In memory of musician Prince, who died suddenly last week, LACMA has used purple lighting to turn the popular Rain Room installation into a tribute based on one of the musician's most famous tracks. More
Beverly Hills City Council has unanimously approved plans for a driverless-car programme that could replace the affluent Los Angeles neighbourhood's public transport system. More
Oregon-based ZGF Architects has used a variety of design elements to help minimise the visual impact of a new energy facility on Stanford University's scenic campus (+ slideshow). More
Los Angeles-based Standard Architecture has completed a store for fashion brand Helmut Lang that features smooth plaster walls, cove lighting and a light-filled garden (+ slideshow). More
A sinuous enclosure that doubles as seating and a shelter inspired by the yin-yang symbol are among the cat houses by Los Angeles architects that were created to benefit an animal welfare organisation (+ slideshow). More
Bay Area illustrator Peter Berkowitz has constructed a tiny wooden bedroom for himself in a friend's living room to avoid paying San Francisco's "absurdly high" rents. More
US design studio Brook&Lyn has used pastel-coloured panels and a huge circular mirror to create the first physical showroom for Everlane, at the online clothing retailer's San Francisco headquarters (+ slideshow). More
Architecture firm OMA is one of four firms shortlisted to design the FAB Civic Center Park in Los Angeles, with a proposal that includes mirrored canopies and shaded bleacher seating under a cantilevered cafe (+ slideshow). More
BIG and Heatherwick Studio have revealed their latest plans for Google's California campus, after being forced to modify their ambitious design to fit a significantly smaller site. More
A glass-enclosed "skyslide" is being added to the US Bank Tower in downtown Los Angeles, offering thrill seekers the opportunity to glide down the building's exterior. More
Opinion: LACMA's newly inherited Sheats-Goldstein House could place classic mid-century houses at the heart of Los Angeles' cultural revival, says Mimi Zeiger. More
LA studio Design, Bitches drew from influences including film noir and Postmodernism for its design of a combined Asian-fusion restaurant and video arcade, called Button Mash (+ slideshow). More
British architect David Chipperfield has completed his second flagship store for Swiss luxury brand Bally, located on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills (+ slideshow). More
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is working with architecture firm Gensler to develop a branch of the private Arts Club on Hollywood's Sunset Strip. More
This retirement residence by Schwartz and Architecture features a sheltered patio with a large oval skylight, which frames views over Silicon Valley, California (+ slideshow). More
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has announced that the art collector James Goldstein has donated his John Lautner-designed house, which famously appeared in cult film The Big Lebowski, to the museum. More
The logo to support Los Angeles' 2024 Olympic bid features a multicoloured angel-like figure in reference to the city's name (+ movie). More
San Francisco company Cobalt has introduced a line of small planes targeted at design-minded luxury consumers. More
A team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology has won a competition to design an experimental capsule for the Hyperloop – a conceptual high-speed transport network conceived by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. More
New York-based Diller Scofidio + Renfro has completed a new home for the Berkeley Art Museum and the Pacific Film Archive, adding a sculptural metal volume to an old industrial plant (+ slideshow). More