Adaptive reuse
Zaha Hadid Architects sits rippling glass lump on top of Antwerp port building
BIG stacks shipping containers to create floating student housing in Copenhagen harbour
Lucy Tauber converts old London post office into light-filled bakery
Döðlur converts 1940s warehouse into design hotel and hostel in Reykjavík
AS Arquitectura turns dilapidated Mexican hacienda into characterful resort
IFUB transforms former chocolate factory into office with secret storage
MAD transforms Japanese house into curvaceous kindergarten with a slide along one wall
Lovefone turns UK’s disused telephone boxes into tiny repair shops
Jo Cowen Architects transforms Victorian bakery in London into 12 factory-inspired homes
He Wei adds portable plastic rooms to youth hostel in a converted Chinese house
Deborah Berke to turn former New York prison into women’s rights headquarters
Old ambulance station converted into holiday home by Marta Nowicka & Co
Tiny houses would be built atop an ex-military bunker in Froscen Architects proposal
Villa Le Lac is a glass-walled house overlooking Lake Geneva
IFUB creates loft apartment with vaulted ceilings in former Berlin chocolate factory
Gort Scott transforms 1960s block in London to create co-working and maker spaces
Soho House and Michaelis Boyd turn derelict farm into luxury members’ hotel
La Granja Ibiza is a members-only retreat with a rustic “back-to-basics” design
Appareil Architecture transforms old Montreal factory into contemporary restaurant
Abraham John Architects transforms pump room into garden lounge for Mumbai film studio
Raúl Sánchez uses angled walls to create blind spots in open-plan apartment in Barcelona
Office AIO transforms Beijing hutong residence into coffee bar and guest room
Freiluft uses concrete “tree” to form rooms within Swiss barn conversion
