New York practice Format Architecture Office has reorganised a 1920s apartment with custom millwork in the city's Upper West Side. More about Pale woodwork updates 1920s Riverside Apartment in New York’s Upper West Side
New York studio Vondalwig Architecture has overhauled the exterior of a 1960s house in Hudson Valley with blackened wood, and updated the interiors with features like white-painted brick and a curved pink wall. More about Vondalwig Architecture refreshes mid-century house in New York with blackened wood
New York architect Vincent Appel has designed Sheffield House in Massachusetts to replace the resident's childhood home with cedar walls as the "picture frame of the spaces of memory". More about Bleached cedar frames apple orchard from Sheffield House in Massachusetts
Eighty artists and activists have written cloud-like messages in the sky made from water vapour to protest immigration policy and mass incarceration in America. More about In Plain Sight sky writes "Care not cages" to protest immigration detention
Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have sued the Trump administration in federal court to block an order that would mean all international students not attending in-person classes would be stripped of visas. More about Harvard and MIT sue Trump administration over directive to deport foreign students
Teller booths of a former bank building designed by Eero Saarinen in Columbus, Indiana are integrated into this white pavilion by architecture studio Oyler Wu Collaborative. More about Oyler Wu Collaborative repurposes Eero Saarinen bank teller canopies for installation
American musician, producer and designer Kanye West has revealed a photo showing that the latest prototype for his low-cost housing for the homeless is under construction. More about Kanye West reveals updated prototype of YZY shelters
British firm Foster + Partners has unveiled a masterplan for a site in Beverly Hills that will include plant-covered residences and elevated botanical gardens. More about Foster + Partners' One Beverly Hills masterplan includes luxury hotel and lush gardens
Swimmers in New Hampshire's Willy Lake can climb up this floating installation made from recycled HDPE plastic by architecture firm Bulot+Collins and dive back into the water. More about Iceberg forms floating diving platform in New Hampshire lake
Oak and brass display cabinets fill this cannabis dispensary in Los Angeles that local studio Commune designed to look like a jewellery store. More about Commune designs Serra marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles to be airy and luxurious
Mississippi has voted to redesign its flag to remove the Confederate battle emblem, making it the last US state to remove the controversial symbol that was used by southern states during the American Civil War. More about Mississippi to redesign state flag to remove Confederacy emblem
American artist John Pomp has created a coffee table with a glass top and chunky steel legs, designed to resemble a "suspended" body of water. More about John Pomp designs hand-poured glass Tidal table to look like a puddle of water
Neri Oxman and her Mediated Matter Group have released a film of a silkworm-woven pavilion in Italy, in which the insects acted "not only as construction workers but also as designer". More about Neri Oxman's Mediated Matter Group reveals pavilion spun by 17,532 silkworms
This house in California's Silicon Valley, designed by local studios Pacific Peninsula Architecture and Leverone Design, is built with blocks of Texas split-cut limestone. More about Chunky limestone walls feature in California residence Atherton Contemporary
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 about I/thee builds prototype papier-mache home on Texas cattle farm
Architects need to be designing new building typologies to replace prisons that "were built to hurt people", says architect Deanna van Buren, who established her non-profit firm to bring an end to mass incarceration in America. More about "A whole lot has to get built to end mass incarceration" says Deanna van Buren
US architecture firm Olson Kundig has installed large wooden shutters across the front of a house in Jackson Hole, Wyoming designed to take advantage of its mountainous landscape. More about Pulleys open wood shutters covering Wyoming house by Olson Kundig
San Francisco firms Síol Studios and Levy Art and Architecture have updated this house in the city's Noe Valley neighbourhood with a gridded glass extension and two rooftop decks. More about Black gridded windows form Valley Street house extension in San Francisco
Seven graduate students studying adaptive reuse at RISD have reimagined uses for the art-deco Superman Building in Providence, Rhode Island. More about Providence's art-deco Superman Building reimagined as vertical farm and senior housing
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 about Copper panels adorn Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum