Architect Chad Oppenheim has built himself a getaway on a secluded three-mile-long island in the Bahamas, featuring a living room that extends onto a deck overlooking the water. More about Oppenheim Architecture founder builds Bahamas holiday home atop a sandy dune
Shared workspaces within the offices of advertising agency Canvas have partitions made of dichroic glass, which change colour when viewed from different angles. More about A+I uses coloured glass walls to define workspaces for LA ad agency
After a series of pop-ups, online fashion brand Everlane has opened its first brick-and-mortar shop in New York, featuring an interior designed with local studio Leong Leong. More about Everlane opens permanent store in New York's Soho
It took a village to build this barn for livestock in British Columbia, which Canadian architect Asher deGroot of Motiv Architects designed for his parents' farm. More about Asher deGroot builds Swallowfield Barn with help of local community
The dramatic mountains and vast plains of Montana are the next stop in our series rounding up residential architecture across the US. More about Five of the best houses in Montana on Dezeen
An exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art is tracing 16 years of work by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola, from lamps shaped like whisks to chairs covered in felt flowers. More about Philadelphia Museum of Art celebrates Patricia Urquiola with retrospective exhibition
These new renderings reveal more details of the plant-covered residential complex that Chinese architecture studio MAD is building in Beverly Hills. More about New images released of MAD's design for hilltop village in Beverly Hills
Architecture firms Elkus Manfredi and Sasaki have unveiled a masterplan to transform a parcel of land south of Boston into a smart city, the latest in a string to be announced for North America. More about Smart city planned for former US Navy airfield near Boston
American design firm Home Studios has overhauled a bar in West Hollywood, using ribbed surfaces, soft colours and teardrop-shaped details to create an interior that looks part postmodern cafe and part Viennese speakeasy. More about Home Studios designs cinematic cocktail bar in West Hollywood
A new convertible sports car is joining BMW's range of hybrid electric vehicles. More about BMW unveils i8 Roadster at LA Auto Show
American architectural firm Solomon Cordwell Buenz took cues from the colours and textures of the Sonoran Desert while designing this giant residential facility in Phoenix, for engineering students at Arizona State University. More about Sandstone and metal louvres wrap massive student housing complex in Arizona
The process to bestow landmark status on Philip Johnson's postmodern Midtown Manhattan skyscraper is now underway, a move that could stop Snøhetta's planned renovation of the building from going ahead. More about New York commences plans to landmark Philip Johnson's AT&T building
Korean designer Wonmin Park has pieced together sheets of patinated aluminium to create this collection of furniture, featuring textures that resemble paintbrush strokes. More about Wonmin Park patterns patinated aluminium furniture "like painting on a canvas"
American studio CCY Architects has created a spacious residence for a rugged site in the Rocky Mountains, which consists of timber-clad boxes linked by glazed bridges. More about Aspen retreat by CCY Architects overlooks dramatic mountainous scenery
Architecture firm Michael Hennessey has refreshed a 1960s house in California built by Joseph Eichler, the father of America's modernist housing subdivisions. More about Michael Hennessey brings mid-century details back to Eichler house in San Francisco
Dezeen promotion: design company Luminaire is organising a retrospective of work by Shiro Kuramata, one of the 20th century's most important Japanese designers, at one of its space in Miami Design District. More about Luminaire to host Shiro Kuramata exhibition during Design Miami
Architecture firm Snøhetta has designed a residential skyscraper for Manhattan's Upper West Side, which will feature an angular terrace cut into its side. More about Snøhetta unveils "chiselled" New York tower with bronze details
Three black boxes stacked on a steep lot in Los Angeles form this residence by Aaron Neubert Architects, and create outdoor living spaces without needing to use any additional land. More about Stacked volumes form Los Angeles hilltop home by Aaron Neubert Architects
Californian studio Brooks + Scarpa has shaped the roof of this art museum in Utah to create deep valleys and a huge curved porch, as a reference to the sandstone formations of nearby canyons. More about "Canyon-like" roof tops Brooks + Scarpa's Southern Utah Museum of Art
This complex at the foot of a volcano in Hawaii was modelled on a summer camp, where Walker Warner Architects has spread out living spaces across a series of cabins on the site. More about Hawaiian summer camps influence tropical island estate by Walker Warner Architects