Corrugated white metal clads Vietnamese restaurant in Austin
Texas firm Magic Architecture has covered this Vietnamese restaurant with white corrugated metal to make it stand out from the "busy and graphic mess" of its location in Austin. More
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I/thee builds prototype papier-mache home on Texas cattle farm
Nearly 300 pounds of paper was cast in large holes in the ground before being flipped over to create the Agg Hab prototype home on a Texas ranch, which the designers claim is one of the "world's largest, self-supporting, papier-mache structures." More
Copper panels adorn Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Texas architecture firm Omniplan has topped the Holocaust museum in Dallas with a copper crown to represent "the strength of those who have stood up to injustice". More
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Three cast-concrete volumes form Preston Hollow house by Specht Architects
American studio Specht Architects has designed this Dallas residence with long corrugated concrete volumes to reference brutalist architecture. More
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Mark Odom pays homage to the 1950s with Inglewood Residence in Austin
A vintage car parked outside this house in Austin designed by Texas firm Mark Odom Studio adds to its mid-century modern aesthetic. More
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Marc Thorpe imagines Citizens of Earth installation at US-Mexico border
American architect Marc Thorpe has developed a conceptual installation near Marfa and the border of Mexico that resembles a large spaceship landing on earth. More
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro to renovate Frank Lloyd Wright theatre in Dallas
Diller Scofidio + Renfro has been chosen to design the renovation of Kalita Humphreys Theater in Dallas, Texas, the only theatre built by Frank Lloyd Wright. More
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Mark Odom Studio restores mid-century building for Austin insurance company BKCW
US firm Mark Odom Studio has opened up the floor plan of a mid-century office building in Austin for insurance company BKCW. More
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Eclectic decor fills Eberly restaurant and tavern in central Austin
Hanging plants, used books and a bar salvaged from New York are among the diverse elements incorporated into an eatery and bar in Texas conceived by architecture studio Clayton & Little and interior designer Mickie Spencer. More
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Clayton & Little carefully updates mid-century Balcones Residence in Austin
Original brickwork, mahogany panelling and a new guest casita are featured in this 1950s Texas dwelling that has been meticulously renovated by local studio Clayton & Little. More
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Vilius Vizgaudis reimagines Texan city as "capital of sustainable living"
Bartlett graduate Vilius Vizgaudis has reimagined Paris, Texas, as a sustainable city in a bid to entice president Donald Trump to rejoin the Paris Agreement. More
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OMA to transform Houston post office into entertainment complex
OMA New York is turning a historic post office in Houston, Texas into a complex featuring arts and music venues, workspaces and "one of the world's largest rooftop parks and farms". More
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OMA uses array of colours and materials for Dior retrospective at Dallas art museum
Hundreds of haute couture garments created by the House of Dior in the past 70 years are presented in a sweeping exhibition in Dallas designed by OMA partner Shohei Shigematsu. More
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Big glass box brings light into Olson Kundig's Comedor restaurant in Austin
Hand cranks are used to lift up huge glass doors that open to a courtyard in this Mexican restaurant, which Seattle firm Olson Kundig has completed in downtown Austin. More
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David Adjaye completes Ruby City art centre in Texas
New photos of British architect David Adjaye's contemporary art centre in San Antonio, Texas, show that construction on the angular crimson building has completed. More
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Specht Architects transforms former union hall into Carpenter Hotel in Austin
American studio Specht Architects has renovated and expanded a "mid-century-utilitarian" carpenters' union hall building to create this hotel near downtown Austin. More
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Trump's border wall could sever Elon Musk's SpaceX Texas launchpad
The SpaceX port that Elon Musk is building in Boca Chica, Texas, for launching commercial rockets to Mars, is at risk of being cut in two by Donald Trump's US-Mexico border wall. More
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Farshid Moussavi to design first Ismaili Center in the USA
Iranian-born British architect Farshid Moussavi has been selected ahead of Rem Koolhaas, Jeanne Gang and David Chipperfield to design an Ismaili cultural centre in Houston, Texas. More
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Pointed window fronts Lincoln Chapel by Studio 512 in Texas Hill Country
Architecture firm Studio 512 has designed a concrete chapel in Texas that rises up on one side to form a pointy volume evoking a steeple. More
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Roofline of Matt Fajkus' Mullet House mimics controversial hairstyle
American firm Matt Fajkus Architecture has added a multi-level extension to a 1930s dwelling in Austin, topped with a roof that looks like a mullet haircut. More
