Architects John Friedman and Alice Kimm have stacked a concrete mass with sinuous cutouts into a hillside as a home for their family in Los Angeles, complete with a crane in the kitchen and an accessory dwelling unit. More about John Friedman and Alice Kimm include dining room crane in Los Angeles house
Local studio Anonymous Architects has completed a residence with a concrete plinth that cantilevers off a mountainside in Los Angeles. More about Anonymous Architects embeds concrete house into Los Angeles hillside
Architect Joanne Koch has refurbished a 1970s wood cabin located in the iconic Sea Ranch development in California into an Airbnb destination in the forest. More about Joanne Koch adds cantilevered deck during Sea Ranch cabin renovation
US architecture studio Lever Architecture and a team of researchers have successfully tested the earthquake-resistant capabilities of a 10-storey, mass-timber building in California. More about Largest earthquake test for mass-timber tower successful in California
Oakland-based landscape office Hood Design Studio has created two "treehouses" covered by an expansive photovoltaic trellis on the campus of a software company in Silicon Valley. More about Tree-like trellis with photovoltaic panels covers outdoor workspace in Silicon Valley
American firm Gensler and an in-house team at the Swiss company EF Education First have updated a historic school campus in Pasadena by renovating buildings and adding new dormitories with roofs that allude to a nearby mountain range. More about Mountains inform rooflines at boarding school in southern California
US architecture studio West of West has won an AIA competition to reimagine the future of San Francisco housing in response to the city's housing crisis. More about West of West proposes vertical co-living neighborhood for San Francisco
Design studio Fettle has restored an art deco hotel in Santa Monica, California, refreshing its distinctive turquoise facade and using the original style to inform the interiors. More about Fettle returns The Georgian hotel in Santa Monica to its 1930s "glory"
Designers including Bethan Laura Wood and Maarten Baas have contributed a range of "sometimes jarring" chairs and lighting to an exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. More about SFMOMA furniture exhibition features "conversation starters"
Furniture made with resin-drenched wool, a modern tea house and an installation showcasing designers pushing for police accountability were on show at Los Angeles Design Festival 2023. More about Nine design highlights from Los Angeles Design Festival 2023
Rental website Airbnb has created a video tour of the bright-pink Barbie Dreamhouse in Malibu, which features a full-size plastic toy horse and an infinity pool. More about Take a video tour of Barbie and Ken's lifesize dollhouse in Malibu
Rental website Airbnb has created Barbie's Malibu Dreamhouse, an all-pink California mansion with an outdoor disco, infinity pool and Western-themed bedroom. More about Barbie and Ken unveil bright-pink lifesize dollhouse in Malibu
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has created The Canyon, a housing complex in San Francisco that marks its first completed project on the United States' West Coast. More about MVRDV unveils The Canyon tower with "public ravine" in San Francisco
Wood and zinc-clad forms hug a spacious courtyard in a California home designed by US studio Walker Warner Architects to serve as a "private oasis". More about Courtyard lies at heart of Santa Monica Modern house by Walker Warner Architects
Architect Matthew Royce drew upon both global and local influences while designing a home for himself in southern California that features industrial materials and subterranean reflecting pools. More about Matthew Royce includes underground pools in industrial Venice Beach house
American roofing firm GAF has completed the first phase of a public-private initiative that seeks to mitigate urban heat in Los Angeles through solar-reflective coating. More about GAF applies solar-reflective coating to mitigate Los Angeles heat islands
Architectural studio LOHA has transformed an agricultural building in California into the light-filled Sandi Simon Center for Dance with polycarbonate walls that evoke the "ephemeral nature of performance". More about LOHA creates dance school within historic orange-packing building in southern California
The opening scene from a Wes Anderson film provided a starting point for the interior of this bottle shop in Los Angeles, by locally based Studio Paul Chan. More about Studio Paul Chan references Wes Anderson at Boisson bottle shop in LA
Earthen walls blend with a desert landscape at the Cabo Sports Complex, which was designed by Mexican firm Taller Héctor Barroso to host the region's annual tennis tournament. More about Taller Héctor Barroso uses rammed earth to create Mexican tennis venue
And And And Studio has overhauled the offices for one of LA's top entertainment law firms, opting for a look that's "more akin to a hotel lobby". More about And And And Studio brings 1970s elements to Century City Law Office