A new installation by Boston-based architecture studio Matter Design features a wooden box with sculptural interior walls that radiate different temperatures, creating an "intimate and contradictory set of experiences". More about Matter Design's Microtherme conceals voluptuous concrete forms within a wooden box
Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf, known for large public projects like New York's High Line, has completed a project much smaller in scale: a private terrace for an apartment building in the city. More about Piet Oudolf creates rooftop garden for New York condo building
Architect Rafael Viñoly has unveiled plans to convert an ageing shopping centre in California's Silicon Valley into a vast development featuring the world's largest roof garden (+ slideshow). More about Rafael Viñoly reveals plans for the "largest green roof in the world" in Silicon Valley
Design curator Andrew Blauvelt has been appointed director of the Cranbrook Art Museum in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills. More about Andrew Blauvelt named director of Detroit's Cranbrook Art Museum
An unofficial drone movie shot over the site of the new Apple Campus 2 in Cupertino, California, shows the latest progress on Foster + Partners' "doughnut" office design (+ movie). More about Drone movie shows Foster + Partners' Apple Campus 2 beginning to rise out of the ground
This family dwelling in the Colorado mountains by Will Bruder Architects features an exterior made of burnt wood and a roof sheathed in copper (+ slideshow). More about Will Bruder clads a mountain home in Aspen with charred cypress
This first set of official images shows Diller Scofidio + Renfro's The Broad art museum in Los Angeles ahead of its opening later this month (+ slideshow). More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro releases first official photos of The Broad
At least 11 firms have been invited to apply for the Barack Obama Presidential Library design contract in Chicago. More about Renzo Piano and Diller Scofidio + Renfro competing for Obama Presidential Library
A small writing studio designed by Aaron Neubert Architects on a hill in Los Angeles frames views of the Griffith Observatory and other landmarks through a room-sized picture window (+ slideshow). More about Black Box writing studio by ANX captures iconic Los Angeles views
New flat-pack pieces from St Louis-based furniture company Artifox include a vertical bike rack and a standing desk with a writable surface (+ slideshow). More about Artifox unveils quick-assembly wood furniture that ships in flat-pack boxes
A Southern California landscape architect is questioning why Frank Gehry was chosen to lead the masterplanning effort for the Los Angeles River redevelopment, citing a lack of expertise and public input. More about Gehry's selection as LA River masterplanner sparks criticism
The owner of the former Moss gallery in New York is selling 60 pieces – from lighting fixtures to homeware – by leading designers including the Campana Brothers, Marcel Wanders, Philippe Starck and Studio Job (+ slideshow). More about Design purveyor Murray Moss auctions off items from private collection
The Broad museum designed by Diller, Scofidio + Renfro is set to open in September, heralding an architecture boom in Los Angeles. More about Instagram users offer a preview of The Broad museum in Los Angeles
Chinese firm MAD Architects has proposed a futuristic housing scheme for LA that features sculptural towers wrapped in gardens and connected by sky bridges. More about MAD proposes conceptual "vertical village" for LA as alternative to sprawl
American studio CHA:COL has incorporated modified IKEA products into a unit that serves as an office and apartment for two visual artists in Los Angeles. More about CHA:COL creates a live-work space in LA using hacked IKEA products
This family home in Maryland by Office Mian Ye is sheathed in a wooden brise-soleil, enabling views of the landscape while also offering privacy (+ slideshow). More about Office Mian Ye wraps a Maryland home in wood battens made of knotty cedar
Pomo summer: originally designed for American communications giant AT&T, Philip Johnson and John Burgee's Postmodern skyscraper was the first of its kind. Now known as the Sony Tower, the building remains controversial and is the next in our season on Postmodernism. More about Postmodern buildings: AT&T Building, New York by Johnson/Burgee
This visitors centre and education pavilion in Texas was designed by Lake Flato Architects to be one of the most sustainable structures in the state, but also to reference its Southwestern context (+ slideshow). More about Wooden pavilions by Lake Flato create an education centre in the Texas landscape
Architect Frank Gehry has conceived five distinct but interrelated buildings for a prominent site along LA's famous Sunset Strip. More about Gehry unveils design for mixed-use development on LA's Sunset Strip
Kennedy & Violich Architecture has enlarged a 1970s brick building at Harvard University by creating two new levels topped with a pitched roof. More about Kennedy & Violich adds copper-clad volume to the top of a Harvard building