The New York office of OMA and local practice YA Studio have arranged a 160-home apartment block in San Francisco, California, around multiple courtyards. More about OMA completes first US affordable housing development in San Francisco
New York studio Zomuzi has completed a showroom for lighting brand Gantri in San Fransciso that brings together influences from the building's 1930s origins and the city's counter-cultural history. More about Zomuzi and Gantri transform former auto body shop into showroom in San Francisco
A wooden table sprouting organically shaped tendrils, a furry-framed mirror and a ceramic swing set were among Dezeen's favourite designs during the third official San Francisco Art Week this month. More about Seven highlights from FOG Design + Art and SF Art Week 2026
Local studio David Baker Architects has completed a tower with a "folded" facade on Treasure Island, a man-made island in San Francisco that is being converted into a residential neighbourhood. More about David Baker Architects completes tallest building in San Francisco's Treasure Island development
The San Francisco Arts Commission has voted to dismantle and store a 1970s concrete fountain in San Francisco designed by artist Armand Vaillancourt. More about "Iconic and unusual" Vaillancourt Fountain set to be dismantled
Calfornia-based Studio Ahead has turned a former San Francisco music cafe into the Side A restaurant and vinyl bar, which includes a custom aluminium DJ stand. More about San Francisco bistro by Studio Ahead includes aluminium DJ booth
Texas-based developer Hines has submitted an application to build a supertall skyscraper in San Francisco, which would be the West Coast's tallest building if completed. More about Hines proposes tallest skyscraper on the West Coast in San Francisco
San Francisco design studio Mike and Maaike has developed the wood-and-metal Rolly bar cart to express "geometric purity" and fun in furniture design. More about Mike and Maaike creates rolling bar cart from four congruent circles
California architect Nick Polansky used redwood decking to clad a barge and topped it with recycled shipping containers to create the Fjord floating sauna in San Francisco Bay, USA. More about Floating sauna made from shipping containers installed in California
Design studio LoveFrom has completed a rebrand for William Stout Architectural Books in San Francisco, including a custom typeface, logo and a suite of whimsical illustrations for decorating bookmarks and other paraphernalia. More about Jony Ive's LoveFrom updates visual identity for iconic architectural bookshop
Eight Bay Area designers created interpretations of public benches for the Works in Progress III design exhibition during San Francisco's Art Week, using materials such as salvaged local wood and 3D-printed ceramics. More about Bench with 3D-printed scaffold for moss features in San Francisco exhibition
Danish architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen and American studio DLR Group have been selected to redesign California's San Quentin State Prison into a rehabilitation centre that will utilise influences from the Scandinavian incarceration system. More about Nordic model to inform redesign of California's San Quentin prison
Architecture studio Studio Gang has completed an expansive extension at the California College of the Arts San Francisco campus, which includes exposed bracing and a concrete terrace. More about Studio Gang places mass-timber buildings around concrete terrace in California
Local landscape design studio Surfacedesign has completed Bayfront Park waterfront park in San Francisco using steel elements from a recently demolished portion of the Oakland Bay Bridge. More about Surfacedesign "celebrates material reuse" at San Francisco waterfront park
New York architecture studio WORKac has completed an office building with a white, layered facade at the Mission Rock development in San Francisco. More about WORKac completes San Francisco offices with "dynamic sense of topography"
British studio Foster + Partners has showcased large-scale models of 14 built, or in-progress, skyscrapers at an exhibition in the lobby of the recently renovated Transamerica Pyramid. More about Foster + Partners showcases models of 14 skyscrapers that "challenge convention"
UK studio Foster + Partners has renovated the modernist Transamerica Pyramid skyscraper in San Francisco, USA, restoring elements from the original design and linking it to a redesigned adjacent park. More about Foster + Partners "restores the logic" of Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco
US company Cosmic has unveiled an accessory dwelling unit that it claims is the first to come with integrated systems for generating and storing solar power and recycling water. More about Cosmic reveals updated "high-quality" model of all-electric micro home
Designs by studios Foster + Partners, Arup and Page & Turnbull have been unveiled for the first four train stations of the California High-Speed Rail line, slated to be the first high-speed rail system in the US. More about Renovation of historic station among designs unveiled for California's high-speed rail
A boom box made with mycelium and a teeter-totter that reaches across the US-Mexico border are some of the projects from the 10 independent design studios from San Francisco presented as part of our North American Design 2024 series. More about Ten independent design studios to watch in San Francisco