WeWork's parent The We Company has announced Mexican architect Michel Rojkind of Rojkind Arquitectos as its new senior vice president of architecture. More about Michel Rojkind joins Bjarke Ingels as architect at The We Company
American firm Rockwell Group used teak panelling, oxidised copper and tropical plants to create a warm and inviting atmosphere in a Manhattan eatery serving Indonesian cuisine. More about Rockwell Group fills New York's Wayan restaurant with wood and lush greenery
New York firm Gachot Studios custom made the mohair sofas, blue paint and fire grate that feature in this hotel in Detroit, designed for American watch brand Shinola. More about Gachot Studios designs boutique hotel in Detroit for watchmaker Shinola
American studio Specht Architects has renovated and expanded a "mid-century-utilitarian" carpenters' union hall building to create this hotel near downtown Austin. More about Specht Architects transforms former union hall into Carpenter Hotel in Austin
Architect Greg Dutton has designed this treehouse-like, off-grid retreat on his family's property in rural Ohio to be sustainable and in sync with the surrounding environment. More about The Hut by Midland Architecture operates off-the-grid in Ohio
Design firm Yabu Pushelberg has opened the doors of its new office and gallery in New York City to showcase its latest furniture, including tables that look like pools of water and chairs with chunky wooden legs. More about Yabu Pushelberg debuts Puddle tables collection in forest-like installation
North America's tallest glass elevator, designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz, will climb the exterior of the modernist Aon Center skyscraper in Chicago in 60 seconds offering tourists panoramic views. More about Great glass elevator to whisk visitors 83-storeys up Chicago's Aon Center
US studio SL Design has overhauled the interiors of a 20th-century building in Baltimore, Maryland to create this boutique hotel, including a 1970s-style lounge, modernist designs and a curated art collection. More about Boutique hotel Revival opens in old Baltimore mansion
Los Angeles duo the Haas Brothers have imagined this set of homeware as little "otherwordly" monsters roaming the arid California desert. More about Haas Brothers imagine Wild Things homeware as desert creatures
American studio The Ranch Mine has completed a modern courtyard home in Arizona that alludes to Georgia O'Keeffe paintings and prioritises "simple materials, distinctive geometries and the desert sky". More about The Ranch Mine's Weave house in Phoenix draws upon work by Georgia O’Keeffe
American architecture studio Thomas Phifer and Partners included a pointy chapel among the tiny black buildings that form this residence in a clearing in Upstate New York. More about Tar-coated shingles cover Hudson Valley cottages by Thomas Phifer and Partners
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has revealed a proposal to redesign the "vulnerable" shoreline of Lower Manhattan, in order to make it more resilient to rising sea levels caused by climate change. More about New York mayor reveals plan to extend Manhattan shoreline in response to climate change
US firm Norman Kelley has merged old and new elements inside the flagship store for clothing retailer Notre, which is housed inside a 113-year-old building in central Chicago. More about Norman Kelley preserves "layered history" inside revamped Notre store in Chicago
Southern US city Atlanta is experiencing a surge in new eateries and bars. Here are five to visit in Georgia's capital, including a snug club by Workstead and Tom Dixon's "raw yet sophisticated" cocktail lounge. More about Five restaurants and bars worth going out for in Atlanta
South Korean designer Bae Se Hwa steam bent hundreds of slender walnut slices to create the sinuous chairs, benches and desks that feature in this exhibition at New York gallery R & Company. More about Bae Se Hwa's sinuous Steam Bent Series goes on show in New York
American firms Brand Bureau and Modus Studio employed a "slightly cheeky camp and wilderness feel" for the conversion of an industrial building in Arkansas into this venue for co-working, dining and playing shuffleboard. More about Brand Bureau and Modus Studio transform Arkansas factory into The Holler work-eat-play venue
The kaleidoscopic pattern that adorns this textile collection by New York studio Apparatus takes cues from a Persian inlaying technique. More about Apparatus draws on Persian marquetry patterns for Isfahan fabrics
New York City designer Mark Zeff has looked to 1960s desert-modern trends for the interiors of the rebuilt Mountain Shadows resort in Arizona. More about Markzeff channels desert modernism at Mountain Shadows resort
Teal accents contrast roughly painted brickwork, exposed piping and cracked concrete in this restaurant in Atlanta designed by local studio Praxis3. More about Atlanta's Lazy Betty restaurant pairs industrial details and pops of teal
WeWork parent The We Company has revealed plans to explore the design of cities of the future with a new initiative spearheaded by New York's Studio Dror and former Google executive Di-Ann Eisnor. More about The We Company hires Studio Dror to head up "future cities" initiative