Mork-Ulnes Architects has completed the Silver Lining House, a crisp, gabled home clad in black-stained cedar that was designed for an architectural photographer and interior designer. More about Mork-Ulnes creates black San Francisco house to be "laboratory" for creative work
This townhouse in Los Angeles by US firm Olson Kundig is outfitted by furniture brand ATRA with "the best that Mexico has to offer". More about ATRA outfits Olson Kundig-designed house in West Hollywood
Stucco and asphalt are found on the exterior of a 1920s bungalow that has been revamped by local firm The LADG, which sought to challenge traditional views of the housing typology. More about The LADG upends "traditional notions" for Los Angeles bungalow remodel
Architecture and engineering firm Yu2e has completed The Axolotl, a three-storey apartment building near public transit that is meant to be an "evolutionary hybrid of Los Angeles middle housing". More about Yu2e draws upon historic styles to create pink housing block in Los Angeles
California's Tyreus Design Studio has completed a timber-clad house and entertainment barn renovation on a farm in Sonoma. More about Tyreus Design Studio wraps open-air Sonoma farm house in wood
A slender pool lined with a "vertical garden" features in an oceanfront house in southern California designed by US studio Montalba Architects. More about Montalba Architects prioritises connection to nature at Manhattan Beach House
Architecture firm And And And Studio has created a stucco-clad, single-level home for a family of six that is raised up to create a "treehouse-like effect". More about And And And Studio lifts Silver Lake Tree House above Los Angeles site
Architects John Friedman and Alice Kimm have stacked a concrete mass with sinuous cutouts into a hillside as a home for their family in Los Angeles, complete with a crane in the kitchen and an accessory dwelling unit. More about John Friedman and Alice Kimm include dining room crane in Los Angeles house
Local studio Anonymous Architects has completed a residence with a concrete plinth that cantilevers off a mountainside in Los Angeles. More about Anonymous Architects embeds concrete house into Los Angeles hillside
Architect Joanne Koch has refurbished a 1970s wood cabin located in the iconic Sea Ranch development in California into an Airbnb destination in the forest. More about Joanne Koch adds cantilevered deck during Sea Ranch cabin renovation
Wood and zinc-clad forms hug a spacious courtyard in a California home designed by US studio Walker Warner Architects to serve as a "private oasis". More about Courtyard lies at heart of Santa Monica Modern house by Walker Warner Architects
Architect Matthew Royce drew upon both global and local influences while designing a home for himself in southern California that features industrial materials and subterranean reflecting pools. More about Matthew Royce includes underground pools in industrial Venice Beach house
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
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
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
Binational studio Montalba Architects used ample glazing and a clever siting strategy to provide the best vistas at Canyon Terrace House in southern California. More about Montalba Architects prioritises views at hillside home in Santa Monica
Architecture studio Design, Bitches has completed a southern California home that takes cues from the traditional beach cottage and is meant to be "not too precious". More about Design, Bitches creates Venice Beach bungalow that shows "resilience of archetypes"
Cedar cladding and large stretches of glass feature in a weekend house called Sonoma Wine Country, which has been enlarged by US studio Feldman Architecture. More about Feldman Architecture expands home in northern California’s wine region
Studio Schicketanz has completed a renovation of the former seaside home of modernist architect Henry Hill. More about Studio Schicketanz renovates Henry Hill's mid-century house on the California coast