US firm Woodhouse Tinucci Architects has spruced up a reading room in the University of Chicago's Joseph Regenstein Library, a 1970s building originally designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. More about Brutalist library in Chicago gets interior update by Woodhouse Tinucci
US studio Edmonds + Lee Architects has used voids, large windows and white-washed interiors to open up this San Francisco property, breaking away from the tightly packed "pancake-style" layout of its neighbours. More about Edmonds + Lee breaks tradition for gallery-like Remember House in San Francisco
Chicago-based Studio Gang Architects has created a trio of cavernous chambers from stacked silver and magenta paper tubes inside the National Building Museum in Washington DC. More about Studio Gang's stacked-tube Hive installation opens in Washington DC
Facebook has announced that architecture firm OMA will masterplan a new village for the area adjacent to its Frank Gehry-designed campus in Menlo Park, California. More about Facebook appoints OMA to masterplan new residential village next to its Gehry-designed campus
A former sailor's lodge was overhauled to create this boutique hotel in downtown Portland, Oregon, which includes hostel-style bunkbeds and compact rooms, aimed at design-conscious travellers on a budget. More about The Society Hotel offers affordable boutique accommodation in downtown Portland
The Salk Institute's worn teak windows have been cleaned up, repaired and replaced as part of the conservation of the coastal Californian laboratory designed by American architect Louis Kahn. More about Restoration work completes on Louis Kahn's Salk Institute in California
California architect Lloyd Russell and developer Surfside Projects have teamed up to create a low-slung residence in a coastal California town, which takes cues from mid-century modern architecture. More about Southern California beach home features angled roof with crescent cutout
American studio Desai Chia Architecture wanted to capture the "intellectually playful aspects" of Quartz in the design of the digital media outlet's new headquarters in Manhattan. More about Desai Chia captures "quirky" character of media brand Quartz for its New York office
On this Fourth of July, we're rounding up some of the best holiday homes in the US to enjoy the vacation, including a woodsy hideaway, a lakeside retreat and a cabin with mid-century modern style. More about 10 holiday homes that celebrate the American landscape
To satisfy the conflicting tastes of a husband and wife, New York-based architect Marica McKeel merged contemporary and traditional styles in this spacious South Carolina residence. More about Grey brick, stucco and warm timber wrap South Carolina home by Marica McKeel
Artist Tom Sachs has updated his Nike Mars Yard trainers, which are based on shoes worn by astronauts in space. More about Tom Sachs releases second edition of Mars Yard sneaker for Nike
San Francisco firm Schwartz and Architecture has overhauled a single-family home on a steep and narrow site, lifting the existing building to add a storey beneath it, and creating an extension at the back over three levels. More about Schwartz and Architecture overhauls San Francisco home with three-level extension
Portland studios OMFGCo and JHL Design have designed a minimal interior for this store that sells recreational marijuana. More about Serra cannabis dispensary in Portland features greenhouse-like display cases
In this movie Dezeen produced for the AHEAD Americas hospitality awards, jury members reveal that the way a hotel relates to its location was a crucial factor in choosing the winning projects. More about The best hotels respond intelligently to their context, say AHEAD Americas awards judges
Austin-based North Arrow Studio has raised this glazed house on stilts to offer its residents elevated views over tree tops in rural Texas, using the iconic Farnsworth House as a reference. More about North Arrow Studio's Texas woodland residence takes cues from Mies van der Rohe
A dry cleaners on Manhattan's Upper West Side has been converted into a store for cosmetics brand Aesop, for which Tacklebox Architecture has created display shelves with profiles of upside-down clothes hangers. More about Tacklebox creates Aesop Upper West Side in former dry cleaners
The museum proposed by filmmaker George Lucas could finally come to fruition now Los Angeles city officials have given it the go-ahead. More about LA officials unanimously approve George Lucas museum in "slam dunk" decision
Sedum plants form a huge tick on the roof of Nike's new headquarters in New York, which also features an indoor basketball court, meeting rooms in a van and bleacher-style stairs. More about Nike unveils New York headquarters topped with giant planted swoosh
The Morgans Hotel in New York, which developer Ian Schrager turned into the world's first boutique hotel, has closed and will be converted into high-end micro apartments. More about First boutique hotel Morgans closes to become micro condos
New York-based Jenny Sabin Studio has made a canopy of robotically knitted textile at MoMA PS1 in Queens that sprays mist in the day and glows at night. More about Jenny Sabin stretches robotically woven canopy across MoMA PS1 courtyard