US studio Trahan Architects has placed a round chapel with a brick facade and cross-laminated timber structure at a university in New Orleans, Louisiana. More about Trahan Architects integrates "sense of mystery" into circular university chapel in New Orleans
Local studio Trahan Architects has finished an interior renovation of the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, completing a series of renovations launched after Hurricane Katrina that it claims will extend the stadium's life by 25 years. More about Trahan Architects restores Superdome to be "microcosm" of New Orleans
The colours of New Orleans' iconic streetcars informed the decor palette chosen by local studio Office La for this bright pink house. More about Office La draws on "special magic" of New Orleans for colourful house
New glazing and an angular lobby crossed by a catwalk are among the enhancements that US architecture studios Eskew Dumez Ripple and CambridgeSeven have made to a 1990s nature museum in Louisiana. More about Crystalline volume added to Audubon Aquarium and Insectarium in New Orleans
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the $20.5 million settlement that Brad Pitt's foundation has agreed with the owners of defective New Orleans homes. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More about Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Brad Pitt's foundation defective homes settlement
Actor Brad Pitt has reportedly agreed to a settlement of $20.5 million for the owners of homes built by his Make It Right Foundation housing charity, which suffered from water leaks, black mould and foundation issues. More about Brad Pitt foundation agrees .5m settlement for owners of defective New Orleans homes
A convent, an infant asylum and a mid-century motel are among the buildings converted into eight unusual and stylish hotels you can stay at in New Orleans. More about Eight offbeat hotels in historic New Orleans buildings
Moody grey rooms add to the spooky ambience of this hotel in New Orleans that occupies a 19th-century infant asylum renovated by Lambert McGuire Design. More about NOLA children's asylum revived as Hotel Saint Vincent by Lambert McGuire Design
Inky blue walls, alligator-print carpet and grand four-poster beds appear inside The Chloe hotel in New Orleans, which has been designed by decorator Sara Ruffin Costello. More about Sara Ruffin Costello fashions quirky interiors for The Chloe hotel in New Orleans
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the imminent demolition of a house designed by David Adjaye. More about "Looks like the unwanted child of Villa Savoye and a trailer" says commenter
A house designed by David Adjaye as part of the Make It Right Foundation's contribution to rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina is reportedly "in imminent danger of collapse" and is set to be demolished. More about David Adjaye house for Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation to be demolished
Atelier Ace's Kelly Sawdon and Studio Shamshiri co-founder Pamela Shamshiri explain their opulent design for New Orleans luxury guesthouse Maison De La Luz in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards More about Maison De La Luz hotel in New Orleans is "madcap and fun" says Pamela Shamshiri
A community of nuns have donated their convent in New Orleans to create the Mirabeau Water Garden wetlands and improve the city's system for flood prevention. More about Nuns offer up convent as wetlands to fight flooding in New Orleans
Beaded costumes designed for the Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans by artist and educator Big Chief Demond Melancon were on show at London's V&A museum for London Design Festival. More about Beaded Mardi Gras costumes by Big Chief Demond Melancon on show at V&A
Landscape architecture firm Reed Hilderbrand has cut a pathway through water as part of its extension to the sculpture garden at the New Orleans Museum of Modern Art. More about NOMA sculpture garden extension features outdoor theatre and submerged walkway
US firms StudioWTA and ASH NYC have transformed a church, rectory, convent, and a school in New Orleans into boutique accommodation. More about 19th-century schoolhouse, convent and church become Hotel Peter and Paul in New Orleans
New Orleans firm Office of Jonathan Tate has transformed a vacant, tree-studded site into a residential complex for soldiers and their families, with dwellings arranged in a way that aims to foster social bonding and prevent isolation. More about OJT creates Bastion Community housing complex for war veterans in New Orleans
Los Angeles design firm Studio Shamshiri and Ace Hotel's in-house creative team have designed this hotel in New Orleans as if it were the home of a worldy woman who has filled it with decorative souvenirs. More about Atelier Ace and Studio Shamshiri design Maison de la Luz in New Orleans like a luxury guesthouse
American firm Office of Jonathan Tate has completed a cluster of sculptural white homes on an urban New Orleans site that are meant to attract buyers on a limited budget. More about OJT completes sculptural affordable housing in New Orleans
London studio Assemble has transformed an industrial property in New Orleans into a hub for the local community to learn fashion design and manufacturing. More about Assemble turns derelict New Orleans building into experimental fashion school