LA-based Manola Studio has renovated a 1940s motel to create a boutique hotel close to the north entrance to Joshua Tree National Park. More about Manola Studio turns former motel into desert oasis near Joshua Tree
From a massive metal greenhouse placed in an art gallery to vibrant red-vinyl seats, here are the stand-out designs from Los Angeles Design Weekend selected by US editor Ben Dreith. More about Dezeen selects eight elegant objects from Los Angeles Design Weekend
Architecture studio BIG has completed a building at Claremont McKenna College in Los Angeles made of "a series of parallel building volumes side by side" that surrounds a central atrium. More about BIG completes "first built project in Los Angeles" at Claremont McKenna College
Identical shipping container-style units make up this hotel, where guests feel as though they are "on Mars" at the edge of Joshua Tree National Park, designed by Benjamin Uyeda, Adam Wininger and Gry Space. More about Prefabricated containers form Reset Hotel in California's high desert
Japanese studio I IN has created Blue Bottle Coffee's first kiosk in Santa Clara, California, which has a minimalist design and was prefabricated from stainless steel. More about Stainless steel and blue details decorate modular Valley Fair Kiosk for Blue Bottle Coffee
Living units have been arranged around a central courtyard in Barrington 1503, a residential project by California studio LOHA that was designed to skilfully address the "complexities of communal living". More about Co-living building by LOHA adds "much-needed density" to West Los Angeles
American railroad company Amtrak has launched a fleet of new trains along the US east coast that will run 10 miles per hour faster than current models and are the "first high-speed trains built in America", according to their manufacturer. More about Amtrak launches "future of high-speed rail" on line between Boston and Washington DC
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features BIG's four-building 670 Mesquit complex in Los Angeles. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features BIG's "comically out of scale" complex
The four-building 670 Mesquit complex designed by BIG has been approved by the Los Angeles City Council and will contain an elementary school and housing, among other programming. More about BIG complex combining "warehouse and case-study house" approved for Los Angeles
Aerospace company Vast has worked with interiors studio Civilian to bring a human-centred feel to its Californian headquarters, which incorporates a mission control centre and clean room dedicated to the building of space stations. More about Civilian designs workplace with mission control centre for space company Vast
Los Angeles-based studio 22RE has designed a workplace for a local creative agency in the former studio of artist Ed Ruscha. More about 22RE creates "distinctly Californian" LA offices for Day Job
From houses clad in reflective surfaces to those that draw on traditional desert architecture, we've selected eight homes and hotels built to facilitate human life in the arid deserts of California, USA. More about Eight elegant California dwellings designed for desert living
US home builder Cosmic Buildings and technology company ABB Robotics have collaborated on a temporary robotic construction system housed in a tent to produce modular housing to aid in the recovery of the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year. More about "Mobile robotic factory" deployed to create modular housing for LA wildfire recovery
San Francisco studio Aidlin Darling Design has wrapped concrete and cedar panels around the L|J Residence in Atherton, California, which was designed to support multigenerational living. More about Aidlin Darling Design sculpts concrete bas relief into California house
Calfornia-based Studio Ahead has turned a former San Francisco music cafe into the Side A restaurant and vinyl bar, which includes a custom aluminium DJ stand. More about San Francisco bistro by Studio Ahead includes aluminium DJ booth
Architecture studios Herzog & de Meuron and EHDD are set to convert the 1960s former Birkenstock campus in California, USA, into a design museum for the Eames Institute. More about Herzog & de Meuron and EHDD to create Eames design museum in 1960s warehouse
Los Angeles-based Studio Paul Chan has transformed a 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival bell tower in the city's Koreatown into a perfumery and cafe. More about Studio Paul Chan evokes "raw futurism" at LA perfume boutique
Masonry buildings and a rounded "womb-like" meditation room form a Hindu temple complex in southern California, designed by the architecture studio CSA Partners and built over a 15-year period. More about CSA Partners includes glass dome at Hindu temple in California desert
Photographer Iwan Baan has captured the extent of damage and the ongoing reconstruction efforts in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood nearly six months after wildfires destroyed much of the area. More about Iwan Baan photos reveal "unevenness in the rate of recovery" following LA fires
The Eames House in Los Angeles has reopened following "a meticulous process of restoration" due to smoke damage from the city's extensive wildfires earlier this year, coinciding with the announcement of a foundation to preserve the legacy of Charles and Ray Eames. More about Eames House and studio reopens following Los Angeles fires