The Art of Burning Man is explored in Washington DC exhibition
The impressive temporary structures built during the annual Burning Man festival are the subject of an exhibition in the US capital. More
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Elon Musk's Boring Company receives go-ahead to start DC to NYC Hyperloop tunnel
Entrepreneur Elon Musk has been given written permission to begin digging a transportation tunnel in Washington DC, which could eventually facilitate a 29-minute journey between the capital and New York City. More
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BIG revises Smithsonian campus masterplan in Washington DC
Architecture firm BIG has updated its plans for the revitalisation of the Smithsonian Institution campus in the US capital, after the initial designs sparked opposition. More
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FreelandBuck combines historic ceiling designs for Smithsonian museum installation
Trompe l'oeil illusions from the renaissance era influenced the design of this ceiling installation by American studio FreelandBuck, now on view in a Smithsonian museum in Washington DC. More
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Frank Gehry's Eisenhower Memorial breaks ground in Washington DC
The controversial memorial to former US president Dwight D Eisenhower, designed by Frank Gehry, has finally begun construction in Washington DC after years of opposition. More
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Studio Gang's stacked-tube Hive installation opens in Washington DC
Chicago-based Studio Gang Architects has created a trio of cavernous chambers from stacked silver and magenta paper tubes inside the National Building Museum in Washington DC. More
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NADAAA overhauls brick house in Washington DC with ample glazing and a plywood interior
Boston architecture firm NADAAA has remodelled a 1920s Washington DC residence by extending the attic, adding large windows, and using plywood sheets to arrange the internal layout. More
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David Adjaye's African American Museum photographed by Brad Feinknopf
These new images by photographer Brad Feinknopf offer a tour through David Adjaye's Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened last fall in Washington DC. More
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30,000 sticks line wall of Aesop Georgetown by Tacklebox
New York studio Tacklebox has clad the interior of this Washington DC store for skincare brand Aesop with 100-year-old recycled sticks. More
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Exhibition surveys work of modernist landscape architect Lawrence Halprin
Parks with terraced fountains and chunky concrete formations are among works by American landscape architect Lawrence Halprin featured in a show at the National Building Museum in Washington DC. More
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Competition: five copies of the Brutalist Washington Map to be won
Dezeen has teamed up with Blue Crow Media to give away five copies of a map detailing 40 examples of brutalist architecture in Washington DC. More
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Bates Smart unveils light-filled replacement for its Australian Embassy in Washington DC
Australian firm Bates Smart is to design a new Embassy of Australia for the US capital, replacing the building that the firm designed for the same purpose in 1964. More
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Trump's development plans for the White House envisioned in satirical illustrations
These tongue-in-cheek images offer visions of the White House after US president-elect and renowned real-estate mogul Donald Trump gets the keys. More
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Gehry's Eisenhower Memorial finally approved by former US president's family
The Eisenhower family has withdrawn its rejections to the Frank Gehry-designed memorial, proposed for Washington DC to honour the 34th president of the United States (+ slideshow). More
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David Adjaye's NMAAHC gets set to open in Washington DC
Work has completed on the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture by British architect David Adjaye, which is poised to open next month (+ slideshow). More
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David Adjaye's African American history museum nears completion in Washington DC
The final touches are being added to David Adjaye's museum of African American history, a project that "felt like a bloodbath at times" according to the British architect. More
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Hou de Sousa builds reconfigurable Raise/Raze installation from plastic balls
New York firm Hou de Sousa has created an interactive installation in a Washington DC subway station, using over half a million plastic spheres glued together to form building blocks (+ slideshow). More
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Ron Arad overhauls public spaces in Washington DC's Watergate Hotel
The hotel in Washington DC made famous by the Watergate scandal has reopened with interiors by London studio Ron Arad Architects (+ slideshow). More
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James Corner Field Operations installs over 30 "icebergs" in Washington DC museum
US studio James Corner Field Operations has created an installation for the National Building Museum in Washington DC that evokes a glacial landscape, with giant shard-like forms that jut upward and downward (+ slideshow). More
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BIG's plan for Smithsonian campus in Washington DC sparks opposition
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