Natural stone and timber are used to differentiate the main house from an adjoining guest wing at this property in California's Napa Valley by local architect Brandon Jørgensen (+ slideshow). More about Oak Knoll Residence features cedar and stone cladding to complement its natural setting
American stoneware and ceramics company Walker Zanger has collaborated with New York-based Robert A M Stern Architects to create a collection of tiles inspired by the firm's Postmodern buildings. More about Walker Zanger's Robert A M Stern ceramic tiles are based on Postmodern architecture
Studio Echelman has used more than 100 miles of rope to create a sculpture that floats high above a Boston park (+ slideshow). More about Janet Echelman creates aerial rope sculpture made of super-strength fibres
Business news: overseas architects are finding it more difficult to win work in China, according to Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher, as the economy slows down and the government tries to promote local talent. More about Zaha Hadid Architects embraces America as China turns against "weird architecture"
Olson Kundig Architects has extended a Washington art museum, adding a facade of movable hand-wheel operated screens to protect the artworks from natural light (+ slideshow). More about Olson Kundig's Tacoma Art Museum wing has movable screens that "roll like railroad box cars"
Students and faculty members at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have designed a tiny house to help address the city's low-cost housing shortage. More about UCLA research lab unveils micro dwelling to help combat affordable housing crisis
The city council of St Petersburg, Florida, has signed off the demolition of a historic pier and approved plans for its replacement – a hybrid pier and park designed by New York studio Rogers Partners. More about Rogers Partners team moves ahead with new Pier Park in Florida's St Petersburg
WASA Studio has overhauled an old retail building to create a new facility for film and video students at New York's Pratt Institute (+ slideshow). More about WASA Studio converts campus shop into filmmaking facility for the Pratt Institute
The flow of creative people from New York to Los Angeles is "a cautionary tale for London" according to Rohan Silva, former senior policy advisor to UK prime minister David Cameron. More about London could follow New York and lose its creative class, warns Rohan Silva
Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo has revised its competition-winning design for the renovation of Mies van der Rohe's Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in Washington DC. More about Mecanoo scales back additions to Mies van der Rohe's Washington DC library
British architect David Adjaye has been commissioned to design a new home for the Studio Museum in Harlem – an institution dedicated to promoting the work of artists of African descent. More about David Adjaye designs new home for Harlem's Studio Museum
Brooklyn studio Snarkitecture has transformed the grand hall of the National Building Museum in Washington DC into a "beach" featuring a sea of translucent balls and a shoreline dotted with lounge chairs and umbrellas (+ slideshow). More about Snarkitecture fills Washington DC museum with nearly one million plastic balls
The education system is "obsolete" and fails to reflect the way creative people work, according to trend forecaster Li Edelkoort, who is introducing a new department of Hybrid Design Studies at Parsons School of Design in New York (+ interview). More about Li Edelkoort introduces hybrid design to Parsons "to loosen things up"
Bates Masi Architects reference Long Island's traditional potato barns with this cedar-shingled home made up of several gabled blocks, which feature chimneys nestled into rooftop recesses (+ slideshow). More about Shingle-clad house by Bates Masi Architects mimics Long Island potato barns
Following the opening of our New York office in May, we're celebrating American Independence Day with a roundup of Dezeen's favourite US projects from the past year, including a house with walls built from soil, a remote family retreat and a noisy installation in a New York factory (+ slideshow). More about Five of Dezeen's favourite American projects from the last year
Extra Moooi: Dutch brand Moooi launched its first US showroom in May. In this movie, co-founder Marcel Wanders explains how the company hopes to tap into a new generation of "design-savvy" American consumers. More about Moooi opens New York showroom to target booming US design market
Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind plans to explore "architecture and emotion" as the first guest editor of CNN Style, a new online publication that covers art, architecture and design (+ movie). More about Daniel Libeskind to be first guest editor for new CNN publication
Iranian-American designer Nader Tehrani has been made dean of architecture at The Cooper Union in New York, one of the most prestigious art and design universities in the United States. More about Nader Tehrani appointed architecture dean at The Cooper Union
An office building designed by Bjarke Ingels' firm BIG is now under construction at the Philadelphia Navy Yard – an industrial site being transformed into a mixed-use district. More about BIG-designed office building breaks ground at Philadelphia's Navy Yard
Boston-based Leers Weinzapfel Associates has completed a water-cooling facility at Ohio State University that is sheathed in a copper-coloured aluminium screen (+slideshow). More about Leers Weinzapfel wraps water-cooling plant in a copper-coloured screen