This captioned movie shows Doug Aitken's 30-metre-tall New Horizon hot air balloon, which has a semi-mirrored body, take flight across the skies of Massachusetts. More about Watch Doug Aitken's mirrored hot air balloon take flight
Bates Masi Architects has used sliding doors, decks and balconies to open up this slatted wooden home in Annapolis, Maryland to the nearby water. More about Bates Masi designs slatted wooden home for sailing family on Annapolis waterfront
American artist Doug Aitken has created a mirrored hot air balloon to travel across rural landscapes of Massachusetts this summer. More about Doug Aitken's mirrored balloon New Horizon flies over Massachusetts
American industrial designer Tucker Viemeister has teamed up with software giant Microsoft to build an electronic voting machine that could boost security of paper ballots. More about Tucker Viemeister designs ElectionGuard ballot machine to make voting more secure
Landscape architecture firm Reed Hilderbrand has cut a pathway through water as part of its extension to the sculpture garden at the New Orleans Museum of Modern Art. More about NOMA sculpture garden extension features outdoor theatre and submerged walkway
Atlanta studio NO Architecture has teamed pale woods and white accents with retro tiles and gingham print inside this all-day breakfast eatery in the city. More about Atlanta breakfast joint Pancake Social draws on simplicity of Scandinavian design
Caribbean funk and traditional Mexican architecture provided Californian studio ROY with the design cues for this cocktail lounge and eatery in San Francisco. More about Geometric lights, tropical wood and greenery accent Elda bar in San Francisco
Shipping crates, pallet racks and boxes form display cases in this exhibition at R & Company gallery in New York City, which was created by local interior design firm Pembrooke & Ives. More about Pembrooke & Ives deconstructs interior design for Uncrated Curated exhibit in New York
This urban residential building by Californian firm SPF Architects features design strategies to eliminate a sense of repetition or homogeneity – qualities that can make apartment living "relatively unpleasant". More about SPF Architects designed The Line Lofts in Hollywood to enhance apartment living
Burkinabe architect Diébédo Francis Kéré used dead trees to build this pavilion at the Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana, USA. More about Diébédo Francis Kéré bundles logs to form roof of Tippet Rise Art Center pavilion
Curvy and bent wooden strips are laid out to resemble a wave in this installation in Maine, created by local designers Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen B Nguyen. More about Hubris Atë Nemesis installation curves up Maine contemporary art gallery
Californian architect Ryan Leidner has slotted a garden in between a renovated 19th-century residence in San Francisco's Mission district and its minimal extension to the rear. More about Ryan Leidner adds minimal extension to San Francisco saloon building
A colourful geometric wall provides a strong contrast to this otherwise stark sake bar and brewery in Brooklyn's Industry City, designed by local studio Carpenter + Mason. More about Carpenter + Mason fuses Japanese and industrial elements for Brooklyn Kura sake bar
Brooklyn firm Studio Tack has used white oak panelling, antiqued glass mirrors and alabaster lights to create a classy yet cosy atmosphere in this small Japanese restaurant in New York City. More about Lunar festival informed Studio Tack's design of Tsukimi restaurant in New York
Architecture firm Barkow Leibinger has covered this experimental arts hub at Harvard University in polycarbonate panels to make it illuminate like a "lightbox at night". More about Five polycarbonate volumes form Harvard University's ArtLab by Barkow Leibinger
A rippled table and a crackled mirror feature in this new series of work by Brooklyn designer Fernando Mastrangelo. More about Fernando Mastrangelo designs Ridge Collection to evoke mountain ranges
American firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has been selected to design a pair of concourse terminals as part of the major Chicago O'Hare Airport expansion. More about SOM designs concourse terminals for Studio ORD's Chicago O'Hare airport
Kanye West's prefabricated affordable Yeezy Home units take inspiration from the Star Wars films and might be used as underground homeless housing. More about Kanye West is building Star Wars-themed housing for the homeless
African American architect Philip Freelon passed away yesterday following a career dedicated to projects that celebrate black culture in the US. We've rounded up seven highlights. More about Seven projects by architect Philip Freelon that champion diversity and inclusion
Philip Freelon, the architect behind major cultural projects across the US, including Washington DC's National Museum of African American History and San Francisco's Museum of the African Diaspora, has passed away. More about Philip Freelon, "the most significant African American architect in recent history", dies aged 66