How to turn a 60 square metre glass pavilion into a characterful home?

New-built apartments are often accused of being boxy and soulless.

The best interior design provides a sense of place, distils the essence of its location and serves it to its occupants in an uplifting way.

Loft conversions are often associated with light and space, but this atmospheric attic room shows how a dark brooding space can become a stylish sanctuary.

The phrase "bachelor's pad" often evokes images of wild party spaces full of extravagant boys' toys.  

When Note Design Studio was asked to convert an office in Stockholm into a two bedroom apartment, they took inspiration from the hidden fabric of the building and created a contemporary design scheme with lingering traces of the past.

Designers of modern loft style apartments often look for that elusive wow factor, but few apartments can boast as many wow-inducing features as this spectacular apartment designed by Ukrainian architect Sergey Makhno.

Russia is well known for its dachas, or country cottages - holiday retreats where city dwellers can go to refresh and recharge.

Lofts with vast roof gardens in the heart of New York's Tribeca are as rare as hen's teeth, so when architects Young Projects were called upon to design one such gem they made the most of the site and created a masterpiece of light and space.

Whilst many city dwellers yearn for a simple, green life, few manage to merge the urban and the bucolic in such style as this apartment in Milan.

Studio Diff has designed a daringly contemporary home within a traditional country house in Italy in a masterclass of mixing the classic with the exotic.

Restaurant design specialist Studio Modijefsky has created a funky restaurant in a former tram depot in Amsterdam that combines industrial chic with delightfully quirky features.