US agency Overseas Building Operations has released a memo asking its architect collaborators to remove language relating to "sustainability" and "climate". More about US government restricts "sustainability" language for its overseas architecture
American studios SOM and Gensler have completed a headquarters for media company Disney in New York City that references the local architecture but uses stand-out terracotta cladding. More about Green terracotta covers Disney New York headquarters by SOM and Gensler
The 1072 West Peachtree skyscraper, designed by architecture studio TVS, is under construction in Atlanta, USA and will be the "tallest building in the city in over 33 years" when completed. More about Tallest residential skyscraper in Atlanta under construction
Local development and design studio Optima has announced the six-tower residential McDowell Mountain development in Arizona, designed to harvest up to 210,000 gallons of rainwater in an underground vault. More about Optima designs apartments with America's "largest private rainwater harvesting" system
Fire Island is a narrow barrier island off the coast of New York's Long Island and is home to many examples of coastal modernist architecture. We round up six houses that have undergone renovations, bringing them up to date while maintaining their original character. More about Six respectfully renovated modernist homes on Fire Island
Local studio Bench Architecture has completed the renovation of a multi-storey Brooklyn warehouse into artist studios and a member's club with a rooftop pool. More about Bench Architecture converts Brooklyn steel mill into spa and artists studios
American studios Lehrer Architects and AyD have used thick concrete slabs to create an open-air "vertical mausoleum" covered with trees within a renowned Los Angeles cemetery. More about Lehrer Architects and AyD create tree-covered mausoleum for Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Photos of construction at the Obama Presidential Center Museum Building in Chicago have shown an exterior wrapped in granite panels, as well as the interior of the partially completed uppermost floors. More about Photos reveal construction progress on granite-wrapped Obama Presidential Center museum
Design industry leaders fear slashed income and job losses amid volatile conditions caused by ongoing uncertainty about US import tariffs imposed by president Donald Trump. Dezeen editorial director Max Fraser reports from Milan design week. More about Tariffs could have "brutal" impact on design industry
Low-carbon building and affordable housing in the US are likely to be particularly badly hit by uncertainty around president Donald Trump's import tariffs, experts have told Dezeen. More about Sustainable architecture and affordable housing will be tariff casualties, experts warn
American architecture studios Handel Architects and HWKN have completed the Journal Squared development in New Jersey, USA, which contains three skyscrapers with gridded facades. More about Three connected white-clad skyscrapers completed in New Jersey
Sweden-based group Architectural Uprising has released an announcement naming Steven Holl Architect's Simmons Hall at MIT the winner of its International Aesthetic Atrocity Awards. More about Anti-modernist architecture group declares Simmons Hall "America's ugliest building"
A team of researchers from Northwestern University has developed a "carbon-negative" artificial sand that could replace conventional sand in concrete while storing CO2. More about Researchers develop artificial sand for concrete that can sequester CO2
California studio Brooks + Scarpa has included roofs with exaggerated gables for the angular black-metal-clad Steeplechase house in the forests of North Carolina, USA, designed to merge modern and traditional elements. More about Brooks + Scarpa "revitalises traditional forms" with gabled North Carolina house
Much of the exterior cladding and superstructural work has been completed on the 270 Park Avenue supertall skyscraper in New York, designed by UK architecture studio Foster + Partners to be "all-electric". More about Foster + Partners supertall skyscraper for JP Morgan progresses in New York
Large-scale works by Paris design studio Uchronia and TSOA's dean Stephanie Lin feature among the installations created for the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California, USA. More about Coachella 2025 installations include giant flowers and pinwheels
American tech entrepreneurs have opened up talks with officials about placing research-oriented freedom cities on the island of Greenland, according to a report in Reuters. More about American investors suggest building "freedom city" tech hub in Greenland
New York architecture studio BoND has renovated a mid-century home designed by modernist architect Harry Bates in Fire Island Pines, injecting bold accents while keeping with the building's original style. More about BoND updates artist's modernist house in Fire Island Pines
Local architecture studio Swatt + Partners has used two vertical concrete slabs to support a "wood-framed glass box" that floats over the landscape and holds a home office. More about Swatt + Partners tucks Moss Rock home office into woodsy site in California
A team of researchers at Cornell University led by designer Jenny Sabin is developing a flexible solar material called HelioSkin that is integrated with sun-tracking capabilities similar to the biomechanics of sunflowers. More about Cornell researchers are developing flexible "sun-tracking" material