Australian firm Bates Smart is to design a new Embassy of Australia for the US capital, replacing the building that the firm designed for the same purpose in 1964. More about Bates Smart unveils light-filled replacement for its Australian Embassy in Washington DC
These tongue-in-cheek images offer visions of the White House after US president-elect and renowned real-estate mogul Donald Trump gets the keys. More about Trump's development plans for the White House envisioned in satirical illustrations
The Eisenhower family has withdrawn its rejections to the Frank Gehry-designed memorial, proposed for Washington DC to honour the 34th president of the United States (+ slideshow). More about Gehry's Eisenhower Memorial finally approved by former US president's family
Work has completed on the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture by British architect David Adjaye, which is poised to open next month (+ slideshow). More about David Adjaye's NMAAHC gets set to open in Washington DC
The final touches are being added to David Adjaye's museum of African American history, a project that "felt like a bloodbath at times" according to the British architect. More about David Adjaye's African American history museum nears completion in Washington DC
New York firm Hou de Sousa has created an interactive installation in a Washington DC subway station, using over half a million plastic spheres glued together to form building blocks (+ slideshow). More about Hou de Sousa builds reconfigurable Raise/Raze installation from plastic balls
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
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
Nearly 1,400 people have signed a petition in opposition to Bjarke Ingels Group's proposal to demolish a portion of the Smithsonian Institution campus in Washington DC. More about BIG's plan for Smithsonian campus in Washington DC sparks opposition
BIG has now released a full set of images of its design for the new Washington Redskins American football stadium, revealing more activities that the venue could facilitate (+ slideshow). More about BIG reveals more images of Washington Redskins stadium design
Bjarke Ingels has unveiled his firm's new stadium design for American football team the Washington Redskins, set to feature a moat offering an assortment of sporting activities. More about BIG's new stadium for the Redskins could offer abseiling, surfing and kayaking
Selldorf Architects has been selected to design a major mixed-use project in Washington DC on the site of the Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, an HIV treatment centre named after the late actress. More about Selldorf Architects to redevelop Washington DC HIV clinic named after Liz Taylor
The next big US project for Bjarke Ingels' firm could be an American football stadium for the Washington Redskins. More about BIG in the running to design American football stadium
American artist Jennifer Angus has used an intricate pattern of insects to decorate a vivid pink room at the Renwick Gallery in Washington DC, set to reopen next month following renovation work (+ slideshow). More about Bugs adorn the walls at renovated Renwick Gallery in Washington DC
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has released new images of its design for a six-storey building that will house the International Spy Museum in Washington DC. More about Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners unveils design for International Spy Museum
Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo has revised its competition-winning design for the renovation of Mies van der Rohe's Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in Washington DC. More about Mecanoo scales back additions to Mies van der Rohe's Washington DC library
Brooklyn studio Snarkitecture has transformed the grand hall of the National Building Museum in Washington DC into a "beach" featuring a sea of translucent balls and a shoreline dotted with lounge chairs and umbrellas (+ slideshow). More about Snarkitecture fills Washington DC museum with nearly one million plastic balls
Opinion: a reactionary government policy from 1899 has turned Washington DC into a city of low buildings, expensive floor space and rampant inequality. A few skyscrapers could change all that, says Matthew Yglesias, executive editor of Vox. More about "Washington DC's aversion to skyscrapers has turned it into an American Versailles"
The arches of the Great Hall inside Washington DC's National Building Museum currently host 60 models of conceptual and completed buildings, for BIG's first ever exhibition in North America (+ slideshow). More about BIG's Hot to Cold exhibition opens at the National Building Museum
News: Bjarke Ingels' firm has unveiled its plans for a "radical reinterpretation" of the Smithsonian Institution campus in Washington DC, creating new entrances and underground extensions (+ slideshow). More about BIG presents More billion plans for Smithsonian campus overhaul