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A fan of shared facilities matched with hassle-free furnished accommodation – Carlaw Park Student Village Stanley Street is all about fun and focussed study

ACDF Architecture’s office design for gaming company 2K is a picture of warmth and sophistication – presenting more like a boutique hotel than a tech headquarters

Quick to build, adaptable on plan, and made from the ubiquitous container – this residential prefabricated and modular building by Hsu-Rudolphy Architects spells affordable, stylish student housing

Museo Egizio, the museum for Ancient Egyptian culture in Turin, is re-envisioned by OMA – a dramatic covered courtyard stands at its heart

Cities aren't short of awkward spaces in tight commercial locations – in response, this apartment-like home by RAAarchitects makes most, with a room per level and a sculptural connecting stair

A tricky heritage rail station is transformed into a dramatic restaurant by Greymatters, the design evoking the celebrity chef's roots and memories 

A global sustainable development consultancy's new Auckland office, by Unispace, offers a commercial model for green guardianship

Soon to be Singapore’s tallest building, this 63-storey, green-minded skyscraper's design – by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill – takes its cues from bamboo forests 

An in-tune hospital redevelopment in South West Sydney includes Hospital Street, a lofty art-filled indoor avenue connecting new, existing and to-come facilities 

The 2.4km long Hyperlane Park by Aedas brims with social, retail and creative space, appealing to all ages and enriching the public green corridor

Dyson, with M Moser Associates, reinvents a historic monument in Singapore as its new global HQ – a massive Turbine Hall reworked not for machines but people

Fourteen units discreetly knitted together on a close inner-city site – Juno Apartments, by Stufkens+Chambers Architects, conceals its density in several ways

Dimond Roofing’s premium architectural tray product Eurotray Angle Seam was used to create the distinctive wall cladding on EntX Entertainment Central, Christchurch

 ANNA Stay, by designer Caspar Schols, allows guests to reconnect with nature – hand-movable walls and windows open new horizons, literally

How an under-utilised public space on Sydney's North Shore became a vibrant new community hub for rest, respite and adventure – thanks to a leaf curling spider

A former dumping ground is transformed into a floating forest by landscape architects Turenscape – providing holistic ecosystems and a visitor attraction

Popping down the supermarket takes on a new meaning with this sustainable, future-proof and spectacular 'superhub' by architects De Zwarte Hond

A landmark 18th century hospital complex in Italy is turned into a cultural hub by CRA and Italo Rota – one feature is an origami-style kinetic roof

The first Asian base for the London design firm Heatherwick Studio is located in 1000 Trees, a mixed-use development also designed by the architecture firm