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Rough-sawn cedar clads Whidbey Dogtrot house in Washington by SHED
Cedar siding and a central breezeway feature in this compact home in the Pacific Northwest designed by US firm SHED for a couple who will soon retire. The project, called Whidbey Dogtrot, is named...
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OverUnder renovates landmarked Boston building to create single-family residence
Boston architecture studio OverUnder has renovated a heritage-listed Victorian home, extending the property to the rear and updating the interiors with a contemporary and minimalist palette. The...
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OMA reveals design galleries at renovated Denver Art Museum
The New York office of architecture firm OMA has designed galleries and a studio inside Gio Ponti's Denver Art Museum, which recently underwent a major redevelopment. As part of the project OMA...
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Architect resigns over mostly windowless University of California dormitory
Architect Dennis McFadden has stepped down from a University of California committee in protest over designs for a university dormitory at its Santa Barbara campus where over 90 per cent of its 4,500...
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OPA designs interior of Californian home to resemble clouds
Plump white walls and undulating ceilings can be found inside this house near San Francisco, which has been updated by design studio OPA to feature cloud-like forms. The owners of the three-floor home...
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White stucco wraps Getty View Residence by Abramson Architects in Los Angeles
White surfaces, both inside and out, offer the ideal backdrop for artwork in this light-filled home created by LA firm Abramson Architects for a creative client. The Getty View Residence is nestled...
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Tiny home village by Lehrer Architects provides temporary shelter for LA's...
Local studio Lehrer Architects has built a community of brightly coloured tiny houses on a narrow strip in Los Angeles for the city's homeless residents. The Whitsett West Tiny Home Village occupies an...
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Herzog & de Meuron unveils design for art museum facing the Mississippi River
Swiss architecture office Herzog & de Meuron has released a plans for an earth- and glass-clad building overlooking the Mississippi River that will house the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. The...
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Foster + Partners completes hospital with striped facade for University of...
Architecture firm Foster + Partners has designed an inpatient facility for the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which is intended to serve as an example of a "hospital of the future". Located...
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MAD Architects reveals Denver tower with 10-storey "landscaped rift"
Chinese studio MAD Architects has unveiled the design of a residential tower in Colorado with a canyon cutting through its form, nodding to the state's dramatic topography. Work has commenced on the...
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BAAO adds playful elements to a Brooklyn daycare centre
Curved apertures, blue tones and a constellation of pendant lights feature in a kindergarten in New York City designed by architectural studio BAAO. The City Kids Educational Center is located in a...
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Wildfires inform design of Colorado's Goatbarn Lane by Renée del Gaudio
Steel siding and non-combustible roof boards are among the fire-proofing features at a one-bedroom residence in Boulder, Colorado, designed by US firm Renée del Gaudio Architecture. The local studio...
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Flint Collective illuminates New York storefronts to form outdoor street...
Art and design collective Flint Collective used neon lights to transform eight empty storefronts in New York for the Open installation, which is shortlisted in the architectural lighting design...
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MKCA completes Carnegie Hill apartment with hidden doors and reconfigurable...
New York City-based architect Michael K Chen has renovated an apartment in Manhattan's Carnegie Hill neighbourhood, which includes movable partitions that create different layouts based on the...
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Petition launched to stop construction of controversial Munger Hall dormitory
More than 12,000 people have signed a petition against the construction of Munger Hall, a mostly windowless student dormitory for the University of California backed by billionaire investor Charles...
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The Plywood Protection Project creates public sculptures from repurposed plywood
Plywood salvaged from windows boarded up during the Covid-19 lockdown was used to create a series of artworks across New York City in this project by Worthless Studios. The idea for the Plywood...
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Neapolitan culture informs design of Manhattan’s SIMÒ Pizza by Büro Koray Duman
An open kitchen and shelving made of Italian volcanic stone feature in a Greenwich Village pizzeria designed by architecture firm Büro Koray Duman. SIMÒ Pizza was started in 2018 by the Naples-born...
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Feldman Architecture updates 1960s Round House in northern California
American firm Feldman Architecture aimed to take a respectful approach while overhauling a "quirky circular house" perched on a hillside near Silicon Valley. The Round House is located in the affluent...
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Bunch Design adds colourful granny flat to a home in Los Angeles
American practice Bunch Design has completed a colourful granny flat modelled on an oversized suit at the back of a home in Los Angeles, with sliding doors that enable it to become a single open space....
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AvroKO creates residential feel inside Chief members club in Chicago
Design firm AvroKO has used eclectic furnishings, abstract artworks and mismatched rugs to make Chief's private members' club in Chicago feel more like a home. Located in the Fulton Market district,...
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Alibi Studio cuts slice through disused barn to frame sky views
Alibi Studio has revitalised a dilapidated barn in rural Michigan and sliced an opening through its volume to create a passageway from which visitors can admire the sky. The Secret Sky installation...
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Civilian reorganises Bed-Stuy Townhouse to create family-friendly layout
The founders of Brooklyn studio Civilian have renovated a historic townhouse for themselves and their young family, rearranging the layout and adding contemporary elements for optimum functionality....
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Local Projects uses light to guide visitors at Faith and Liberty Discovery...
Design studio Local Projects has created an interactive exhibition space for the American Bible Society, which aims to present itself as a "beacon of light" along Philadelphia's Independence Mall....
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Esrawe Studio and Superflex create stripy ceramic facade for Grupo Arca...
Multicolour tiles form graphic stripes across the exterior of this showroom in Miami, which Esrawe Studio has designed in collaboration with art collective Superflex. The showroom belongs to natural...
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OMA inserts trio of "monumental" staircases into POST Houston cultural and...
Architecture studio OMA has completed the first phase of transforming a US Postal Service building into a multi-purpose destination in downtown Houston. The public areas at POST Houston opened on 13...
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Nate Dalesio clads his Upstate New York family house in corkboard panels
Architect Nate Dalesio has completed a cork-covered home for himself and his young family in Upstate New York, reusing the existing foundations but replacing almost the entire building. Dalesio, who...
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Charlotte Taylor and Nicholas Préaud create NFT of OMA-designed underwater...
Visualisation artists Charlotte Taylor and Nicholas Préaud have created an NFT artwork based on an OMA-designed sculpture that will form part of an underwater park near Miami Beach. Taylor and Préaud's...
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Adi Goodrich designs surrealist Los Angeles store Dreams with blue rock at...
Spatial designer and artist Adi Goodrich has filled the Dreams lifestyle store in Los Angeles' Atwater Village with colourful surrealist details, including a lobster phone and a "glowing" blue rock....
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Boulders and pine trees surround High Desert Retreat by Aidlin Darling Design
San Francisco firm Aidlin Darling Design has completed a low-slung home in California's Palm Desert that is intended to contrast the boulders and trees found in its remote setting. The three-bedroom...
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Glossier's Los Angeles store takes cues from Hollywood studios
Oversized signage, large props and pink hues feature in Glossier's new location in Los Angeles, designed by the beauty brand's in-house team. L-shaped in plan, the store stretches along Melrose Avenue...
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Golden light fills Dumpling Lab in Manhattan by Dreamscript Lab
Stainless steel, brass and polycarbonate are among the materials used by New York firm Dreamscript Lab to create a small Chinese restaurant with a futuristic atmosphere. Located in the East Village...
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Büro Koray Duman creates airy spa for underground S10 gym in Manhattan
Birch plywood sufaces and a pale pink sofa feature in a members-only spa in Manhattan's West Village designed by architecture studio Büro Koray Duman for a celebrity trainer. The spa is found inside...
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Strand Design creates Lake Placid A-Frame in northern Wisconsin
American firm Strand Design has created a pointy cabin wrapped in metal and wood that is intended to blend with its forested, lakefront site in Wisconsin. The project, called Lake Placid A-Frame, is...
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David Chipperfield Architects reveals design for cultural institution in New...
David Chipperfield Architects has shared images of its redesign of a Beaux-Arts townhouse in New York City that will serve as the headquarters of non-profit organisation 1014, which aims to promote...
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Salmela Architect wraps Feldmann Residence in Minnesota with Black stucco
American firm Salmela Architect has created a Minnesota home for a physicist and an eye doctor that is meant to resemble a "scientific instrument with multiple viewing apertures". The Feldmann...
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Massive timber panels form public art installation by CLB Architects
US firm CLB Architects has completed a public art project for the town of Jackson, Wyoming, that is intended to be "a gathering place that also functions as a sculptural art installation". Town...
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Seves glass bricks front Mexican restaurant in Texas by Olson Kundig
Dezeen promotion: glass bricks designed by Seves animate the pared-back exterior of the Comedor Restaurant, which US architecture studio Olson Kundig has completed in Austin, Texas. Located in the...
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Mecanoo and OTJ Architects complete renovation of Mies van der Rohe's Martin...
Architecture studios Mecanoo and OTJ Architects have added a rooftop garden and statement staircases to the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in Washington DC as part of its renovation of the Mies...
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DUST designs Marfa ADU for isolated desert living in Texas
US architecture firm DUST has completed an accessory dwelling unit for a family in Marfa, Texas, who decided to relocate permanently during the coronavirus pandemic. The 1,300-square-foot...
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Neil Logan revamps a 1970s stone-clad dwelling in the Hamptons
New York studio Neil Logan Architect has added glazing and completely renovated the interior of a beach house on Long Island originally designed by architect Norman Jaffe. The project, called Heller...
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Seibert Architects designs Florida home for indoor-outdoor living
A glazed courtyard occupies the centre of this Florida residence by Seibert Architects, bringing light to the interiors and organising the circulation around the building. Completed earlier this year,...
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Hacker Architects overhauls Oregon residence with colourful interiors and...
Hacker Architects has renovated a 1970s house in central Oregon, removing walls to create a more spacious layout and preserving original design features that lend the home a "retro spirit". The Bailey...
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The Center Won't Hold is a geometric pavilion designed to optimise public space
Multidisciplinary design office The Open Workshop has created an experimental pavilion that proposes how Chicago's vacant public spaces could be used for communal living. Called The Center Won't Hold,...
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Japanese architecture informs design of Minnesota house by Salmela Architect
A cluster of wood-clad buildings surround a central courtyard at this Minnesota residence by US firm Salmela Architect that was designed for clients who formerly lived in Japan. The project, called...
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SHoP employees plan to unionise to prevent "exploitation of our time and our...
Employees of New York-based SHoP Architects have announced plans to form the US's first union of architecture workers since the 1940s in response to an alleged culture of "endless overtime and...
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Nabr aims to address "systemic" failures of housing says Bjarke Ingels
Construction productivity "has practically flatlined" over the past 25 years according to Nabr co-founder Bjarke Ingels, who explained how his housing startup intends to revolutionise the sector in...
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CO Adaptive Architecture converts Gowanus foundry into flexible theatre spaces
Brooklyn studio CO Adaptive Architecture has renovated an industrial building in the New York borough's Gowanus neighbourhood to create bright and spacious theatre rehearsal spaces. The overhauled...
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Frederick Fisher creates stucco buildings for California school hit by wildfire
American firm Frederick Fisher and Partners has completed a trio of hilltop buildings for a California school that was partly destroyed by a wildfire. The Ojai Valley School Upper Campus project sits...
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Imbue Design completes glass-and-steel home in Utah desert landscape
Salt Lake City architecture studio Imbue Design has built a house outside Zion National Park in Utah with sweeping views of one of the USA's most renowned landscapes. The Watchman Cabin was completed...
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Contrasting elements fill Imperfecto restaurant in Washington DC by OOAK
Marble, wood and brass are among the eclectic materials found in an upscale eatery in Washington DC that was designed by Greek-Swedish studio OOAK Architects. Located in the US capital's West End...
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