Silicon Valley startup 1X Technologies will start shipping its Neo humanoid robots into people's homes this year. Dezeen's Ellen Eberhardt was given an exclusive look behind the scenes where designers are turning the stuff of science fiction into reality. More about Inside the company building America's first mail-order servant robot
Local studio Ogawa Fisher Architects has completed a wedge-shaped California house with skylights, board-formed concrete walls, and a submerged workshop with a functioning car lift. More about Ogawa Fisher Architects outfits California house with underground workshop
Local studio Montalba Architects has created a lush Japanese-inspired garden patio for diners at a Nobu hotel and restaurant in Silicon Valley. More about Montalba Architects adds Japanese garden to California Nobu
FreelandBuck has installed a pavilion in a Palo Alto plaza comprising triangular panels imprinted with images of the public enjoying the same site on a day last year. More about FreelandBuck pavilion in Palo Alto documents life "over the course of one day"
US studio Form4 Architecture has designed a Palo Alto office complex that features rectangular structures wrapped in glass and metal, with curved elements that are meant to represent the "highs and lows of exploratory research and development". More about Wavy metal elements front Silicon Valley technology campus by Form4 Architecture
Boxy forms wrapped in Danish brick and large stretches of glass form this California residence, which was designed by US firm EYRC to capture light and connect to the outdoors. More about Glass and slender grey bricks clad EYRC's Waverley house in Silicon Valley
American studio Klopf Architecture has overhauled a low-slung, plywood-clad home in northern California, which was built by visionary developer Joseph Eichler following the second world war. More about Klopf Architecture updates mid-century Eichler home in Silicon Valley
Californian firm AJ-A has extended an adobe brick residence from the 1940s, contrasting the rustic material with pared-down finishes and minimalist geometry. More about AJ-A gives Palo Alto home extension an all-white exterior
Oregon-based ZGF Architects has used a variety of design elements to help minimise the visual impact of a new energy facility on Stanford University's scenic campus (+ slideshow). More about ZGF conceals a Stanford University power plant behind metal screens
News: a team led by 64North Architecture has won a competition to design a pedestrian and cyclist bridge connecting the San Francisco Bay waterfront and Palo Alto – home to some of the world's leading technology companies. More about Palo Alto footbridge will span the 14 lanes of San Francisco's 101 freeway
The entrance lobby at AOL's Palo Alto headquarters looks like a skate park (+ slideshow). More about 395 Page Mill Road by Studio O+A
Here some photos of the new Palo Alto offices of internet services company AOL, designed by San Francisco designers Studio O+A. More about AOL Offices by Studio O+A
San Francisco designers Studio O+A have completed the headquarters for social networking website Facebook in Palo Alto, California. More about Facebook Headquarters by Studio O+A