Graffiti on the abandoned Oceanwide Plaza towers is a physical manifestation of increasing tensions over the wealth disparities that blight downtown Los Angeles, writes Shane Reiner-Roth. More about "The people of Los Angeles waited patiently for half a decade to make use of a useless site"
Los Angeles studio 22RE has used pale-green stucco informed by Miami's colours and golf courses for the interiors of a golf clothing boutique in the city. More about 22RE invokes "stillness" inside green Miami golfing boutique
Brooklyn-based Home Studios has remodelled a bar and restaurant in New York's East Village, using dark wood and velvet seating to retain a "worn-in and aged appearance". More about Home Studios refreshes The Wren pub on New York's Bowery
Delicate bamboo lighting and a collaboration between design studios Willon Perron and USM were among the collectible design projects shown at this year's Los Angeles art week. More about Nine collectible design exhibitions from Los Angeles art week
Architecture studio SO-IL has unveiled designs for the Williams College Museum of Art in the Berkshires, which will be topped with a tent-like cross-laminated timber roof. More about SO-IL designs Massachusetts museum with undulating CLT roof
US studio Boyd Architects has wrapped a house in standing seam metal and pine boards and articulated each form with a vernacular hip roof in Summerville, South Carolina. More about Boyd Architects creates monolithic-metal forms for South Carolina residence
The city of Chicago has announced plans to convert a collection of empty office buildings in the city's downtown into mixed-used and residential towers. More about Chicago plans to convert office buildings into affordable housing
Danish architecture studio BIG has designed a baseball stadium in Las Vegas with a massive metal shell and the "largest cable-net glass wall in the world". More about BIG designs "spherical armadillo" ballpark for Athletics in Las Vegas
In this week's comments update, commenters were left unimpressed by car brand Mercedes-Benz' plans for its first branded skyscraper in North America. More about "Why can't we have nice architecture in Miami?" asks commenter
Prefabricated steel modules were used to create Fire Station 67, which was designed by architecture studio Wittman Estes to be durable, adaptable and quick to construct and reconfigure. More about Wittman Estes creates "rapid assembly" fire station in southern California
A geometric residential skyscraper located on the perimeter of Central Park by architecture studio Snøhetta has topped out in New York, with the studio releasing new renderings of the project. More about Snøhetta skyscraper next to Central Park tops out
Collectible design gallery StudioTwentySeven has taken over a huge space in a Tribeca textile building, creating a warm and serene environment to present museum-sized, limited-edition pieces. More about StudioTwentySeven opens "monumental" flagship gallery in Tribeca
The team at global architecture firm Gensler's Los Angeles office has redesigned a floor of its workspace with a hospitality approach, as a pilot for the remaining spaces. More about Gensler redesigns its own LA office to have "warmth and comfort" of home
US studio Tall Architects has created a cabin that has two stacked gabled forms that are rotated into an X-shape and clad in corrugated metal near a river in southern Alabama. More about Tall Architects wraps X-shaped Alabama cabin in black metal
Californian design studio PlayLab Inc has constructed a massive skateable pyramid in Downtown Los Angeles in collaboration with footwear brand Vans. More about PlayLab Inc creates "surreal" pyramidal skate ramp for LA art week
US studio Robert Gurney Architect has completed a beachfront house in Delaware consisting of "simple and pure forms" wrapped in white cedar, salvaged barn wood and fibre-cement panels. More about Robert Gurney clads gabled Delaware house with cedar shingles
Making a built environment that works for everyone will require the end of profit- and ownership-obsession in the industry, argues New York-based architect and researcher Emanuel Admassu in this interview. More about Dismantle developer-led "value system" dictating architecture says Emanuel Admassu
American design studio Sized has arranged black cars around furniture for an exhibition in Los Angeles that aims to embody the city's "intrinsic" relationship with automobiles. More about Black cars surround furniture by Willo Perron and USM in Sized Selects exhibition
US studio Page Southerland Page has added a Corten-steel addition to a museum in Texas that complements a historical structure and was designed to look like "a chunk of landscape". More about Page Southerland Page adds weathering-steel extension to museum in Texas' high desert
New York studio Post Company has designed warm, wood-filled interiors for a boutique hotel in Aspen, Colorado, which offers a pared-back take on the Arts and Crafts style. More about Post Company imbues Mollie Aspen hotel interiors with earthy hues