Laws and regulations around accessory dwelling units are opening up opportunities for infill around the US to mitigate the housing crisis and more. Here, we round up 10 from California to Kansas to showcase the forms they can take. More about Ten American ADUs that showcase their urban versatility
Danish architecture studio BIG, alongside faculty at the University of Kansas, has unveiled its design for the mass-timber Makers' KUbe in Kansas, USA. More about BIG designs all-wood cubic structure as "living curriculum" at University of Kansas
Dezeen School Shows: a sculptural object that symbolises Kansas's prairies is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Kansas. More about The University of Kansas presents 10 architecture projects
Students in the Studio 804 design-build programme at the University of Kansas took cues from farmstead vernacular to create a primary home and accessory dwelling unit called 722 Ash Street. More about Studio 804 completes gabled Kansas home with ADU
Bands of local stone wrap the Youngmeyer Field Station, which was designed and built by Kansas studio Hutton to integrate with the natural topography and operate off the grid. More about Hutton embeds off-grid research station into hills of rural Kansas
A glazed box revealing floors wrapped in a terracotta screen forms part of this new academic facility, designed by CO Architects for a university in Kansas City. More about CO Architects creates highly transparent Health Education Building in Kansas
The mid-century-modern architecture of a nearby Marcel Breuer residence provided cues for a family home by Hufft Architects in the American Midwest. More about Hufft Architects' Kansas City residence is influenced by Marcel Breuer
Reclaimed metal panels and wood from railroad trestles were used to create an urban infill dwelling conceived by students in a design-build programme at the University of Kansas. More about Studio 804 uses salvaged materials to construct sustainable home in Kansas
A+Awards: next in our series of Architizer A+Award winners is Studio 804's glazed extension to the stone architecture school at the University of Kansas. More about University of Kansas architecture school extension features double-layered glass skin
American studio El Dorado took cues from traditional farmhouses to design a rural dwelling composed of cedar-clad volumes topped with pitched metal roofs. More about El Dorado creates cedar-clad home for working ranch in Kansas
Global firm Gensler has completed a university building in Kansas that consists of volumes clad in concrete, glass and weathering steel, and interior spaces intended to promote unexpected interactions (+ slideshow). More about Gensler creates opportunities for "chance encounters" inside Kansas business school
Students in a design-and-build programme at the University of Kansas have completed a family dwelling intended to demonstrate a more responsible approach to house building (+ slideshow). More about Studio 804 builds Kansas home designed to achieve net-zero energy consumption
US firm Gould Evans has revamped a 1970s concrete library in Kansas, wrapping the building in a terracotta rainscreen and adding modern amenities such as a recording studio (+ slideshow). More about Gould Evans adds vibrant orange skin to Brutalist library in Kansas