Hem opens LA showroom with "supersized confetti" installation
Swedish furniture brand Hem has opened its first permanent US showroom in Los Angeles, featuring a courtyard decorated with colourful graphics that resemble confetti. More
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Faceted volumes surround courtyard at FreelandBuck's Second House
This house in Los Angeles by US architecture firm FreelandBuck comprises a series of volumes with steeply pitched tops, which draw on the roofscape of its neighbour. More
LA architecture studios captured in photos by Marc Goodwin
Photographer Marc Goodwin has taken his tour of architecture studios around the world to the US, kicking off with 15 workspaces in Los Angeles that are packed with models and photographs. More
Blitz creates cosy ambiance for Parachute's first San Francisco store
California studio Blitz has used light colours and earthy materials to create a "home-like atmosphere" within a bed-and-bath boutique. More
Commune incorporates resort-style amenities into Hollywood apartment complex El Centro
Cacti gardens, a yoga studio and a saltwater swimming pool with sunbathing platforms are among the features at a large housing complex in Los Angeles, designed by US firms Commune and VTBS Architects. More
Walker Warner uses salvaged oak for Portola Valley Barn in California
American studio Walker Warner Architects has created an auxiliary dwelling for a northern California residence that consists of gabled volumes wrapped in reclaimed wood. More
Kevin Daly Architects builds crinkled complex for UCLA's basketball teams
California-based firm Kevin Daly Architects has designed a sports complex for UCLA's basketball teams with fin-like panels and a wavy roofline with numerous skylights. More
Robert McKinley renovates 1930s motor lodge into minimal retreat in Laguna Beach
Studio Robert McKinley has transformed a motor lodge into the minimal and rustic Hotel Joaquin, providing an escape in Orange County, California. More
Big and Tiny is a co-working space with childcare in California
A kids' play area is included in this co-working space in Santa Monica designed by Spanish firm Zooco Estudio, so its members can bring their children to work. More
Mushroom planter forms focal point at Olderbrother store in Venice Beach
A large, plywood box filled with mushrooms and other low plants sits in the middle of the Olderbrother clothing store in California, designed by the brand's founders. More
Elon Musk gives first look at Boring Company tunnel
Elon Musk has driven a Tesla through his Boring Company's test tunnel in Los Angeles County, in the first public demonstration of what he hopes will form a congestion-beating new subterranean transport solution. More
Luminaire opens first West Coast location in West Hollywood
A two-storey building with glazed walls houses the new Los Angeles showroom for upscale modern furniture retailer Luminaire. More
Edward Ogosta overhauls California bungalow with "clarity and restraint"
California firm Edward Ogosta Architecture has dramatically transformed a corner-lot house into "an intimate pocket of luminosity, atmosphere, and serenity" in a local beach town. More
ZGF converts historic LA airplane hangar into Google Spruce Goose office
American studio ZGF Architects has transformed the interior of a 1940s hangar in Los Angeles into a Google office, featuring open workspaces, elevated walkways and exposed timber beams. More
Movie shows BIG and Heatherwick's Google HQ taking shape
Google's new California headquarters, designed by the studios of Bjarke Ingels and Thomas Heatherwick, is captured in this aerial footage that shows its "circus tent" roof well underway. More
BIG puts "the park back in ballpark" with grass-roofed stadium for Oakland A's
Danish firm BIG has released visuals for a new baseball stadium in Oakland, California, and a separate masterplan to redevelop the city's Coliseum sports ground. More
"If forests were meant to burn, why not the houses in them?"
Natural disasters like the recent California wildfires are not going to go away, so the only option is to rebuild with temporality in mind, argues Aaron Betsky. More
Apparatus designs Los Angeles showroom to resemble moody paintings
Shadowy arcades, cracked flooring and "desaturated sunset tones" form the setting for New York lighting brand Apparatus' first West Coast showroom in Los Angeles. More
Foster + Partners releases photos of Apple's Steve Jobs Theater Pavilion
The "largest carbon-fibre roof in the world" tops the Steve Jobs Theater Pavilion at the Foster + Partners-designed Apple Park campus, which is revealed in these new images. More
Mark Cavagnero creates concrete Chapel for Saint Mary's in California
A sculptural volume that recalls a church steeple rises high above a concrete chapel in the San Francisco Bay Area, designed by American studio Mark Cavagnero Associates. More