Custom stone furnituremaker Form(LA) has opened the doors of its first flagship store in Los Angeles – specifically a pivoting marble door punctuated by nine porthole windows. More about Form(LA) hides stone furniture showroom behind marble pivot door
A tiered, pyramidal installation by Hungarian-American artist Agnes Denes has been installed in the Coachella Valley for the fifth edition of the Desert X exhibition. More about Agnes Denes installs Living Pyramid in California for Desert X
Plasterwork influenced by Mallorcan villas lines the walls of this home in Los Angeles that designer Rob Diaz custom built himself. More about Rob Diaz uses all natural materials to build house in Los Angeles
Belgian architect Theo de Meyer and production firm Public Art Company have created installations at the Desert Air Music Festival in Palm Springs, California, that reference industrial forms and modernist architecture. More about Theo de Meyer uses "utilitarian aesthetics" for Palm Springs festival design
Danish architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen and American studio DLR Group have been selected to redesign California's San Quentin State Prison into a rehabilitation centre that will utilise influences from the Scandinavian incarceration system. More about Nordic model to inform redesign of California's San Quentin prison
Mid-century modern and traditional Japanese influences blend inside this Los Angeles home, which the principals of design studio OWIU have reimagined for themselves. More about Japanese ryokans inform OWIU's renovation of Duane House in LA
LA-based Jared Frank Studio has looked to Milan's history of modernist design for references while focusing on "what a West Coast pizza parlour could be". More about Milanese modernism informs LA pizzeria interior by Jared Frank Studio
Architecture studio Studio Gang has completed an expansive extension at the California College of the Arts San Francisco campus, which includes exposed bracing and a concrete terrace. More about Studio Gang places mass-timber buildings around concrete terrace in California
Moroccan influences and materials create an "urban oasis" at this restaurant in Los Angeles, which owners Maati Zoutina and Boris Macquin designed and built themselves. More about Moroccan riads influence tiled interior of LA restaurant Zizou
California architecture studio Electric Bowery and graphic design firm Land have completed the renovation of a 1980s hotel in Laguna Beach informed by European seaside inns. More about Electric Bowery and Land infuse Laguna Beach hotel with "Mallorcan vibes"
US studio Schwartz and Architecture has completed a courtyard-style house in California that is closed off to the street yet opens up in the rear, allowing for ample natural light and a connection to the outdoors. More about Tall "acoustic wall" buffers noise at Modal Home in Silicon Valley
New York architecture studio WORKac has completed an office building with a white, layered facade at the Mission Rock development in San Francisco. More about WORKac completes San Francisco offices with "dynamic sense of topography"
American design studio Fuseproject has designed a body for a robotic system by tech studio Kind Humanoid intended for various domestic and commercial environments. More about Fuseproject proposes "friendly" design for AI-enabled robot
Diners pack tightly into this informal Thai restaurant in Los Angeles, which local studio Weiszblüth & Brown has designed to echo the intense flavours of the food served. More about Weiszblüth & Brown designs tiny Thai eatery in LA that "packs a punch"
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a submerged concrete and glass house in California, designed by local studio Donaldson + Partners. More about "Gives off a cool Bond villain vibe" says commenter
California-based studio Donaldson + Partners has designed a circular house partially embedded in the landscape with large concrete parabolic arches in Montecito, California. More about Donaldson + Partners creates arched house "for the twenty-first century"
US studio Kadre Architects has converted two rundown motels in Los Angeles County into The Sierra, a supportive living complex that serves as a "new housing prototype" for people experiencing homelessness. More about Kadre Architects creates colourful transitional housing in California desert
Los Angeles-based studio 22RE has combined metal grids, black and mirrored surfaces, and bold splashes of colour inside this men's multi-brand boutique in the city's Arts District. More about 22RE takes "deconstructivist" approach to menswear store in LA
A large circular opening offers a glimpse through the white wall in front of this California accessory dwelling unit, designed by architect Yan M Wang of Cover Architecture for his mother. More about Moongate ADU by Cover Architecture offers intergenerational living near LA
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features images of Apple's new events venue in California. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features subterranean Apple Park Observatory