Every room was oriented toward views in this house by American studio Butler Armsden Architects, which was designed for a couple transitioning into retirement. More about Gabled home by Butler Armsden Architects sits on bluff in northern California
American firm Frederick Fisher and Partners has completed a trio of hilltop buildings for a California school that was partly destroyed by a wildfire. More about Frederick Fisher creates stucco buildings for California school hit by wildfire
San Francisco firm Aidlin Darling Design has completed a low-slung home in California's Palm Desert that is intended to contrast the boulders and trees found in its remote setting. More about Boulders and pine trees surround High Desert Retreat by Aidlin Darling Design
Spatial designer and artist Adi Goodrich has filled the Dreams lifestyle store in Los Angeles' Atwater Village with colourful surrealist details, including a lobster phone and a "glowing" blue rock. More about Adi Goodrich designs surrealist Los Angeles store Dreams with blue rock at its centre
Interior designer Sophie Goineau and Los Angeles studio Enclosures Architects have restored Cove Way House in Beverly Hills by Alfred T Wilkes with updated finishes, "preserving the integrity of original LA modernism". More about Sophie Goineau and Enclosures Architects refurbish mid-century house in Beverly Hills
American practice Bunch Design has completed a colourful granny flat modelled on an oversized suit at the back of a home in Los Angeles, with sliding doors that enable it to become a single open space. More about Bunch Design adds colourful granny flat to a home in Los Angeles
American firm Feldman Architecture aimed to take a respectful approach while overhauling a "quirky circular house" perched on a hillside near Silicon Valley. More about Feldman Architecture updates 1960s Round House in northern California
More than 12,000 people have signed a petition against the construction of Munger Hall, a mostly windowless student dormitory for the University of California backed by billionaire investor Charles Munger. More about Petition launched to stop construction of controversial Munger Hall dormitory
Local studio Lehrer Architects has built a community of brightly coloured tiny houses on a narrow strip in Los Angeles for the city's homeless residents. More about Tiny home village by Lehrer Architects provides temporary shelter for LA's homeless
White surfaces, both inside and out, offer the ideal backdrop for artwork in this light-filled home created by LA firm Abramson Architects for a creative client. More about White stucco wraps Getty View Residence by Abramson Architects in Los Angeles
Billionaire investor Charles Munger's design for Munger Hall, a much-criticised student dormitory at the University of California, was informed by Le Corbusier and will "last as long as the pyramids," he has claimed in an interview defending the project. More about Mostly windowless mega dormitory "fixes Corbusier's errors" on Unité d'Habitation says billionaire designer
Plump white walls and undulating ceilings can be found inside this house near San Francisco, which has been updated by design studio OPA to feature cloud-like forms. More about OPA designs interior of Californian home to resemble clouds
Architect Dennis McFadden has stepped down from a University of California committee in protest over designs for a university dormitory at its Santa Barbara campus where over 90 per cent of its 4,500 students would reportedly live in windowless rooms. More about Architect resigns over mostly windowless Munger Hall dormitory at University of California
American firm LOHA has completed a row of sculptural, metal-clad homes in Los Angeles that is meant to explore possibilities for the "small lot subdivision typology". More about Sloped walls form Canyon Drive housing complex by LOHA in Los Angeles
Redwood cladding and large stretches of glass feature in a 1960s house in northern California that has been updated by American firm Klopf Architecture. More about Klopf Architecture revamps mid-century home at Stanford University
A scalloped roofline defines this playful backyard studio that Los Angeles architects Byben & Skeens completed for a writer and filmmaker to have a "solitary space for creation". More about Scalloped parapet tops Byben & Skeens' whimsical studio in Los Angeles
Chinese studio MAD Architects has revealed its design for The Star office block in Hollywood, which will incorporate a funicular railway. More about MAD Architects plans Hollywood office wrapped with funicular railway
A house designed by famed modernist Richard Neutra is both site and muse for an exhibition by Los Angeles gallery Marta that sees artists, architects and designers create works that respond directly to the architecture. More about Neutra's VDL II House hosts Built In group exhibition in Los Angeles
Alaskan cedar and handmade Danish bricks are among the materials used by Californian firm HA+MA to create a golf performance centre set within an undulating, grassy landscape. More about HA+MA designs CS2 teaching facility for Los Angeles golf course
Glazed walls, teak flooring and an original koi pond feature in a mid-century residence in Los Angeles that has received a sensitive refresh by local firm Woods + Dangaran. More about Woods + Dangaran updates 1960s California home by Craig Ellwood