Japanese sound artist and designer Yuri Suzuki has created Arborhythm, an outdoor art installation capturing the sights and sounds of San Francisco, California. More about Yuri Suzuki combines sculpture and sound with "trumpet-like" San Francisco art installation
US studio Michael Hennessey Architecture has revitalised an ageing suburban house near San Francisco, adding black cladding and bright finishes to form a family home that bridges the past, present and future. More about Michael Hennessey Architecture clads renovated California house with black cedar and metal
Stools from local designer Caleb Ferris and design firm Prowl Studio were among the works displayed at a San Francisco exhibition centred around contemporary Bay Area design. More about San Francisco exhibition features "off-center" Bay Area furniture design
Local studio MacDonald Architects has designed the safety nets recently installed on each side of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to prevent people from jumping from its sides. More about Kilometres of suicide-deterrent nets installed under Golden Gate Bridge
Mork-Ulnes Architects has completed the Silver Lining House, a crisp, gabled home clad in black-stained cedar that was designed for an architectural photographer and interior designer. More about Mork-Ulnes creates black San Francisco house to be "laboratory" for creative work
Local design firm Prowl Studio and investment company Baukunst have shown a variety of sustainable materials including aquatic plants meant for animal feed and an electric RV at a pop-up exhibition in San Francisco. More about Bendable battery among sustainable materials at San Francisco exhibition
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
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"
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
Local studio Dumican Mosey has completed a renovation of a 1907 house with a four-storey, red staircase in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighbourhood. More about Dumican Mosey includes red staircase for "sculptural relief" in San Francisco renovation
Cladding made of glass fibre-reinforced concrete wraps the exterior of a sculptural, mixed-used building that was designed by US firm Handel Architects for a crowded, triangular site. More about Faceted panels wrap Line Hotel and Serif building in San Francisco
Local studio Ryan Leidner Architecture renovated a 1940s home in the Bernal Heights neighbourhood of San Francisco, resolving entry access with a bridge over the front garden. More about Ryan Leidner adds bridge to geometric San Francisco house
Local studio Office of Charles F. Bloszies has completed an extension and renovation of the Cathedral School for Boys in San Francisco. More about Charles F. Bloszies inserts glass addition into San Francisco cathedral complex
Bay Area studio David Baker Architects has completed 145 units of social housing using modular construction and a weathering steel facade in San Francisco, California. More about David Baker Architects accelerates housing for homeless in San Francisco with modular construction
Local studio Geddes Ulinskas Architects has completed an expansive home in Cow Hollow, San Francisco with indoor-outdoor spaces, a cast glass staircase and stone detailing. More about Geddes Ulinskas Architects includes cast-glass staircase in San Francisco home
American fashion label Thom Browne has opened its first retail location in San Francisco, designed by ASA Studio Albanese to feature dramatic marble against white slatted blinds. More about ASA Studio Albanese references mid-century offices for Thom Browne store in San Francisco
San Francisco-based Studio Terpeluk has renovated and expanded Redwood House in Noe Valley with redwood interiors and terraces. More about Studio Terpeluk renovates Albert Lanier-designed Noe Valley home
US studio Jensen Architects has created a tall hillside home featuring expansive views and an elevator that will enable the owners to stay in the home as they age. More about "Shifting volumes" make up Cole Valley Residence in San Francisco by Jensen Architects
Architecture studio SAW incorporated curved elements and multiple staircases in its renovation of a 1930s dwelling that is meant to reconsider the "notion of groundedness". More about SAW revamps Spanish-style Wraparound House in San Francisco
Promotion: six New Zealand design brands have joined forces to create a pavilion of Kiwi design that will be showcased during San Francisco Design Week later this month. More about New Zealand design pavilion launches as part of San Francisco Design Week