Photos of construction at the Obama Presidential Center Museum Building in Chicago have shown an exterior wrapped in granite panels, as well as the interior of the partially completed uppermost floors. More about Photos reveal construction progress on granite-wrapped Obama Presidential Center museum
Design industry leaders fear slashed income and job losses amid volatile conditions caused by ongoing uncertainty about US import tariffs imposed by president Donald Trump. Dezeen editorial director Max Fraser reports from Milan design week. More about Tariffs could have "brutal" impact on design industry
Low-carbon building and affordable housing in the US are likely to be particularly badly hit by uncertainty around president Donald Trump's import tariffs, experts have told Dezeen. More about Sustainable architecture and affordable housing will be tariff casualties, experts warn
American architecture studios Handel Architects and HWKN have completed the Journal Squared development in New Jersey, USA, which contains three skyscrapers with gridded facades. More about Three connected white-clad skyscrapers completed in New Jersey
Sweden-based group Architectural Uprising has released an announcement naming Steven Holl Architect's Simmons Hall at MIT the winner of its International Aesthetic Atrocity Awards. More about Anti-modernist architecture group declares Simmons Hall "America's ugliest building"
A team of researchers from Northwestern University has developed a "carbon-negative" artificial sand that could replace conventional sand in concrete while storing CO2. More about Researchers develop artificial sand for concrete that can sequester CO2
California studio Brooks + Scarpa has included roofs with exaggerated gables for the angular black-metal-clad Steeplechase house in the forests of North Carolina, USA, designed to merge modern and traditional elements. More about Brooks + Scarpa "revitalises traditional forms" with gabled North Carolina house
Much of the exterior cladding and superstructural work has been completed on the 270 Park Avenue supertall skyscraper in New York, designed by UK architecture studio Foster + Partners to be "all-electric". More about Foster + Partners supertall skyscraper for JP Morgan progresses in New York
Large-scale works by Paris design studio Uchronia and TSOA's dean Stephanie Lin feature among the installations created for the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California, USA. More about Coachella 2025 installations include giant flowers and pinwheels
American tech entrepreneurs have opened up talks with officials about placing research-oriented freedom cities on the island of Greenland, according to a report in Reuters. More about American investors suggest building "freedom city" tech hub in Greenland
New York architecture studio BoND has renovated a mid-century home designed by modernist architect Harry Bates in Fire Island Pines, injecting bold accents while keeping with the building's original style. More about BoND updates artist's modernist house in Fire Island Pines
Local architecture studio Swatt + Partners has used two vertical concrete slabs to support a "wood-framed glass box" that floats over the landscape and holds a home office. More about Swatt + Partners tucks Moss Rock home office into woodsy site in California
A team of researchers at Cornell University led by designer Jenny Sabin is developing a flexible solar material called HelioSkin that is integrated with sun-tracking capabilities similar to the biomechanics of sunflowers. More about Cornell researchers are developing flexible "sun-tracking" material
US president Donald Trump has signed an executive order rescinding the policy of water flow regulation in showerheads passed by previous administrations. More about Donald Trump signs order to "make America's showers great again"
US studio Trahan Architects has revealed America's pavilion for Expo Osaka 2025, a gateway-like structure that combines Japanese and American influences and is centred around a translucent cube. More about "Grand yet minimalistic" USA Expo Osaka pavilion features massive translucent cube
US architecture studio Ayers Saint Gross has created a light-filled visitor center to serve as a gateway for the Missouri Botanical Garden in St Louis. More about Ayers Saint Gross embeds plant motifs in Missouri Botanical Garden visitor centre
New York design studio BHDM has renovated a hotel in Sunnyvale, California, leaning into the retro vibe of the 1960s property and introducing a "poolside chic" palette. More about BHDM reinvigorates vintage California hotel with bold colours
The latest newsletter of the US edition of Dezeen Agenda features all the news from the US, including a house based on designs by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, completed in Ohio. Subscribe today! More about Dezeen Agenda US features "an interpretation" of Frank Lloyd Wright's final design
A team of Virginia Tech researchers have developed the Sustainable Art Painting toolkit for kids, which converts food scraps generated by US schools into watercolour paint. More about Virginia Tech designers create kid's toolkit for converting compost into paint
New York's Metropolitan Transport Authority has released a redesigned map of its subway system, which maintains the colours of the prior one while "simplifying" it. More about New York City releases first new subway map in decades