Grimshaw unveils arts complex for Santa Monica College
Grimshaw has revealed the design for an arts complex on the Santa Monica College campus that will comprise three volumes linked by open-air plazas. More
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Stacked balconies wrap Antonio Citterio's Arte tower in Miami Beach
Italian architect Antonio Citterio has completed an apartment building with stone and glass balconies that overlook Miami Beach. More
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Studio Dwell stacks black volume onto brick structure to form top-heavy Hermitage Residence
US architecture firm Studio Dwell has stacked a rectangular volume clad with black zinc on top of a pale brick structure to form this residence on a corner lot in Chicago. More
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MASS Design Group outlines redesign strategies for restaurants following coronavirus
US architecture firm MASS Design Group has suggested that restaurants add barriers, remove bar seating and seek local produce sources to curtail the spread of infection and allow patrons to safely eat out following the coronavirus lockdown. More
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Concrete swimming pool protrudes from Art Villa holiday home in Costa Rican jungle
Czech studios Formafatal and Refuel Works took cues from buildings by Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha to design this concrete villa nestled into the jungle in Costa Rica. More
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WORKac adds curving perforated steel staircase to Brooklyn apartment
New York studio WORKac has inserted a white perforated steel staircase into this three-storey Brooklyn apartment as part of a renovation designed to brighten its dark interiors. More
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Olson Kundig Rio House is elevated on chunky concrete columns in Brazilian rainforest
A board-marked concrete chimney raises this house designed by US architecture firm Olson Kundig to "hover" above its surrounding in the Brazilian rainforest. More
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Philip Johnson's Glass House informs pool pavilion in Canada
The modernist Ben Rose House in the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Philip Johnson's Glass House informed this pool house designed by Canadian studio Maurice Martel Architecte. More
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Arnold Studio designs Brooklyn sensory deprivation spa Vessel Floats
New York architecture firm Arnold Studio has covered the walls of this sensory deprivation spa in Brooklyn neighbourhood Greenpoint with rigid felt and bold colours. More
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Office Ou turns Toronto garage into workshop, conservatory and dining room
Canadian architecture studio Office Ou has surrounded a detached garage in Toronto with glass doors and windows to convert it into a multifunctional space. More
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Three cast-concrete volumes form Preston Hollow house by Specht Architects
American studio Specht Architects has designed this Dallas residence with long corrugated concrete volumes to reference brutalist architecture. More
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Green roof and charred wood blend Atelier Villa into Costa Rican jungle
Czech architecture studio Formafatal has used blackened wood, perforated aluminium panels and a green roof to form this low-lying holiday home in Costa Rica. More
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Slim wooden slats cover "wild geometry" of renovated Californian house
San Francisco's Blue Truck Studio clad the exterior of this holiday house in Manhattan Beach, California with cedar siding to tone down its unusual geometries. More
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Zozaya Arquitectos tops Mexican beach house Casa La Vida with dried palm leaves
Zozaya Arquitectos has created a traditional palapa with a dried palm roof at the centre of this house in a Mexican beach village. More
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White Twin Gable House by Ryan Leidner Architecture is a remodeled Eichler
Californian firm Ryan Leidner Architecture has used bright white paint and lush greenery to refresh a mid-century modern Eichler home in Silicon Valley that was completed in the 1960s. More
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Merge Architects builds dark corrugated steel housing facing Boston harbour
Waves of corrugated steel and wood accents wrap around the Marginal Housing 3.0 block by Merge Architects located alongside Boston's harbour. More
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Hannah clads off-grid Ashen Cabin in New York with infested wood
US architecture studio Hannah has used 3D-printed concrete stilts to elevate this tiny off-grid cabin in Upstate New York, which has walls made from infested ash wood. More
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Six seesaws designed outside of the playground
Architects and designers have been using seesaws, usually found in children's playgrounds, to create installations and make political statements. Here are six of the most engaging. More
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MB Architecture stacks shipping containers to form Amagansett holiday home
US studio MB Architecture has stacked shipping containers to construct this black holiday house in Amagansett, New York in a few days. More
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Woodwork and skylights stream light into Noe Valley Residence in San Francisco
American firm Malcolm Davis Architecture has placed skylights over existing wood framing to streak the interiors of this San Francisco house with beams of light. More
