Architect Les Eerkes rescued plywood cladding, kitchen cabinets and a tiny porthole window from houses set to be bulldozed for this rural cabin near the Puget Sound. More about Foraged materials form artist's home and studio in Washington woodland
Architect Matt Nardella has turned an abandoned bodega in Chicago into his home and studio, arranging spaces around a courtyard he created in the centre. More about Moss converts Chicago corner shop into art gallery, apartment and its own studio
Architecture firm OMA has revealed the design of its first cultural building in California: a pavilion featuring tilted walls and patterned openings that will accompany a Jewish temple in Los Angeles. More about OMA to extend historic Jewish temple in LA with skewed pavilion
Online startup Floyd has designed a suite of flat-pack furniture to be easily taken apart and moved around, intended for young city dwellers and to offer a long-lasting alternative to IKEA products. More about Flat-pack furniture startup Floyd produces easy-to-assemble items for millennials
LA Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne has left his post at the newspaper to advise the city council on architecture and planning decisions. More about Christopher Hawthorne leaves LA Times to become city's chief design officer
New York studio T W Ryan Architecture has renovated a black house in the Long Island beach town of Montauk, using pale finishes inside to contrast the dark exterior of the gabled forms. More about T W Ryan renovates and extends black Surf House in Montauk
Chicago firm Vladimir Radutny Architects has transformed a dilapidated building in the city, using a hardwood veneer staircase to connect a pair of previously separate residences. More about Vladimir Radutny turns two Chicago apartments into home with walnut interiors
New York branding and graphics firm Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv has pared back the "complicated" flaming ball logo of the US Open Tennis Championships to just three yellow stripes and lower-case text. More about US Open's flaming tennis ball logo receives minimal update
American studio Renée del Gaudio Architecture has created a nature retreat for a remote site with spectacular views, composed of two buildings clad in cedar and topped with gabled roofs. More about Renée del Gaudio creates pair of rustic cabins for rocky perch in Colorado
US supermarket giant Walmart has filed a patent to create a system of drones that can help customers with price verification and locate products in the store. More about Walmart files patent for drone shopping assistants
Chicago architecture firm Goettsch Partners has rebuilt the facade of the 1920s Cedar Hotel, and added a glass tower with a folded front to create more accommodation. More about Pleated glass tower tops Viceroy Chicago hotel by Goettsch Partners
American firm Lake Flato used tough materials like weathering steel to create an off-grid educational facility for Big Bend National Park, known for its dinosaur skeletons. More about Dinosaur fossil park in Texas gains rust-coloured visitor centre by Lake Flato
Bent metal, embossed glass and carved wood all feature in this lighting collection from New York design studio Allied Maker. More about Allied Maker exploits circular and triangular geometries for new lighting collection
Acne Studios' recently opened "pale acid yellow" store in West Hollywood features a sculpture by artist Daniel Silver that doubles as a fitting room. More about Acne Studios creates very yellow interior for West Hollywood store
Original features of a historic building in Downtown Detroit, like travertine floors and plaster ceiling details, were preserved during its conversion into a hotel. More about The Siren Hotel by ASH NYC calls visitors back to Detroit
New Mexico-based firm Archaeo has completed a low-slung home traversed by a bright red wall in the desert close to Santa Fe. More about Red wall cuts through New Mexico house by Archaeo
Mark Lee of architecture firm Johnston Marklee has been appointed as the chair of the architecture department at Harvard University's graduate design school. More about Harvard GSD names Mark Lee as architecture department chair
Dezeen promotion: Brooklyn creative space A/D/O is inviting architects and designers to submit proposals that tackle issues facing urban drinking water. More about A/D/O calls on designers to imagine the future of drinking water
Architecture firm Grimshaw has announced its involvement in building a new Terminal One at Newark Airport, which serves New York City. More about Grimshaw leads design of new .4 billion terminal at Newark Airport
Brooklyn studio Light and Air Architecture has overhauled a local home using a new structural stairwell to link together the whole interior below a skylight. More about Light and Air Architecture transforms Brooklyn row house with "switchback" staircase