The architecture college at Washington University in St Louis has announced it plans to prohibit students from using styrene in their models, citing health risks related to the chemical that is used to make foam boards. More about US architecture school intends to ban use of styrene in model-making
The late Zaha Hadid's designs for a spiralling car park and public plaza in Miami have been rejected by city officials, five years after the architect was hired for the project. More about Zaha Hadid's car park project in Miami Beach will not get built
British artist Cornelia Parker has created an installation based on the mansion from Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho for this year's Roof Garden commission at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (+ slideshow). More about Cornelia Parker installs Hitchcock-influenced PsychoBarn on Met museum rooftop
US studio Go Logic has completed a three-bedroom home in New England, featuring angled roofs, a covered walkway and glazing that offers expansive views of the surrounding woodland (+ slideshow). More about Go Logic builds a wooden house in a forest clearing in Maine
Architect Annabelle Selldorf has completed a New York store for Steinway & Sons, featuring wooden design elements that reference the company's handcrafted pianos (+ slideshow). More about Annabelle Selldorf designs New York showroom for piano maker Steinway & Sons
A library that spans a river and a 1970s building wrapped in terracotta panels are among the seven winning projects in the 2016 Library Building Awards from the American Institute of Architects (+ slideshow). More about AIA announces seven winners of library design awards
Rafael Moneo, the 1996 Pritzker Prize winner, has been tapped to design his first Miami project: a pair of upscale residential towers intended to revitalise the once-famous Jockey Club. More about Rafael Moneo designs luxury condo towers for the Miami waterfront
Oregon-based ZGF Architects has used a variety of design elements to help minimise the visual impact of a new energy facility on Stanford University's scenic campus (+ slideshow). More about ZGF conceals a Stanford University power plant behind metal screens
Nearly 1,400 people have signed a petition in opposition to Bjarke Ingels Group's proposal to demolish a portion of the Smithsonian Institution campus in Washington DC. More about BIG's plan for Smithsonian campus in Washington DC sparks opposition
The American Institute of Architects has announced its top 10 American housing projects of 2016, including a group of treehouse-like cabins in Minnesota woodland and an inner-city development for formerly homeless people in San Francisco (+ slideshow). More about AIA announces top 10 housing projects for 2016 awards
Architecture students from the University of Colorado Denver have built a series of rustic dwellings for an outdoor education school in the Rocky Mountains (+ slideshow). More about Colorado architecture students design rugged micro cabins for Outward Bound
Opinion: the conversion of old industrial buildings into "creative office space" has proven so successful in LA, even galleries like Hauser Wirth & Schimmel are getting in on the act, says Mimi Zeiger. More about "Creative office space is the dominant aesthetic of our time"
Los Angeles-based Standard Architecture has completed a store for fashion brand Helmut Lang that features smooth plaster walls, cove lighting and a light-filled garden (+ slideshow). More about Standard Architecture creates minimal Hollywood showroom for Helmut Lang
Architecture students at Boston's Northeastern University are petitioning for improved studio space, alleging their current working conditions are unsanitary, unsafe, cold and cramped. More about Boston architecture students complain about "unacceptable" studio space
WeWork has unveiled images of its first foray into the co-living trend – a residential block with shared living spaces in New York's financial district, run by new sister company WeLive (+ slideshow). More about Co-working company WeWork unveils its first co-living apartments in New York
San Francisco start-up The Flex Company has designed a tampon that allows women to experience "mess-free" sex during their periods. More about Flex tampon is designed to be worn during sex
Graduate design students at Iowa State University have created conceptual schemes for shelters that would house US soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and help give them a sense of safety (+ slideshow). More about Iowa graduate students design military shelters for combat zones to help soldiers feel safer
Opinion: a proposal to surround New York's Central Park with a giant "sidescraper" epitomises architects' disregard for designed landscapes, says president of The Cultural Landscape Foundation, Charles A Birnbaum. More about "Disparity in the values assigned to architecture and landscape architecture continues"
A sinuous enclosure that doubles as seating and a shelter inspired by the yin-yang symbol are among the cat houses by Los Angeles architects that were created to benefit an animal welfare organisation (+ slideshow). More about LA architects create imaginative cat houses for charity auction
Visitors can take a plunge into a cold lake after warming up in this floating wooden sauna by Seattle firm goCstudio – the latest example of the trend for buoyant architecture (+ slideshow). More about WA Sauna by goCstudio floats on Seattle's Lake Union