With the World Cup 2026 kicking off yesterday, spectator areas are popping up across the three host countries, including an official FIFA Fan Festival zone designed by architecture studio Populous in Kansas City. More about Populous creates heart-shaped gateway for World Cup fan area in Kansas City
Local studio Design Alliance Architects included stained-glass windows in a sculptural concrete chapel with eight massive curving walls in St. Louis, Missouri. More about Design Alliance Architects raises curved concrete chapel in Missouri
Architecture studio Snøhetta has completed a sculptural addition to the home of St Louis Symphony Orchestra in St Louis, USA, while revamping historical interiors and creating a public-facing plaza. More about Snøhetta completes arched extension to St Louis' Powell Hall
US architecture studio Ayers Saint Gross has created a light-filled visitor center to serve as a gateway for the Missouri Botanical Garden in St Louis. More about Ayers Saint Gross embeds plant motifs in Missouri Botanical Garden visitor centre
An assortment of vintage furniture is paired with wooden accents and suspended neon lights in Le Lounge, a hotel lobby bar by designer Spencer Sight in Kansas City, Missouri. More about Spencer Sight designs Kansas City hotel lobby bar that "thrives on drama"
Global design studio HOK and Minnesota-based Snow Kreilich Architects have teamed up to create the Citypark urban sports campus and stadium for a Major League Soccer club in St Louis, Missouri. More about HOK and Snow Kreilich raise thin canopy above St Louis soccer stadium
Dezeen School Shows: a community space drawing on French heritage and industrial architecture is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Maryville University St Louis. More about Ten interior design projects by students at Maryville University
New York-based artist Torkwase Dyson has designed a monolithic black structure for the Counterpublic art festival in St Louis to augment sound recordings from a ragtime composer. More about Torkwase Dyson fuses sound and architecture for St Louis installation
International architecture studio SOM has completed a terminal for Kansas City International Airport that features a large wood-clad canopy. More about SOM tops Kansas City airport with giant timber-clad canopy
Architecture studio Snøhetta has unveiled its design for an expansion to St Louis Orchestra's Powell Hall that will feature scalloped walls, a grainy brick facade and glazed arches. More about Snøhetta to add entrance shaped like "canted shells" to St Louis' Powell Hall
Architecture firm Studio Gang has completed a tiered residential skyscraper with angled glass elements that overlooks Forest Park in St Louis, Missouri. More about Studio Gang designs One Hundred skyscraper with angled facades in St Louis
Missouri architecture firm Hufft has designed an expansive two-storey residence for a couple with a large private art collection in Kansas City, complete with a subterranean gallery. More about Hufft's Artery Residence in Missouri accommodates impressive art collection
A subterranean museum below architect Eero Saarinen's iconic arch in St Louis has been renovated and expanded by three architecture firms, as part of an effort to rejuvenate the area around the monument. More about Eero Saarinen's Gateway Arch museum undergoes revitalisation in St Louis
American architecture firm BNIM has renovated a fire-ravaged church in Kansas City, creating a new layout and light-filled interiors to enhance what is left of the original structure. More about BNIM resurrects Missouri church with lightwells and exposed masonry
Students at Kansas State University have designed and constructed a two-unit apartment building that is intended to be occupied by low-income tenants. More about Kansas architecture students wrap affordable home in corrugated metal
Artist William LaChance has created a giant mural across a series of basketball courts in a St Louis suburb. More about William LaChance spruces up St Louis basketball courts with "tapestry of colour"
Richly toned wood is paired with stucco-covered concrete to form the walls of this contemporary country house in Missouri, designed by American firm Kem Studio. More about Kem Studio wraps lakeside Missouri residence in cypress and white stucco
A cloud hanging over this shed-like pavilion in Missouri rains onto the roof whenever someone sits inside. More about Matthew Mazzotta's Cloud House receives a rain shower when occupied
Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang has released a teaser image of a high-rise for St Louis, Missouri, made up of four-storey tiers with faceted slanted sides. More about Studio Gang reveals tiered residential tower for St Louis
American studio Gould Evans has completed a creative facility in Kansas City that houses an array of digital fabrication tools, including eight different types of 3D printer. More about Gould Evans creates black metal studio building for Missouri art school