Fresh renderings of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art by Beijing studio MAD have been released to coincide with the project's groundbreaking in Los Angeles. More about MAD's museum for George Lucas breaks ground in Los Angeles
Online fashion brand Everlane is continuing to expand its bricks-and-mortar offering with a new location inside a century-old building in San Francisco. More about Everlane turns historic San Francisco building into minimal clothing store
American studio Feldman Architecture has overhauled parts of a hillside home in the town of Sausalito for a retired couple with an extensive collection of albums, books and soda bottles. More about Feldman Architecture updates 1970s residence overlooking San Francisco Bay
A dome-shaped house in Palm Springs has undergone renovation work by its owner, Los Angeles-based architect Pavlina Williams, who added new windows and created open-plan interiors. More about Pavlina Williams transforms mid-century dome house with angular windows
A vivid orange stairwell and a canted glass facade are among the modifications that US studio Fougeron Architecture has made to a century-old house in San Francisco. More about Fougeron Architecture overhauls Victorian townhouse in San Francisco
Autonomous vehicles will soon be tested and deployed on public roads in California without a human driver, allowing tech giants such as Uber and Apple to test prototypes on local roads for the first time. More about Fully driverless cars receive go-ahead to operate in California
Los Angeles firm Studio AR+D has built a weathering steel-clad guardhouse for a new neighbourhood in Palm Springs, with cantilevers that form a roof over a parking spot and large boulder. More about Cantilevered roof extends from Palm Springs guardhouse by Studio AR+D
Design gallery The Future Perfect has opened another California location, this time inside a house that once belonged to Elvis Presley in Beverly Hills. More about Casa Perfect showroom opens in Elvis Presley's former Los Angeles home
A glowing chamber for displaying "elite footwear" sits at the centre of streetwear brand Kith's West Hollywood store, designed with long-time collaborators Snarkitecture. More about Snarkitecture creates bright shoe display in Kith's Los Angeles store
Our series profiling the mid-century marvels of Palm Springs during the city's Modernism Week concludes with the Abernathy House by American architect William F Cody, which was designed to maximise outdoor living. More about William F Cody designed Abernathy House for poolside parties in Palm Springs
As we near the end of our series celebrating Palm Springs' mid-century architecture, coinciding with the city's Modernism Week, here's a look at the chalet-esque houses that Charles DuBois designed to stand out from their neighbours. More about A-frame roofs typify Charles DuBois' Swiss Miss houses in Palm Springs
Our series covering modernist architecture in Palm Springs continues with the city's municipal building, designed by Swiss architect Albert Frey to include large canopies over its entrances – one with palm trees growing through its centre. More about Canopies and porticos shade outdoor spaces at Albert Frey's Palm Springs City Hall
The seven experimental steel-framed houses that architect Donald Wexler built in Palm Springs are early examples of customisable prefab homes, and are next in our series celebrating the city's mid-century architecture for this year's Modernism Week. More about Donald Wexler pioneered prefab living in Palm Springs with Steel Houses
Design studio Snøhetta has expanded a Michelin-star restaurant in California's Napa Valley with a glazed annex, and renovated its kitchen and grassy courtyard. More about Snøhetta revamps The French Laundry restaurant with fritted glass extension
We're continuing our series on modernist buildings in Palm Springs with American architect John Lautner's Arthur Elrod House, which has a dome-shaped concrete roof and a half-moon swimming pool that featured in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. More about John Lautner's concrete domed Elrod House overlooks Coachella Valley
American studio Field Architecture has created a spacious house for a wooded site near San Francisco, where preserving conditions for local flora and fauna was a guiding concern for the architects. More about Oak trees inform design of northern California home by Field Architecture
Australian photographer Kate Ballis has toured Palm Springs with an infrared camera and coloured filters to produce these images, which show the muted desert city in lucid purple, pink and red tones. More about Kate Ballis' infrared photography displays California modernism in vivid hues
Scooped white columns resembling upturned arches provide a decorative facade for the Coachella Valley Savings & Loan bank designed by E Stewart Williams, which is next up in our series spotlighting Palm Springs' mid-century architecture during the city's Modernism Week. More about Tapered colonnade fronts Coachella Valley Savings and Loan bank by E Stewart Williams
Our series covering the best mid-century architecture in Palm Springs, to coincide with the California city's Modernism Week, continues with the sprawling estate created for music and film legend Frank Sinatra. More about Twin Palms by E Stewart Williams provided a private retreat for Frank Sinatra
This vibrant bank by architect Rudy Baumfield, based on Le Corbusier's famed Ronchamp chapel, is next in our series profiling Palm Springs' many impressive mid-century buildings during the city's Modernism Week. More about Modernist Bank of America in Palm Springs is modelled on a Le Corbusier chapel