This guest house by American firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson nestles against a rugged stone wall within a coastal mountain range in California (+ slideshow). More about Halls Ridge Knoll Guest House by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
News: architect Frank Gehry has warned that performances at his Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles could be ruined by the noise of a subway line planned nearby. More about Gehry warns new subway spells "disaster" for Walt Disney Concert Hall
Architects Snøhetta and AECOM have revealed their latest renderings of a new stadium for NBA basketball team the Golden State Warriors on the waterfront in San Francisco (+ slideshow). More about Golden State Warriors arena by Snøhetta and AECOM
News: US firms SO-IL and Bohlin Cywinski Jackson have won a competition to design an art museum at the University of California's Davis campus with plans that will unite indoor and outdoor spaces beneath a large steel roof. More about SO-IL chosen for art museum at University of California
Revellers at this year's Coachella festival in California can visit a silent disco inside a dome of colour-changing balls by Spanish designer Héctor Serrano (+ slideshow). More about The Dome by Héctor Serrano at Coachella
News: the estimated cost of Apple's Foster + Partners-designed campus in Cupertino, California, has reportedly spiralled from $3 billion to nearly $5 billion over the last two years. More about Foster's Apple campus nearly More billion over budget
News: Facebook asked Frank Gehry to "tone down" his original plans for its new Silicon Valley campus, according to a partner at the architect's firm. More about Facebook asks Gehry to design "more anonymous" headquarters
Architect Frank Gehry has revisited the rippled form of his recent New York skyscraper for the design of a 22-storey tower in his hometown of Santa Monica, California. More about Ocean Avenue Project by Frank Gehry
News: Google has teamed up with global architecture firm NBBJ to design a new 100,000-square-metre campus for San Francisco Bay, California. More about Google reveals plans for vast new California campus
This tiny house in northeast Los Angeles by local studio Anonymous Architects contains only three rooms and is lifted off the hillside on a set of concrete pilotis (+ slideshow). More about BIG & small House by Anonymous Architects
This rooftop house extension by Californian architects SFOSL has a metal bridge at its entrance and a facade that folds open. More about 20th Street Residence by SFOSL
The entrance lobby at AOL's Palo Alto headquarters looks like a skate park (+ slideshow). More about 395 Page Mill Road by Studio O+A
Architects Swatt Miers have suspended three glass pavilions over the edge of a valley in northern California (+ slideshow). More about Tea Houses by Swatt Miers
This 4.5 metre-wide house in Los Angeles by Anonymous Architects was inspired by the narrow residences found in Japanese cities. More about Eel's Nest by Anonymous Architects
Skateboarding star Pierre Andre Senizergues wanted to skate over every surface of his new house, inside and out, so he turned to Californian architect Francois Perrin plus designer and skater Gil Lebon Delapoint to make it a reality. More about The PAS House by Francois Perrin and Gil Lebon Delapointe
Slideshow: Californian architects Garcia Tamjidi have completed a studio apartment in San Francisco that looks more like an art gallery or showroom. More about Private Residence by Garcia Tamjidi
You can clamber down the inside walls of this ramshackle timber basin in the desert by Los Angeles designers Ball-Nogues Studio into a surprise swimming pool. More about Yucca Crater by Ball-Nogues Studio
A recessed balcony carves a rectangular hole in the facade of a writer’s house in north Hollywood. More about Coldwater Studio by Casey Hughes Architects
The roof of this Malibu house is made from the wings of an aeroplane. More about 747 Wing House by Studio of Environmental Architecture
The rooms of a black and white house in California lead out to a series of stepped terraces with a view of the famous Hollywood sign. More about Nakahouse by XTEN Architecture