Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, the site of the 2012 shooting that killed 20 children and six adults, has been rebuilt by architects Svigals + Partners to incorporate the latest anti-terror measures. More about New Sandy Hook school is designed to "prevent unwanted intrusions of any kind"
The Bass museum of contemporary art is reopening in Miami Beach, following a renovation that saw architects David Gauld and Arata Isozaki amend an extension they designed for the building 16 years ago. More about Arata Isozaki and David Gauld complete renovation of Miami Beach art museum The Bass
Media mogul Barry Diller is making a last-ditch effort to build Thomas Heatherwick's "treasure island" park on the Hudson River, despite abandoning the plans last month. More about Barry Diller launches "one last attempt" to revive Heatherwick's Pier 55 for New York
The tallest building designed by a Russian architecture firm for the US, which will hold apartments like "shelves in the air", has gained planning approval. More about Meganom gains permission for skinny supertall skyscraper in Manhattan
Advertising agency 72andsunny has designed a logo and campaign for an initiative highlighting creative entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, with a long space in between the letters L and A that users can customise. More about 72andsunny's logo for LA celebrates the city's growing creative community
Wyoming studio Carney Logan Burke Architects has created a small, rustic retreat for one of its firm's principals on the site of a log cabin that was destroyed in a forest fire. More about Carney Logan Burke designs cabin for fire-ravaged Wyoming mountainside
Portions of eight proposed designs for the wall that President Donald Trump wants to construct along the US-Mexico border are to be tested over the coming months. More about Trump wall prototypes pop up near US-Mexico border
The Pacific Standard Time exhibitions in Los Angeles show that arts and culture from south of the border have shaped an architectural identity for the region that is much more interesting than what's found in the Northeast US, says Aaron Betsky. More about "The architecture of the Americas is not white"
New York studio GRT Architects has renovated spaces at the top of a 19th-century building in the city, creating an office for a UX design firm that looks more like a home than a workplace. More about GRT Architects creates New York office with millennial-pink kitchen and dark "nap room"
Dezeen promotion: The Salon Art + Design fair has announced the galleries confirmed for next month's event in New York, which will present work by designers including Zaha Hadid and Faye Toogood, and Dezeen readers get a discount on day passes. More about Dezeen readers receive 20 per cent off tickets to The Salon Art + Design fair in New York
Designed and built by Actual/Office Architects, this vacation home in upstate New York consists of two nested volumes wrapped in angled screens made of blackened wood. More about A/O builds slanted black holiday home in Hudson Valley
Visitors to Yayoi Kusama's new exhibition at The Broad are only allowed to spend 30 seconds inside each installation, to prevent selfie-takers causing big queues. More about The Broad imposes 30-second "selfie rule" at Yayoi Kusama exhibition
Google's expanded line of tech-focussed products is distinct from its competitors for the way the items integrate with the body and home, according to the company's head of hardware design Ivy Ross. More about "Design language sets us apart" from Apple and Samsung, says Google's head of hardware
A host of art deco-influenced details are found in the design of this condominium building under construction in New York's Carnegie Hill, including patterned grey brickwork, vaulted balconies and brass frames. More about Grey brickwork to clad Upper East Side residential tower by DDG
Design-build firm Cover, which uses computer algorithms to create customised backyard dwellings for homes, has completed its first project: a small studio in Los Angeles. More about Cover designs backyard studio in LA using computer algorithms
Marble tables, coloured glass vases and bowls, and mirrors with concrete bases are among pieces by design studio Objects of Common Interest on show at New York gallery Matter. More about Objects of Common Interest presents homeware based on classical geometries
French architect Jean Nouvel's residential development in Miami Beach, designed to combat rising sea levels, has secured significant funding and is now underway. More about Interiors of Jean Nouvel's Monad Terrace in Miami revealed as construction begins
The latest mid-century motor lodge given a new lease of life as a boutique hotel is this property in California, which has been refreshed with a colour palette reminiscent of its former heyday. More about AvroKO's interiors for Calistoga Motor Lodge and Spa look like "a fictitious Wes Anderson film"
Foster + Partners has designed its "most ambitious" Apple Store for Chicago, with huge glass walls and a slender roof that looks like a scaled-up version of the company's laptop computer. More about Macbook-shaped roof tops Foster + Partners' glazed Apple Store in Chicago
Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort, Peter Zuspan of Bureau V and Corinna Natter of MINI Living discussed how nomadic working and living is changing cities in our latest Dezeen x MINI Living talk at A/D/O in New York. More about Watch our Dezeen x MINI Living talk about nomadic living