Uber and Lyft blamed for San Francisco's congested streets
San Francisco might put the brakes on Uber and Lyft, after a new report has pinned the city's worsening congestion on the ride-sharing services. More
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Tom Blachford expands Midnight Modern architecture photo series
Modernist buildings bathed in moonlight are the subject of Australian photographer Tom Blachford's updated image series, which goes on show in New York this week. More
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Carpenters Workshop Gallery opens in converted San Francisco church
Carpenters Workshop Gallery has set up its fourth permanent location, taking over part of an arts venue inside a former church on the US West Coast. More
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Field Architecture situates wood-clad Zinfandel house in California wine country
American studio Field Architecture has taken cues from the vernacular architecture of Napa Valley for this gabled residence, which is clad in western red cedar and surrounded by grape vines. More
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Vast warehouse at San Francisco's Pier 70 becomes Gusto headquarters
This huge industrial building in San Francisco now functions as office space for an HR software company, where employees are encouraged to take off their shoes. More
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Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall illuminates with dream-like visuals
Patterns created by Turkish media artist Refik Anadol are being projected onto the facades of Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles each night for a limited time. More
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AI-controlled robotic ceiling furniture creates extra space for tiny homes
Tech startup Bumblebee Spaces is freeing up floorspace in small apartments with robotic furniture that drops from the ceiling and is controlled by an AI "butler". More
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Lego Apple Park took its builder two years to complete
This mini version of Apple's Cupertino campus is made entirely of Lego, and was modelled on drone footage taken during construction. More
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Contemporary Muslim Fashions take the spotlight at San Francisco's de Young Museum
This exhibition in San Francisco provides a snapshot of Muslim fashion across the world today, from luxury evening wear to controversial Nike hijab and "burkini" designs. More
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Cracked beam forces closure of Salesforce Transit Center in San Francisco
San Francisco's new transportation hub has closed less than two months after opening, following the discovery of a major crack in one of its steel beams. More
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Five vacation homes at California's modernist marvel The Sea Ranch
The Sea Ranch community in Northern California will be spotlighted in a forthcoming SFMOMA exhibition. We've rounded up five residences on the coastal site that demonstrate why the 1960s development remains a holiday hotspot today. More
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The Sea Ranch in California "still has a magical lure" says SFMOMA curator
The Sea Ranch, a haven for modernist architecture on the Californian coast, will be the focus of a major exhibition at SFMOMA. Curator Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher gives an overview of its history and explains why it remains an important example of "environmental stewardship". More
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Vintage car mounted to ceiling in SOMA Residence by Dumican Mosey
American firm Dumican Mosey Architects has transformed an old industrial building in San Francisco into a home, gallery and studio for a contemporary artist and her family. More
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Steel porch connects Coastal Retreat at Sea Ranch by Malcolm Davis
San Francisco firm Malcolm Davis Architecture has divided this holiday home at the Sea Ranch community in California into two cedar-clad volumes, which face out in different directions to overlook the rugged coastline. More
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Design, Bitches overhauls LA education centre 9 Dots with plywood built-ins
Los Angeles studio Design, Bitches has refurbished a local building for a nonprofit education organisation, creating a variety of areas to learn, work and develop skills. More
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Warehouse equipment displays garments at Browns Fashion pop-up in LA
Industrial trolleys are repurposed as clothing rails at this Los Angeles pop-up store for Browns Fashion, which London studio Brinkworth created as the brand's first retail space outside the UK. More
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Edmonds + Lee draws on California modernism for The Austin interiors
US studio Edmonds + Lee has modelled the lobby inside this residential building in San Francisco on a cosy mid-century living room, including a huge, metal-clad chimney, wooden panelling and a weathered rug. More
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Framestudio uses cedar and plywood for Los Altos Poolhouse in northern California
Design collective Framestudio has added an indoor pool to a Silicon Valley home, for clients who travel frequently and wanted to create their own version of a hotel spa. More
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The Ocean Cleanup dispatches "giant Pac-Man" to remove plastic from the Pacific
The first large-scale operation to scoop waste plastic from the Pacific Ocean has set off from San Francisco. More
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Stack House by FreelandBuck is lodged into steep hillside in LA
US architecture firm FreelandBuck has completed a multi-level Los Angeles home with off-kilter volumes, curved internal walls and a rentable guest house sandwiched in the middle. More