More
Jonathan Tuckey Design updates London apartment with pink and pistachio-green storage walls
Pastel storage walls curve and dip through the rooms of this apartment in London's Marylebone neighbourhood, which has been overhauled by architecture studio Jonathan Tuckey Design. More
David Chipperfield Architects uses "sculptural demolition" to transform former monastery into offices
An abandoned hospital in western Germany, originally built as a monastery, has now become an office designed by David Chipperfield Architects. More
Hassell and OMA complete top-heavy WA Museum Boola Bardip in Perth
Architecture firms Hassell and OMA have renovated a group of old buildings in Perth, Australia, and stitched them together with protruding metal-clad structures to create the WA Museum Boola Bardip. More
Atelier-r creates Corten tourist route around ruins of Czech Republic castle
Architecture studio Atelier-r has added a series of Corten steel bridges and platforms to provide tourist access to the ruins of Helfštýn castle in the east of the Czech Republic. More
BLUE Architecture Studio adds U-shaped glass box to Shanghai coffee shop
Beijing-based BLUE Architecture Studio has renovated the % Arabica shop in Shanghai's Xuhui district, adding a glass box and a courtyard to open the cafe up to the surrounding neighbourhood. More
Archmongers uses primary colours to revive a home in the modernist Golden Lane Estate
London studio Archmongers has renovated a duplex flat in one of the city's most influential housing estates, using shades of red, yellow and blue to complement the modernist materials palette. More