Par-Do transforms stone-walled Portuguese barn into compact residence
Portuguese architects Sofia Parente and André Delgado have converted an old stone barn in Viana do Castelo into a compact two-storey residence (+ slideshow). More
Portuguese architects Sofia Parente and André Delgado have converted an old stone barn in Viana do Castelo into a compact two-storey residence (+ slideshow). More
Contemporary oak cabinetry features alongside original patterned tiles in this 19th-century Barcelona apartment recently renovated by local studio Built Architecture. More
A brown cashmere coat, a pair of sand-coloured shoes and a piazza in Rome influenced Note Design Studio's renovation of this 1930s loft apartment in Sweden. More
Polish studio Loft Szczecin has renovated a summer apartment in the suburbs of Berlin, pairing original brick walls and ceilings with mid-century furniture (+ slideshow). More
Sadie Snelson Architects has transformed an east London warehouse into a live-work space for a photographer, featuring a folded steel staircase, a mezzanine and wall-mounted storage for bicycles (+ slideshow). More
A black box built from oriented strand board houses the kitchen and bathrooms of this converted barn home in Portugal, and also integrates a staircase leading to the mezzanine floor above (+ slideshow). More
Designer Greg Haji Joannides used historic photographs as a guide when creating a new contemporary interior for this earthquake-damaged house on the Greek island of Nisyros (+ slideshow). More
Beijing-based Arch Studio has renovated this house in the city's Dongcheng district, adding a perforated-steel staircase designed to make climbing to the top feel like "walking into the sky". More
Taiwanese studio HAO Design installed a play area in the kitchen of this family home so the children could spend more time with their parents. More
Ukrainian designer Olga Akulova added glazed partitions, metal-topped counters and a wooden bath to this apartment on the 30th level of a condominium in Kyiv. More
Canadian studio Scott & Scott has "brightened up" the interior of a mid-century property north of Vancouver, adding simple wooden surfaces, white-washed walls and a marble sink (+ slideshow). More
Standard Studio has created a home for a family inside a former teachers' lounge – part of a wider conversion project by Casa Architecten that turned an early-20th-century school in Amsterdam into a series of apartments (+ slideshow). More
Munich architecture studio IFUB has overhauled a 1930s apartment in Vienna, uncovering original details like parquet flooring and adding contemporary lighting and black steel fittings (+ slideshow). More
Materials uncovered during the renovation of this early-20th-century apartment in Montreal have been used to add texture to the space and create visual boundaries between each room. More
This renovated Paris apartment for a fashion designer features a vertical herb garden, rainbow-striped flooring and a staircase with irregular alternating treads (+ slideshow). More
London studio RA Projects has reconfigured and refurbished a house owned by fashion designer Roksanda Ilincic, adding a blue steel staircase in the centre designed to look "like a sculpture in a gallery" (+ slideshow). More
Rotterdam studio Shift has used a 14-metre multifunctional cabinet wall to give a "loft-like" openness to the ground floor of a historic townhouse in Amsterdam (+ slideshow). More
Interior designer Maayan Zusman and architect Amir Navon designed bespoke carpentry with hidden storage space for a 60-year-old apartment in Tel Aviv. More
Ladders provide access to mezzanine sleeping areas in rooms at this student residence within a former car-radio button factory in Berlin's Kreuzberg district (+ slideshow). More
Supermodel Kate Moss has become the latest celebrity to launch a design career, creating interiors for a house that forms part of a "luxury second homes" development in the English countryside. More