Florida-based studio Brillhart Architecture has completed a home fronted by slatted wooden shutters in a lush Miami forest (+ movie). More about Wooden shutters swing open to reveal Miami house by Brillhart Architecture
US firm TBD Architecture + Design Studio has created a studio building for a Hamptons couple that consists of two intersecting volumes clad in different materials (+ slideshow). More about TBD uses contrasting materials to define his-and-hers art studio in the Hamptons
A biblical theme park contained within a huge ark – billed as the world's largest timber-frame building – has opened in Kentucky, just as the US state has been hit by severe flooding (+ slideshow). More about Noah's Ark theme park opens in Kentucky as flash floods hit the US
The hotel in Washington DC made famous by the Watergate scandal has reopened with interiors by London studio Ron Arad Architects (+ slideshow). More about Ron Arad overhauls public spaces in Washington DC's Watergate Hotel
Kean University in New Jersey is purchasing three properties owned by late American architect Michael Graves, including the Princeton house and studio where he developed his Postmodern designs for 40 years. More about Michael Graves' Princeton home to become architecture education centre
This week's roundup of houses from each of the 50 American states focuses on Wisconsin, and includes a charred timber cabin and the renovation of a Frank Lloyd Wright house outside Milwaukee (+ slideshow). More about Five of the best houses in Wisconsin on Dezeen
A US study has listed architects among the people most likely to take their own life. More about Architecture ranks fifth in list of jobs most linked to suicide
A condemned structure on a New York beach has been transformed into an artwork using brightly coloured spray paint by German artist Katharina Grosse (+ slideshow). More about Katharina Grosse gives colourful makeover to decaying building at Rockaway Beach
Massive earthen sculptures and a wooden concert hall form part of the new Tippet Rise Art Center, a vast performance venue and park in a remote area of Montana (+ slideshow). More about Tippet Rise Art Center opens on a cattle ranch in rural Montana
Business news: British designer Tom Dixon has opened retail locations in Los Angeles and New York in the space of a month. More about Tom Dixon continues US expansion with two new retail locations
US studio James Corner Field Operations has created an installation for the National Building Museum in Washington DC that evokes a glacial landscape, with giant shard-like forms that jut upward and downward (+ slideshow). More about James Corner Field Operations installs over 30 "icebergs" in Washington DC museum
America may no longer be home to the world's tallest building, but the country that invented skyscrapers is still pioneering their design with skinner, greener and more unusually shaped structures.
We're celebrating this 4 July – US Independence Day – with a look back at some of the most recent examples, including Rafael Viñoly's already iconic 432 Park Avenue and Herzog & de Meuron's "Jenga tower" (pictured). See more US skyscrapers »
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Architect Edgar Papazian of New York studio Doon Architecture has revamped an ageing A-frame home into a frugal family dwelling, in an area of Long Island known for its "outrageous housing market" (+ slideshow). More about Edgar Papazian transforms pointy wooden cabin in the Hamptons into weekend retreat
Mexican studio Escobedo Soliz has installed a web of brightly hued rope at the MoMA PS1 gallery in Queens, New York. More about Escobedo Soliz weaves colourful ropes across MoMA PS1 courtyard
Landscape architecture firm West 8 has added rolling hills with playgrounds and art installations across Governors Island in New York harbour (+ slideshow). More about West 8 creates artificial hills on New York's Governors Island
The driver of an electric Tesla car has been killed in a road accident after its Autopilot mode failed to recognise an oncoming lorry. More about Tesla driver killed in first fatal crash using Autopilot
Visitors must traverse a bridge to enter this family dwelling by US studio Cutler Anderson Architects, which was built atop a pool in Oregon (+ slideshow). More about Cutler Anderson builds wooden Newberg Residence over an Oregon pond
Opinion: the imaginative but unrealistic proposals for Detroit on show at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale have left Aaron Betsky wondering if there is hope for architectural projects among the city's ruins. More about "After decades of Detroit ruin porn, America's Biennale exhibition runs riot"
Architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien have won the long-running competition to design the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago. More about Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects chosen for Obama Presidential Library
The American Institute of Architects has announced the winners of this year's Small Projects Awards, which include a tiny floating sauna and a mobile dental surgery in a trailer (+ slideshow). More about AIA reveals best small American architecture projects of 2016