Ellen Eberhardt
Montalba Architects adds Japanese garden to California Nobu
Local studio Montalba Architects has created a lush Japanese-inspired garden patio for diners at a Nobu hotel and restaurant in Silicon Valley. More
Bendable battery among sustainable materials at San Francisco exhibition
Local design firm Prowl Studio and investment company Baukunst have shown a variety of sustainable materials including aquatic plants meant for animal feed and an electric RV at a pop-up exhibition in San Francisco. More
Stanaćev Granados clads cube-shaped Chilean house in white wood
Local architecture studio Stanaćev Granados has created an oceanside holiday house shaped like a cube and clad in wood on the coast of Chile. More
California limits embodied carbon in statewide building code
The state of California has recently adopted changes to its building code that will limit embodied carbon emissions in commercial and school buildings. More
LMN Architects creates six-storey convention centre in downtown Seattle
Local studio LMN Architects has completed a convention centre in downtown Seattle with a six-storey central atrium and large wooden staircase. More
Agency—Agency and SHEEEP design stormwater gardens underneath Toronto expressway
New York-based studio Agency—Agency has collaborated with local studio SHEEEP to design stormwater gardens underneath an expressway in Toronto. More
Nine outlandish architecture proposals unlikely to see the light of day
Following British studio Apollodorus Architecture's proposal for a stadium styled like the Colosseum, Dezeen has rounded up nine highly ambitious architecture designs that may not be realised. More
ZGF and James Corner Field Operations complete phase one of Amazon HQ2
Architecture studio ZGF has completed phase one of Amazon's HQ2 in Arlington, Virginia that includes a park designed by James Corner Field Operations. More
Montalba Architects adds sunken garden to Edward Durrell Stone landmark
Local studio Montalba Architects has renovated American architect Edward Durrell Stone's Perpetual Savings and Loan Bank building in Los Angeles and added a sunken garden in the building's plaza. More
Playful Jell-O rebrand captures jelly's "jiggly goodness"
Dessert brand Jell-O has received its first makeover in ten years courtesy of branding agency BrandOpus, featuring a bolder, blockier logo and hyperreal renders of pudding swirls and jelly fruits. More
Lorenzo Botero and Martín Mendoza convert Bogotá residence into brick-lined restaurant
Local architecture studio Lorenzo Botero Arquitectos and interior designer Martín Mendoza used a palette of natural materials to transform a three-storey house into a restaurant in Bogotá. More
Ludwig Godefroy creates "habitable gardens" using massive skylights in Mexico
Mexico City-based architect Ludwig Godefroy has cut circular openings into the slanted ceilings of a series of dwellings in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, to create semi-exposed pools and gardens. More
Jesús Vassallo creates mass-timber pavilion for bird watchers in Houston
Architect Jesús Vassallo and a team of graduate students at Rice University have added a pavilion made of cross-laminated timber panels to the Houston campus. More
FGMF covers Brazilian house in translucent shell
Local studio FGMF has used translucent screens and metallic panels to enclose a residence on a sloping site near São Paulo. More
DART Lab creates biodegradable concrete casts using sawdust
A research team at the University of Michigan has created biodegradable formwork out of sawdust in an attempt to mitigate wood waste in the process of laying concrete. More
Kaja Kühl adds pair of hempcrete and timber guesthouses to New York farm
Brooklyn-based Kaja Kühl has created a pair of guest houses on a farm in upstate New York that utilize prefabricated hempcrete bricks and timber to reduce carbon impact. More
Benjamín Murúa Aquitectos creates underground sports centre in Chile
Local architecture studio Benjamín Murúa Arquitectos has topped an underground sports centre with a dome in the Atacama desert in Chile. More
Two linked skyscrapers proposed for casino complex in New York City
Real estate developer Silverstein Properties has enlisted architecture studio CetraRuddy for a proposed entertainment complex near New York City's Hudson Yards neighbourhood. More
Eight projects with integrated cooling techniques that beat the heat
Passive cooling techniques in architecture, reflective paint and water-filled windows are featured among the methods that designers and architects are using to mitigate heat in energy-efficient ways. More
Tree-like trellis with photovoltaic panels covers outdoor workspace in Silicon Valley
Oakland-based landscape office Hood Design Studio has created two "treehouses" covered by an expansive photovoltaic trellis on the campus of a software company in Silicon Valley. More