Researchers at MIT's Media Lab have created a series of smart temporary tattoos that can control devices through touch (+ movie). More about DuoSkin temporary tattoos can remotely control devices
New York studio Messana O'Rorke has completed three new boutiques for the high-end skincare brand Malin+Goetz in the USA, each of which features a different look (+ slideshow). More about Messana O'Rorke uses wood, marble and concrete for Malin+Goetz's US stores
Another supertall tower for Manhattan is going ahead, now that legal proceedings stalling KPF's 1,501-foot skyscraper beside Grand Central station have been abandoned (+ slideshow). More about KPF's One Vanderbilt skyscraper for Manhattan moves forward after lawsuit dropped
American firm Sparano + Mooney Architecture has covered a family home in Utah with hundreds of weathering steel plates to give the exterior a textured appearance (+ slideshow). More about Sparano + Mooney clads Utah residence in hundreds of scale-like steel shingles
A proposal to add a giant curvaceous greenhouse on top of the pavilion designed by Philip Johnson for the 1964-65 World's Fair has won a competition to suggest uses for the abandoned structure. More about Architects imagine new uses for Philip Johnson's New York State Pavilion
An expansive terrace provides a meditation space at this weekend residence and spiritual retreat in the Utah desert, which US firm Imbue Design completed using stone-filled gabions for some of the external walls (+ slideshow). More about Gabion cages filled with volcanic stone support meditation platform at Utah spiritual retreat
A pair of artists built and lived in this house balanced on a pole in upstate New York, which spun around and inclined as they moved around it during their week-long residency (+ movie). More about Rotating and tilting ReActor house accommodates two artists for five days
A+Awards: the next project in our series on winners from this year's A+Awards organised by US site Architizer is a holiday home for a Brooklyn-based family in Rhode Island, with a charred-timber facade (+ slideshow). More about Rhode Island holiday home by Bernheimer Architecture features pyramid-like skylights
"Float-level" sleeping quarters in this single-family home moored to the shore of Seattle's Lake Union allow residents to go swimming directly from their bedrooms (+ slideshow). More about Floating home in Seattle by Vandeventer + Carlander features water-level bedrooms
Reality stars the Kardashians have emerged as unlikely fans of Modernist architecture, with Kris Jenner revealing on their TV show that she's reading a book about "Le Courvoisier, which is an architect" (+ movie). More about Kardashians discuss book about famous architect "Le Courvoisier"
Austin-based startup Kasita has created a prototype of a prefabricated micro dwelling that can be slotted into a framework like a bottle into a wine rack (+ slideshow). More about Kasita unveils prefabricated tiny houses that slot into "racks" like wine bottles
US firm Studio Dwell has created an aluminium-clad home in northern Illinois that features a cantilevering terrace and a front door located on the upper storey (+ slideshow). More about Studio Dwell embeds River View House into a sloped site in Illinois
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has revealed renderings showing his design for the new Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which is based on nearby tar pits (+ slideshow). More about Peter Zumthor releases updated visuals of serpentine LACMA overhaul
San Francisco-based Avava Systems has created a prefabricated micro dwelling with components that are shipped in flat-packed boxes, to enable easier transportation and assembly (+ slideshow). More about Avava unveils tiny house that represents a "completely new way to do prefab"
From desert hideaways to clifftop villas, the houses in this next roundup from our series spotlighting different US states are all in California (+ slideshow). More about Five of the best houses in California on Dezeen
Architecture firm Foster + Partners has released a fresh set of renderings showing its Oceanwide Center development for San Francisco's downtown area, which gained planning approval earlier this year (+ slideshow). More about Foster + Partners reveals new images of Oceanwide Center skyscrapers for San Francisco
A Tesla Model X has safely driven its owner to a hospital, after he activated the car's auto-pilot function following a potentially fatal blood clot. More about Tesla auto-pilot feature successfully brings driver to emergency room
Construction is almost complete on a new contemporary art museum in California by US studios SO-IL and Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, featuring a massive white aluminium canopy supported by skinny white columns (+ slideshow). More about California art museum by SO-IL and Bohlin Cywinski Jackson set to open in November
Los Angeles architecture firm Studio Pali Fekete has used double-sided sticky tape to affix the cladding panels to this home for an executive of adhesives company 3M (+ slideshow). More about Double-sided tape secures cladding to LA residence by Studio Pali Fekete
This cedar-clad dwelling in Portland, Oregon, by local studio Beebe Skidmore Architects serves as a modern interpretation of the historic Craftsman-style bungalows found throughout the city (+ slideshow). More about Beebe Skidmore's dark green Portland home takes cues from Arts and Crafts architecture