Madrid studio Ecosistema Urbano has won first place in a competition to revamp the waterfront of Florida's West Palm Beach, with a proposal for domed spaces that house an array of functions, from an aquarium to a yoga and meditation zone. More about Ecosistema Urbano envisions bioclimatic domes for West Palm Beach
Artist Anish Kapoor's Descension – a giant pool of continuously spiralling water – has been unveiled in Brooklyn Bridge Park, marking the official launch of New York's annual NYCxDesign festival. More about Anish Kapoor's seemingly bottomless whirlpool installed in Brooklyn Bridge Park
This metal-clad rural dwelling in the American West by Rowland + Broughton is designed to tread lightly on the earth and to provide expansive views of the landscape. More about Rowland + Broughton nestles rectilinear Black Magic house into mountainous Colorado site
Icy tables and electric wallpaper are among US editor Dan Howarth's pick of the best furniture and installations from the Collective Design fair, taking place in New York this week. More about Six of the best showcases from New York's Collective Design fair 2017
During the renovation of an 18th-century home in Upstate New York, Manhattan-based Messana O'Rorke Architects has revitalised its original appearance and added modern conveniences in an extension clad in Corten steel. More about Messana O'Rorke Architects extends New York homestead with weathering-steel annex
The first images and models of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects' plans for the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago have been revealed. More about Obama Presidential Library concept design unveiled in Chicago
New York design studio Egg Collective has brought together furniture and homeware by other women designers in the city for an "empowering" exhibition at its West Soho showroom. More about Egg Collective's Designing Women exhibition unites New York's female designers
A series of limited-edition items 3D-printed by Othr in materials including steel and porcelain are debuting at the Collective Design fair in New York today. More about Othr 3D-prints abstract vessels by emerging designers for Collective Design
US firm Andersson-Wise Architects has created a modest boathouse in Texas, designed to blend with its site as if it were "in a state of natural decomposition". More about Andersson-Wise assembles new and salvaged materials into rustic Austin boathouse
Austin studio Design Hound has completed a local home with light-toned facades, designed to help to create a "soft transition" into the residence's bright interior. More about Gable wall conceals double-height atrium in Austin home by Design Hound
The sculptural clothes of enigmatic Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo are the subject of this year's spring exhibition organised by the Costume Institute at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. More about Comme des Garçons fashion exhibition opens at The Met in New York
A conceptual scheme by a team of South Korean designers calls for inserting towers within the hollowed-out trunks of giant sequoias in the western US. More about Skyscraper competition proposal involves erecting towers within world's largest trees
California-based Studio Bergtraun has completed a holiday home in Tahoe, nestling a simple black volume clad in corrugated metal into the steep landscape. More about Studio Bergtraun perches black cabin on steep slope in the Sierra Nevada mountains
US firm CCY Architects has divided this low-slung Colorado home into private and public zones, encasing the former within weathering-steel boxes that define the property's layout. More about CCY Architects uses weathering steel and locally quarried stones for Colorado ranch
The University of Massachusetts Amherst's new design school is the first academic building in the US to have a structural frame made of cross-laminated timber, according to its architects Leers Weinzapfel Associates. More about Leers Weinzapfel completes America's first cross-laminated timber academic building
With the AIA 2017 conference currently taking place in Orlando, we've reprised our series on postmodern architecture and design for a one-off special, spotlighting an iconic pair of buildings in the Florida city: Michael Graves' colourful hotels for Disney World. More about Postmodern architecture: Walt Disney World Dolphin and Swan Hotels by Michael Graves
Former US first lady Michelle Obama has urged architects to consider working on more community projects in poorer city neighbourhoods, during her keynote at the 2017 AIA conference this week. More about "If we're going to have cities, then we have to invest" says Michelle Obama
The first house designed by American architect Philip Johnson has been put up for sale by its owners, after 55 years living in the Upstate New York residence. More about Philip Johnson's first residential project hits the market for million
US firms Gray Organschi Architecture and Schiller Projects took cues from the natural terrain of Martha's Vineyard, a vacation island off the coast of Cape Cod, to create this holiday retreat. More about Massachusetts island home features walls of charred cedar and textured concrete
Furniture by designer Robert Stadler has gone on display alongside sculptures by Isamu Noguchi at the museum dedicated to the late Japanese-American artist's work in Queens, New York. More about Solid Doubts: Robert Stadler exhibition opens at New York's Noguchi Museum