A limestone wall runs along the front facade of a tasting room for Auteur Wines in Sonoma County, which was designed by US architecture studio Bohlin Cywinski Jackson to prioritise a casual atmosphere and a "connection to place". More about Bohlin Cywinski Jackson creates relaxed tasting room in California's wine country
US studio Feldman Architecture has created a Sonoma County dwelling called The Phoenix, which replaces a fire-destroyed home and features outdoor spaces for "calm moments of immersion" in the landscape. More about Feldman Architecture creates hilltop house in California's wine country
Plates of weathering steel wrap the House for a New Beginning, a project designed by US studio Nielsen Schuh Architects for a couple whose original home was destroyed by a wildfire. More about Nielsen Schuh Architects designs fire-resistant house in California wine country
Local firm Studio VARA has completed Fire Country Lookout, a rural retreat in northern California that is wrapped in a protective shell made of standing-seam metal and is equipped to operate off the grid. More about Studio VARA designs Sonoma County house to stand up to wildfires
American studio Schwartz and Architecture has completed a cedar-clad accessory dwelling unit on a California property that is meant to serve as "a jumping off point for a modern wine country design". More about Farm buildings inform Sonoma ADU by Schwartz and Architecture
California studio Field Architecture designed this Sonoma Valley house out of a trio of fanning copper-clad pavilions with butterfly roofs. More about Field Architecture clads flowing Sonoma house in copper
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 series of shelters for doves were embedded in the laminated-cedar facade of Neal Schwartz's self-designed studio, which is an extension of his Sonoma home. More about Neal Schwartz includes dovecotes in "chapel-like" California studio
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
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
California firm Walker Warner Architects has transformed a warehouse into a visitor centre for a winery with redwood, cypress and rammed earth. More about Walker Warner creates House of Flowers tasting room for California winery
American studio Faulkner Architects has completed a holiday home in California's wine country with an asymmetrical roof and facades wrapped in weathering steel and salvaged wood. More about Faulkner Architects perches Big Barn house on Sonoma Valley hillside
American studio Faulkner Architects has transformed a rustic building in northern California into a simple dwelling sheathed in salvaged redwood and weathering steel. More about Faulkner Architects converts barn in California's wine country into minimal bunkhouse
This installation at California's Donum Estate by American artist Doug Aitken arranges a series of hanging wind chimes. More about Sonic Mountain by Doug Aitken is formed from 365 wind chimes
Weathering steel, concrete and glass were used to form this asymmetrical dwelling by Mork-Ulnes Architects that is nudged into a hillside overlooking a verdant, rolling valley in a wildfire-prone area in northern California's Sonoma County. More about Mork-Ulnes uses Corten steel to protect Triple Barn residence in California from wildfires
Mork-Ulnes Architects has joined three concrete volumes to form this Sonoma County guesthouse overlooking forested hills recently devastated by wildfire. More about Mork-Ulnes designs Ridge House to endure wildfires in northern California's wine country
This modernist resort in Northern California, which formed an enclave for artists in the 1960s, has been overhauled by Los Angeles design studio The Novogratz. More about Timber Cove Resort occupies mid-century A-frame building on Sonoma's coast
Gabled structures featuring repurposed wood and large stretches of glass make up this winery in Sonoma Valley, designed by Californian studio Piechota Architecture. More about Piechota Architecture uses salvaged materials for Silver Oak Winery in northern California
American studio Ro Rockett Design has added a weathered timber pool house to a hilltop retreat in California's Sonoma County, for residents to enjoy vineyard and coastal vistas while relaxing. More about Pool house by Ro Rockett Design offers views of California wine country
The Sea Ranch, a haven for modernist architecture on the Californian coast, will be the focus of a major exhibition at SFMOMA. Curator Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher gives an overview of its history and explains why it remains an important example of "environmental stewardship". More about The Sea Ranch in California "still has a magical lure" says SFMOMA curator