Concrete block and fibre-cement boards are among the materials used by American firm In Situ Studio to create this hillside home for a retired couple living in North Carolina. More about In Situ Studio's Merkel Cooper Residence overlooks North Carolina lake
Design firm Yabu Pushelberg has transformed a 20th-century house in California's Napa Valley into this luxury hotel, which features bedrooms lined with dark wood, spacious bathrooms and a rustic restaurant. More about Yabu Pushelberg's Las Alcobas Napa Valley hotel features "spa-like" bathrooms and homey dining
David Rockwell has created "a rough and ready kit of parts" for the set of the first concert at New York cultural venue The Shed. More about David Rockwell inserts huge plywood box into The Shed for inaugural concert
Peter Zumthor's latest plans for Los Angeles County Museum of Art have been approved at a planning meeting, with movie star Brad Pitt speaking up for the Swiss architect. More about Brad Pitt hails Peter Zumthor as "master of light and shadow" as LACMA gets approved
MAD has envisioned a slender, dark skyscraper twisting up beside New York's Empire State Building as a contrast to the harshness of the city's supertall structures. More about MAD imagines sinuous black East 34th skyscraper to "soften" New York's skyline
New York City artist Cj Hendry has designed "a psych ward mimicked as a children's wonderland" for an art exhibit in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighbourhood. More about Cj Hendry installs white bouncy house modelled on psychiatric ward for Brooklyn exhibit
US studio Graham Baba Architects took cues from speakeasies and adventure novels to create a dimly lit bar in Seattle filled with oddities and nature-inspired decor, such as dried plants and taxidermy. More about Graham Baba designs moody Deep Dive speakeasy at Amazon's Seattle headquarters
The Wing, a co-working club dedicated to women, has opened a hub in Chicago featuring details that draw on the Prairie style of 20th-century architect Frank Lloyd Wright. More about The Wing's women-focused co-working club in Chicago takes cues from Frank Lloyd Wright
The governor of Illinois, whose family started the Pritzker Prize, is set to sell Helmut Jahn's James R Thompson Center in Chicago, putting the fate of the postmodern building in "serious trouble". More about Pritzker to sell Helmut Jahn's postmodern Thompson Center in Chicago
Boxy forms wrapped in Danish brick and large stretches of glass form this California residence, which was designed by US firm EYRC to capture light and connect to the outdoors. More about Glass and slender grey bricks clad EYRC's Waverley house in Silicon Valley
Studies have found that the bright lights and glazing of towering structures in US cities including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles are causing millions of migratory birds to die each year. More about US skyscrapers kill millions of birds a year, reports find
Shifted floor plates and slanted elements lend an off-kilter appearance to a boutique hotel in a Denver art district, designed by US firm Dynia Architects. More about Irregularly stacked volumes form The Source Hotel by Dynia Architects
Mexican architect Frida Escobedo sourced rammed earth from her home country to make the rosy brick walls in this Aesop store in Brooklyn. More about Frida Escobedo segments Aesop Park Slope with rammed-earth brickwork
This modernist resort in Northern California, which formed an enclave for artists in the 1960s, has been overhauled by Los Angeles design studio The Novogratz. More about Timber Cove Resort occupies mid-century A-frame building on Sonoma's coast
New York firms Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Rockwell Group have completed The Shed, a cultural centre in Manhattan's Hudson Yards, featuring a retractable roof that can be moved to form a performance area. More about The Shed opens at Hudson Yards with huge "telescoping" roof
Architecture firm BIG has designed a concept for a floating city of 10,000 people that could help populations threatened by extreme weather events and rising sea levels. More about BIG unveils Oceanix City concept for floating villages that can withstand hurricanes
A gabion wall supports this hillside residence in Washington, which local architect David Coleman has perched above a steep, grassy mound. More about David Coleman's Hill House cuts into Washington hill "like a rusty blade"
Architecture firm BIG has unveiled a proposal to overhaul a portion of New York City's Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, known as the BQE, with a public park that covers a subterranean roadway. More about BIG unveils park-covered highway for Brooklyn's waterfront
Husband and wife design duo Jon and Maša Kleinhample drew on dinner parties held in their Belgium home to create the homey aesthetic of this restaurant in Los Angeles. More about Rustic and homey restaurant Auburn opens on LA's Melrose Avenue
Designs by Vivienne Westwood, Jean Paul Gaultier and Rei Kawakubo feature in this fashion exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, which aims to explore and question assumptions about gender-specific clothing. More about Gender Bending Fashion exhibition in Boston challenges notions about clothing