New York studio Levenbetts and Mexico City practice PPAA are among the firms that have designed socially conscious architecture prototypes for an exhibition on housing at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas. More about Architecture at Home exhibition presents "human-centred" housing prototypes
Construction has progressed on Studio Gang's Gilder Center in New York City, with images showing the cave-like concrete interiors and panelled exterior nearing completion. More about Photos show Studio Gang's Natural History Museum extension nearing completion
Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Norman Foster has designed the Foster Retreat in Martha's Vineyard as a holiday home for his friends and those of the Norman Foster Foundation, which features furniture designed by the architect for Karimoku. More about Norman Foster creates angular retreat in Martha's Vineyard for "friends of the Foster family"
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing North Carolina architecture studio Duda Paine's 405 Colorado office building in Austin and other top architecture and design stories. More about "Thor's Hammer flattens another 13-storey parking ramp" says commenter
Architecture uses many of the same creative principles as hip-hop music, the curator of an exhibition tracking the relationship between the musical genre and designing buildings, Sekou Cooke, says in this interview. More about "Hip hop has always had to be sustainable" says Atlanta hip-hop architecture exhibition curator
Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Architects and Diamond Schmitt Architects have carried out a renovation of New York City's David Geffen Hall, modernising the venue's main concert hall and improving the public spaces that surround it. More about New York Philharmonic's David Geffen Hall reopens after extensive renovation
Architecture studio Populous and local studio Hastings have completed Geodis Park in Nashville for Nashville SC, which the studios say is the largest stadium dedicated to soccer ever built in USA. More about Populous and Hastings unveil largest purpose-built soccer stadium in the US
New York City-based Maya Lin Studio and US studio Bialosky and Partners have designed a spiralling plant-covered performing arts centre for Bard College in New York that will sit next to Frank Gehry's Fisher Center. More about Maya Lin Studio designs spiral-shaped arts centre for Bard College
Gallerist Rosa Park has opened a second Francis Gallery in Los Angeles to showcase the work of Korean artists and designers, with interiors by local studio BC intended to reflect the country's visual culture. More about BC designs Francis Gallery LA to celebrate Korean art and culture
US hospitality firm Method Co has turned a Gilded Age-era bank building into a boutique hotel in Wilmington, Delaware, which boasts the city's first rooftop bar. More about The Quoin hotel by Method Co opens in historic Delaware bank
Living spaces are organised around a decades-old olive tree in this Santa Monica home, completed by Los Angeles studio Woods +Dangaran. More about Woods + Dangaran organises Twentieth house around olive tree
Davies Toews Architecture has overhauled a factory building in Ridgewood, Queens to serve as a mixed-use commercial and arts space. More about Davies Toews Architecture refurbishes industrial Queens building
American studio Sarah Jefferys Architecture + Interiors has renovated a slender townhouse in Brooklyn with airy rooms and a cedar screen on the facade to meet Passive House standards. More about Sarah Jefferys creates Passive House in Brooklyn with dramatic cedar screen
Resolution 4 Architecture stacked a modular beach house above sand dunes for an unencumbered view of the Atlantic Ocean in Lido Beach, New York. More about RES4 designs modular house for Lido Beach in New York
British architecture studio Foster + Partners has completed a skyscraper in New York, which is the "first full-block office building" to be built on Park Avenue in over 50 years. More about Foster + Partners completes long-awaited 425 Park Avenue in New York
North Carolina architecture studio Duda Paine has created the 405 Colorado office building in Austin with a sculptural glass form that sits on top of a terracotta base. More about Duda Paine places sculptural glass office on top of terracotta base in Austin
A former motel in rural Massachusetts has been transformed by American hospitality brand Life House into a hotel decorated with objects influenced by 1970s hospitality. More about Life House transforms motor lodge in the Berkshires into hotel
New York design studio Snarkitecture has designed a flagship store for the streetwear clothing brand Billionaire Boys Club, created by American musician Pharrell Williams and Japanese graphic designer Nigo. More about Snarkitecture uses recycled materials for Pharrell Williams' streetwear brand store in Miami
Interior designer Melanie Raines has applied her experience in hospitality design to ensure the large spaces of this Austin family home feel cosy, playful and "a bit irreverent". More about Melanie Raines designs "weird and funky" interiors for Austin residence
New York-based GRT Architects has rearranged the layout of an apartment in the East Village and added warm materials during its renovation. More about GRT Architects combines oak and mosaic tiles for East Village Apartment renovation