Those who think contemporary interiors are all stark minimalism with neutral colours should take a look at this gem of an apartment in Cape Town.

This converted warehouse loft in Athens by Ese Studio shows how industrial style spaces can be softened with clever design touches.

Many people find open plan, industrial style spaces intimidating to furnish.

Industrial style lofts are not usually associated with open green spaces, which is why this penthouse apartment in a former caviar warehouse in New York is so refreshing.

Paris is one of the most visited cities in the world where reasonably priced contemporary style hotels are surprising difficult to find.

In the metropolis of Hong Kong, food and eating out is such an ingrained part of the culture it is almost close to religion.

For most people Scandinavian design conjures images of flat-packed furniture, pale wood and a monochrome palette.

If you are designing the lobby of a hotel with uninterrupted views of a beautiful beach, it would be wise to have as few distractions as possible.

If a loft apartment is the ideal canvas to create an industrial look, then concrete must be the material of choice.

Japanese design has a way of distilling the essence of simple objects to their purest forms, in so doing creating works of great refinement and grace.

Loft apartments often fall all too easily into the cliche industrial look with endless exposed brick walls, cast iron beams and polished concrete floors.

The lobby of Hotel Hotel in Canberra has just been named World Interior of the Year 2015 at the INSIDE World Festival of Interiors in Singapore.