California design studio Lovers Unite has reinvigorated a 1950s home with sweeping views of the Los Angeles hills, turning an unused balcony into an extension of the indoor social space. More about Lovers Unite revives interiors of mid-century Silver Lake home
Paris-based lifestyle brand Kitsuné has opened a cafe next to its boutique in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, both with minimalist interiors featuring white oak and stainless steel. More about Café Kitsuné Los Angeles features Parisian-style interiors with "Japanese twist"
Stools from local designer Caleb Ferris and design firm Prowl Studio were among the works displayed at a San Francisco exhibition centred around contemporary Bay Area design. More about San Francisco exhibition features "off-center" Bay Area furniture design
Local studio MacDonald Architects has designed the safety nets recently installed on each side of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to prevent people from jumping from its sides. More about Kilometres of suicide-deterrent nets installed under Golden Gate Bridge
Subtle nods to traditional Chinese architecture can be found throughout this restaurant in California, designed by LA-based Jialun Xiong. More about Jialun Xiong highlights "intricacies and textures" at Sichuanese restaurant in LA
US studio Ome Dezin has renovated a large mid-century home in Brentwood, California, using a tonal colour palette and maximising the lush hillside views. More about Ome Dezin restores 1960s California residence by A Quincy Jones
LA studio PlayLab Inc has created a flagship store that contains a sky blue conversation pit at its centre for local clothing brand Madhappy. More about PlayLab Inc centres "space for conversation" in Los Angeles retail store
American studio Schwartz and Architecture has completed a cedar-clad accessory dwelling unit on a California property that is meant to serve as "a jumping off point for a modern wine country design". More about Farm buildings inform Sonoma ADU by Schwartz and Architecture
US company Artistree Home designed a treehouse with vaulted form, raised off the ground in Sonoma County, California. More about Artistree Home raises a telescopic treehouse in California
Local studio Hopson Rodstrom Design placed a sawtooth roof on top of this black-clad apartment building with an interior courtyard in southern California. More about Hopson Rodstrom Design creates jagged-roof Los Angeles building with interior courtyard
California gallery Blunk Space has opened the exhibition 100 Hooks, featuring new works by designers including Jasper Morrison, Ilse Crawford, Anna Karlin and Bethan Laura Wood. More about Over 100 designers create hooks for exhibition in tribute to JB Blunk
American interior designer Kelly Wearstler has paired a towering tree with speckled wood panelling and vintage furniture by Carlo Scarpa at the Ulla Johnson flagship store in West Hollywood. More about Kelly Wearstler designs Ulla Johnson store to capture the "spirit of southern California"
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing an extension of media company Warner Bros' headquarters in Burbank, completed by LA architecture studio Gehry Partners. More about "Do you like it, corporate overlords?" asks commenter
Exterior louvres and faceted canopies are among the elements that US studio Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects has added to a 1920s academic facility, helping it achieve net-zero energy consumption, according to the studio. More about Leddy Maytum Stacy revamps century-old university building in California
LA architecture studio Gehry Partners has completed the extension of media company Warner Bros' headquarters in Burbank, which juxtaposes two distinctive facade styles. More about Gehry Partners references icebergs and Hollywood for Warner Bros building
Climate technology company Heirloom has opened the first commercial Direct Air Capture plant in the US, which will sequester atmospheric carbon for permanent storage using energy-efficient kilns. More about Heirloom opens first large-scale carbon capture plant in US
Climate change is making it harder to prioritise retrofitting buildings to withstand earthquakes, architect John Lesak tells Dezeen in this interview for our Designing for Disaster series. More about Wildfires diverting resources from earthquake-proofing buildings in California warns John Lesak
Sweden-born architect Fredrik Nilsson has completed a wood-clad residence for his family that incorporates Scandinavian modernism and the "bohemian experimentalism of the LA Eastside". More about Fredrik Nilsson clads his Los Angeles house in oiled cedar
This sprawling white concrete house in California is laid out like a "village" of open and enclosed spaces, with architecture by Masastudio and interiors by Kelly Wearstler. More about Kelly Wearstler and Masastudio design California home as a "modern ruin"
Architecture studio Perkins&Will has placed a series of greenhouses on top of a concrete structure to create this agricultural research centre in California. More about Perkins&Will crowns Californian research centre with series of greenhouses