Joel Sanders updates mid-century-modern home on verdant site in Connecticut
A new bedroom wing and an opened-up entertaining area are among the modifications that US studio Joel Sanders Architect has made to a 1950s house in New England. More
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Fiedler Marciano creates artist studios in a forest clearing in Connecticut
American studio Fiedler Marciano Architecture took cues from vernacular architecture in New England while designing a pair of small, sculptural buildings for an artists' nature retreat. More
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Richard Meier's 1960s Smith House captured in new photographs
One of American architect Richard Meier's earliest projects, the Smith House, is portrayed in a fresh set of images by photographer Mike Schwartz to commemorate the influential project's 50th anniversary. More
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Yale architecture students create dwelling in Connecticut for the homeless
Graduate students at Yale University have completed a prefabricated building in New Haven with two apartments that will be leased to tenants who are experiencing homelessness. More
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New Sandy Hook school is designed to "prevent unwanted intrusions of any kind"
Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, the site of the 2012 shooting that killed 20 children and six adults, has been rebuilt by architects Svigals + Partners to incorporate the latest anti-terror measures. More
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Restoration work completes on sculpture gallery at Philip Johnson's Glass House
The sculpture gallery designed by American architect Philip Johnson in the grounds of his iconic Glass House in Connecticut has been restored to its former glory. More
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Allee Architecture creates "humane and warm" modern house in Connecticut
This hillside dwelling in rural Connecticut by Allee Architecture features a copper roof and facades made of glass, cedar and teak (+ slideshow). More
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Yayoi Kusama plasters red dots across Philip Johnson's Glass House
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has continued her residency at the iconic Glass House in Connecticut by sticking red polka dots all over its transparent walls (+ slideshow). More
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Five of the best houses in Connecticut on Dezeen
Connecticut is the focus of this week's roundup of American houses, where our favourites include a bright red artist's studio overlooking Long Island Sound and an affordable dwelling in New Haven designed by Yale architecture students (+ slideshow). More
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Toshiko Mori expands Marcel Breuer-designed residence with glazed addition
New York architect Toshiko Mori has renovated and extended a building originally designed by famed Modernist architect Marcel Breuer as a personal residence, connecting two structures with a glass-enclosed staircase (+ slideshow). More
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Allee separates lakeside Connecticut house into two distinct volumes
Lush greenery tops one half of this three-bedroom residence on the shore of Connecticut's Lake Wononscopomuc, which local studio Allee Architecture and Design created as two separate parts (+ slideshow). More
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Red Barn by Roger Ferris and Partners provides an artist's retreat in Connecticut
Connecticut-based firm Roger Ferris + Partners has built an artist's studio and residence clad with bright red siding on a Connecticut estate (+ slideshow). More
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Louis Kahn building at Yale reopens following meticulous restoration
The Yale Center for British Art, designed by architect Louis Kahn, has reopened following a refurbishment that "sets a new standard for the stewardship of modern architecture" according to Robert AM Stern (+ slideshow). More
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Yayoi Kusama installs 1,300 floating steel balls at Philip Johnson's Glass House estate
An installation by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama originally created for the 1966 Venice Biennale has been reconstructed near Philip Johnson's iconic Glass House in Connecticut (+ slideshow). More
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Cedar-clad house by Yale students could serve as a model for affordable housing
Graduate students at the Yale School of Architecture have designed and built a contemporary family home in a low-income neighbourhood in New Haven, Connecticut (+ slideshow). More
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"Grace Farms is a trophy building, not a light-on-the-land wilderness retreat"
Opinion: SANAA's new river-inspired building in New Canaan may be beautiful, says Alexandra Lange, but it is still unclear whether its community-focussed programme will be useful to anyone. More
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First images of SANAA-designed Grace Farms building in Connecticut revealed
The first official photographs of SANAA's sinuous cultural centre at the Grace Farms nature reserve in Connecticut have been released ahead of its opening tomorrow (+ slideshow). More
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SANAA completes river-inspired building at Grace Farms nature reserve
Japanese studio SANAA has completed a sinuous building of glass, concrete, steel and wood that winds across the landscape of a nature reserve in New Canaan, Connecticut. More
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Bridge House by Joeb Moore & Partners straddles a site on the edge of a valley
The living and dining rooms of this house overlooking a river valley in Connecticut, USA, are contained in a timber-clad box raised up by concrete buttresses (+ slideshow). More
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Brutalist buildings: Yale Art and Architecture Building, Connecticut by Paul Rudolph
Brutalism: one of the earliest known examples of Brutalist architecture in America is Paul Rudolph's Yale Art and Architecture Building in New Haven, Connecticut, an imposing, fortress-like building that juxtaposes masses of textured concrete with layers of steel-framed glazing. More