Wood and cement wrap the exterior of a hillside, family home designed by California studio Feldman Architecture to feel like a "space of serenity". More about Rau Haus by Feldman Architecture sits on a Silicon Valley hillside
Los Angeles architecture studio Formation Association has turned an assemblage of buildings in West Hollywood into a new home for London-based auction house Phillips. More about Formation Association transforms series of buildings for Phillips Los Angeles
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Foster + Partners' designs for a high-speed rail line in California. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Foster + Partners' designs for America's first high-speed rail line
Giant robots informed by South Asian temples and a "cyber-physical" sculpture are among the installations at this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California. More about Four monumental installations and artworks at Coachella 2023
Brooklyn-based Ringo Studio designed a store for kitchenware brand Our Place that features colourful tile displays and expressive drapery that hangs from the ceiling. More about Ringo Studio completes colourful cookware store for Our Place in Los Angeles
Architecture studio Sheft Farrace has renovated a loft apartment in Los Angeles' iconic Eastern Columbia building, subtly incorporating colours from the art deco exterior into the minimalist interiors. More about Sheft Farrace renovates loft in Los Angeles' art deco Eastern Columbia building
UK architecture studio Foster + Partners and engineering firm Arup have released designs for a series of stations in California that will serve its high-speed rail line. More about Foster + Partners and Arup design stations for "America's first high-speed rail segment"
Canadian design studio Yabu Pushelberg has created the Moxy and AC Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles to encapsulate a variety of references to the surrounding city. More about Yabu Pushelberg references multi-faceted LA culture in conjoined hotels
Cladding made of glass fibre-reinforced concrete wraps the exterior of a sculptural, mixed-used building that was designed by US firm Handel Architects for a crowded, triangular site. More about Faceted panels wrap Line Hotel and Serif building in San Francisco
Late artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude influenced the dramatic drapery around this restaurant in Pasadena, California, designed by Los Angeles studio Lovers Unite. More about Lovers Unite wraps Bar Chelou in Pasadena with expressive drapery
A series of shelters for doves were embedded in the laminated-cedar facade of Neal Schwartz's self-designed studio, which is an extension of his Sonoma home. More about Neal Schwartz includes dovecotes in "chapel-like" California studio
A plywood-clad building with an oculus in its roof provides space for the B=f(P, E) installation by American interdisciplinary artist Brigitte D'Annibale, located on the Point Dume promontory in Malibu, California. More about Brigitte D'Annibale adds oculus to plywood-clad house for Malibu installation
Large-scale works by 12 international artists have been installed throughout the desert landscape of California's Coachella Valley for the fourth iteration of the Desert X exhibition. More about Desert X 2023 features a sculpture made of piled shipping containers
A team of architects and designers has mixed retail with a skateboard facility for clothing brand Supreme's Los Angeles flagship store, sited in the building that was once home to the iconic record store Tower Records. More about Supreme's Los Angeles flagship features its first fully floating skate bowl
US studio Klopf Architecture has completed the Sonoma Hilltop New Residence, a horizontal house in wine country that takes cues from mid-century modern architecture and has dangling chains that collect rainwater. More about Low-lying house by Klopf Architecture overlooks California's Sonoma Valley
LA-based furniture designer Jialun Xiong has completed her first restaurant interior in the city for 19 Town, achieving a retro-futurist look by pairing soft hues and metallic surfaces. More about Jialun Xiong balances contrasts at "retro-futurist" restaurant in Los Angeles
A variety of black staircases dogleg and spiral between the levels of this office in Southern California, designed by global firm Behnisch Architekten. More about Black staircases link SC Workplace by Behnisch Architekten
Undulated concrete walls form the lower portion of this Californian house by architecture studio Laney LA, while its top half is wrapped in glass and cedar. More about Scalloped concrete walls anchor California house by Laney LA
Local studio Hsu McCullough has completed a stucco and ash home with an accessory dwelling unit in Los Angeles' that wraps around an elm tree. More about Hsu McCullough orients Los Angeles home around legacy elm tree
As well as being a mecca for modernist architecture, Palm Springs is embracing climate-conscious design, says Modernism Week CEO Lisa Vossler Smith in this interview. More about "The face of Palm Springs is changing" says Modernism Week CEO