OMA's New York office led by architect Shohei Shigematsu has completed an expansion to Buffalo's AKG Art Museum that features a promenade encased in a glass facade. More about OMA envelopes Buffalo art museum extension in transparent "veil"
American designer Kelly Wearstler has created an intimate cocktail lounge within a hotel she designed in Austin, Texas, which is intended to evoke "a balance between old-world opulence and modern elegance". More about Kelly Wearstler adds pattern-filled bar to Austin Proper Hotel
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled designs for a luxury condominium with a glass-bottomed swimming pool in Surfside, Florida, on the site of a structure that collapsed in 2021. More about Zaha Hadid Architects to replace collapsed Surfside condo in Miami
Architect Matthew Royce drew upon both global and local influences while designing a home for himself in southern California that features industrial materials and subterranean reflecting pools. More about Matthew Royce includes underground pools in industrial Venice Beach house
New York studios Starling Architecture and Emily Lindberg Design have renovated a Brooklyn townhouse for a young family, combining two units into a single home and unifying them through the use of white oak. More about Oak panels and slatted screens adorn Carroll Gardens Townhouse in Brooklyn
Architecture studios Grimshaw and Architekton looked to natural elements such as rocks and saguaro cacti while designing the Walton Center of Planetary Health at Arizona State University. More about Geodes inform design of Arizona research building by Grimshaw and Architekton
American roofing firm GAF has completed the first phase of a public-private initiative that seeks to mitigate urban heat in Los Angeles through solar-reflective coating. More about GAF applies solar-reflective coating to mitigate Los Angeles heat islands
Architecture studio HOK has unveiled the planned renovation of the National Football League stadium in Jacksonville, USA, which would cover the existing building with a fritted dome. More about HOK designs mirrored "stadium of the future" for Jacksonville Jaguars
A new lobby and sculpture terrace are among the final additions to a Los Angeles art museum that was strategically revamped over a 23-year period by local studio Michael Maltzan Architecture. More about Michael Maltzan completes decades-long revamp of LA's Hammer Museum
A selection of more than 70 architects, artists and designers including Carol Ross Barney, LOT-EK and Anupama Kundoo have been selected to participate in Chicago's architecture festival in the fall, organised around the theme "This Is a Rehearsal". More about Chicago Architecture Biennial announces participants for fifth edition
Freelance creative director John Tymkiw has spent the last three years photographing the dining shelters that sprang up on the streets of New York during the coronavirus pandemic. Here, he selects 10 of his favourites. More about Ten sidewalk dining shelters in New York City
California studio Kadre Architects has used bold graphics and vibrant colours to transform a dilapidated motel into The Alvarado, which offers beds for families experiencing homelessness. More about Kadre Architects converts rundown Los Angeles motel into homeless shelter
Architectural studio LOHA has transformed an agricultural building in California into the light-filled Sandi Simon Center for Dance with polycarbonate walls that evoke the "ephemeral nature of performance". More about LOHA creates dance school within historic orange-packing building in southern California
In this renovated loft in Brooklyn, the owner both resides and hosts public art performances within a space divided by a variety of inserted volumes. More about Another Seedbed is a Brooklyn apartment that doubles as a performance space
The opening scene from a Wes Anderson film provided a starting point for the interior of this bottle shop in Los Angeles, by locally based Studio Paul Chan. More about Studio Paul Chan references Wes Anderson at Boisson bottle shop in LA
Local studio Dumican Mosey has completed a renovation of a 1907 house with a four-storey, red staircase in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighbourhood. More about Dumican Mosey includes red staircase for "sculptural relief" in San Francisco renovation
Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has completed the restoration and conversion of a power plant on a decontaminated industrial site along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. More about Herzog & de Meuron transforms derelict Brooklyn power plant into arts centre
Italian designer Piero Lissoni says that American clients are becoming more amenable to investing in detail-oriented architecture as he announces the official opening of Lissoni Architecture in New York City. More about US becoming more open-minded says Piero Lissoni as he announces New York architecture office
Brooklyn-based Ringo Studio has reimagined the experience of shopping for sex toys, creating a store in New York modelled on a collegiate locker room. More about Ringo Studio positions sex toys in athletic-themed room at Contact Sports
Local studio Daniel Joseph Chenin has placed a sprawling stone residence around an 1850s fort-inspired rotunda outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. More about Daniel Joseph Chenin uses passive building strategies for stone-clad Nevada house