Long, narrow shotgun homes influenced the design of this backyard structure in Boulder by Studio B, which features a concrete base and an upper level wrapped in grey metal and glass. More about Studio B creates skinny backyard dwelling for landscape architect in Colorado
Houston has launched a 20-year plan to overhaul its Downtown business district, after the Texas city's urban design was heavily criticised following catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. More about Masterplan unveiled for Downtown Houston in wake of Hurricane Harvey
Portland-based firm William Kaven Architecture has put forward a scheme to redevelop the soon-to-be demolished US postal building in the Oregon city, including a pair of towers built alongside a high-speed rail system. More about William Kaven proposes Portland's tallest skyscrapers at US Postal Office site
New York architect Peter Zuspan explains how his studio Bureau V's colourful additions to the MINI Living Urban Cabin in New York reflect the city's large immigrant population in our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video. More about Bureau V's MINI Living Urban Cabin aims to "start a conversation about immigration"
Designers from Mexico and Colombia have collaborated on a set of objects, created to facilitate coffee-drinking customs from the two countries. More about Coffee-drinking customs influence Samaná furniture and homeware range
British architect David Adjaye's plans to create a "micro village" of red cultural buildings in Florida's Winter Park have been granted planning permission. More about David Adjaye's red library and events complex in Florida wins approval
Serbian artist Marina Abramovic has abandoned plans for OMA to turn a former theatre in Upstate New York into an arts institute in her name, after failing to raise enough funding. More about Marina Abramovic cancels OMA's theatre conversion in Upstate New York
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art will draw connections between religious art and contemporary couture for its next major fashion exhibition, to be designed by architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro. More about Costume Institute's Spring 2018 exhibition to explore fashion and Catholicism
CO Architects and Ayers Saint Gross have completed a copper-clad laboratory complex in downtown Phoenix that evokes jagged and striated rock formations found in the American Southwest. More about Sculptural Arizona research building takes cues from desert topography
International galleries flocked to New York's Park Avenue Armory over the weekend to present collectible designs at this year's The Salon Art + Design. As the fair draws to a close, we've picked our favourites from the five-day event, including a humpback concrete bench and a pink onyx sconce. More about Seven of the best collectible designs at The Salon Art + Design New York 2017
Images of the penthouse at Japanese architect Tadao Ando's residential complex in New York City have been released, showing large rooftop terraces and an internal spiral staircase. More about Duplex penthouse with expansive roof terraces tops Tadao Ando's 152 Elizabeth Street
Tech billionaire Bill Gates has invested in a huge patch of land west of Phoenix, Arizona, with the intention of building a new smart city. More about Bill Gates plans smart city in Arizona desert
British architect Norman Foster has criticised postmodern architecture for not being serious enough, but believes important examples like Philip Johnson's AT&T Building in New York should still be preserved. More about Some cartoonish postmodern buildings are worth saving, says Norman Foster
American design firm Studio O+A has created an office in San Francisco that communicates "new ways of thinking and working" for a major financial services company. More about Studio O+A teams traditional and contemporary elements for San Francisco finance office
Minimal fashion brand The Arrivals has opened pop-up stores in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, where designers Bower and Lotte Van Velzen have used metallic and russet surfaces to match the colour palette of this season's collection. More about The Arrivals opens "alien" fashion retail spaces in three US cities
Utah firm Imbue Design has designed various outdoor living spaces, including a protected courtyard and a wrap-around deck, for a family home in Park City. More about Imbue Design builds Red Hawk Residence in Utah around a courtyard
Red and grey tones run through the rammed earth walls that US firm Feldman Architecture has used to build this retreat on a farm in California's Central Valley. More about Stripy rammed-earth walls curve through holiday home on Californian walnut farm
Removing interior walls and expanding the roofline of this bungalow in Austin, Texas, allowed Murray Legge Architecture to create a light-filled living space for a local newspaper editor and her family. More about New roof and clerestories bring light into renovated Texas bungalow by Murray Legge Architecture
Mexican architecture studio Productora has attached a two-storey steel unit onto the back of a bungalow in California to add more living space. More about Productora adds steel-frame extension to pink bungalow in Los Angeles
The Calvin Klein flagship on New York's Madison Avenue has gone from "minimal to maximal", with a bright yellow makeover forming the backdrop for artworks celebrating Americana. More about Raf Simons and Sterling Ruby transform Calvin Klein store with yellow scaffolding