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
Fir trusses create triangles that meet in the middle of the ceiling at a community hall in California designed by Siegel & Strain Architects. More about Yountville Community Centre by Siegel & Strain Architects
Here are some new images of the Apple campus by architects Foster + Partners, to be built in Cupertino, California. More about Apple Campus 2 by Foster + Partners
This medical research building at the University of California in San Francisco by Rafael Viñoly Architects projects out from a forest hillside, supported on steel truss stems that fan upwards from the ground. More about Stem Cell Building at UCSFby Rafael Viñoly Architects
American studio Pugh + Scarpa have completed a mixed-use building in Los Angeles clad in perforated metal panels, which open to reveal balconies and glimpses of the brightly-coloured building. More about Cherokee by Pugh + Scarpa
San Francisco studio CCS Architecture have completed a house comprising two buildings in the Santa Cruz mountains of California, where the roof of one extends over the other. More about Aptos Retreat by CCS Architecture
Dan Brill Architects of the UK are among 12 international practices shortlisted to design a pedestrian footbridge for Trestles Beach, a surf spot in southern California. More about Trestles Beach footbridge by Dan Brill Architects
Canadian architects Bricault Design have completed a plant-covered extension to a house in Venice, Los Angeles. More about Brooks Avenue House by Bricault Design
XTEN Architecture have designed Sapphire Gallery, an extension to a house for art collectors in Los Angeles, USA. More about Sapphire Gallery by XTEN Architecture
Architect Stanley Saitowitz designed the interior of Mizu Spa, a day spa in San Francisco. More about Mizu spa by Stanley Saitowitz
Here are some photographs of the Alan-Voo Family House in Los Angeles by Californian practice Neil M. Denari Architects. More about Alan-Voo Family House by Neil M. Denari Architects
Los Angeles architect François Perrin of Air Architecture has recently completed this guest house for a Buddhism expert in Brentwood, California. More about Guest House for an Anthropologist by Air Architecture
Here is a second project by Seattle architects Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen: Montecito Residence is a family house in Toro Canyon at Montecito, California. More about Montecito Residence by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects