Controversial plans to transform over 50,000 acres of farmland into a city in Solano county, northern California, have been unveiled by a group of investors named Flannery Associates. More about Silicon Valley investors unveil controversial concept for new city in California
A team of scientists from universities in the United States have developed a silicon-based coating that can help stop the spread of fires by preventing materials coming in contact with flame. More about US scientists develop "nanoscale" coating to combat spread of fires
New York studio GRT Architects has designed a light and airy Italian restaurant and adjacent cocktail bar at the base of Thomas Heatherwick's Lantern House in Manhattan. More about GRT Architects references "vacation Italian" at New York bar and restaurant
California studio Electric Bowery has arrayed a series of wood or Corten steel-clad cabins in Upstate New York that are nestled among meadows and woodland. More about Electric Bowery arranges steel and wood cabins for Hudson Valley hotel
Black brick and lye-washed wood are among the materials used to build a family home in a coastal Washington forest for a founding partner at architectural studio GO'C. More about GO'C creates Washington house that "grounds itself to the earth"
An interactive staircase by Mexico City-based Tatiana Bilbao Estudio and a canopy over an intersection by New York-based Practice for Architecture and Urbanism feature in the fourth Exhibit Columbus. More about Projects by Tatiana Bilbao and PAU among installations at Exhibit Columbus
US firms Studio Gang and SCAPE have created a public park alongside the Mississippi River in Memphis that features a mass-timber shade structure and an installation by artist Theaster Gates. More about Studio Gang and SCAPE add timber canopy to "inclusive" park on Memphis waterfront
US labour organiser Architectural Workers United has filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge against architecture studio Snøhetta, claiming that it discriminated against employees during a recent union drive. More about Architectural Workers United claims Snøhetta "unlawfully discriminated" against employees
Stucco and asphalt are found on the exterior of a 1920s bungalow that has been revamped by local firm The LADG, which sought to challenge traditional views of the housing typology. More about The LADG upends "traditional notions" for Los Angeles bungalow remodel
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a playground in LA designed by architecture studio NBBJ in collaboration with Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features a playground by NBBJ and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Architecture and engineering firm Yu2e has completed The Axolotl, a three-storey apartment building near public transit that is meant to be an "evolutionary hybrid of Los Angeles middle housing". More about Yu2e draws upon historic styles to create pink housing block in Los Angeles
US studio Avenir Creative has completed the renovation of a historic hotel in Montgomery, Alabama, restoring a trio of buildings in accordance with local heritage. More about Alabama hotel by Avenir Creative occupies three historic buildings
Mint green materials cover this store for skincare brand Aesop, which Toronto studio Odami designed for the Palisades area of Los Angeles. More about Odami creates textured minty interior for Aesop Palisades Village store
California's Tyreus Design Studio has completed a timber-clad house and entertainment barn renovation on a farm in Sonoma. More about Tyreus Design Studio wraps open-air Sonoma farm house in wood
The plump furniture of LA-based Sam Klemick sits alongside the tiled-covered joinery of Vancouver-based Jeff Martin in an exhibition at Objective Gallery in New York. More about Jeff Martin and Sam Klemick create furniture with an "alternate ending"
A slender pool lined with a "vertical garden" features in an oceanfront house in southern California designed by US studio Montalba Architects. More about Montalba Architects prioritises connection to nature at Manhattan Beach House
Photos have been released of a pair of skyscrapers designed by local studio Selldorf Architects at the Domino Sugar Refinery redevelopment site on the East River waterfront in Brooklyn, NewYork. More about Twin porcelain-clad skyscrapers by Selldorf Architects rise on the Brooklyn waterfront
Local design firm Prowl Studio and investment company Baukunst have shown a variety of sustainable materials including aquatic plants meant for animal feed and an electric RV at a pop-up exhibition in San Francisco. More about Bendable battery among sustainable materials at San Francisco exhibition
New York-based studio O'Neill McVoy Architects has created a grey stucco house with a Z-shaped plan and an upward-pitched roof in Houston. More about O'Neill McVoy designs Houston house as "mini-manifesto against McMansions"
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the launch of a campaign to prevent the demolition of Marcel Breuer's holiday home. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features campaign to save Marcel Breuer's holiday home from demolition