David Chipperfield completes Bally flagship store in Beverly Hills
British architect David Chipperfield has completed his second flagship store for Swiss luxury brand Bally, located on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills (+ slideshow). More
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Gwyneth Paltrow enlists Gensler to design Hollywood members-only club
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is working with architecture firm Gensler to develop a branch of the private Arts Club on Hollywood's Sunset Strip. More
Retirement house by Schwartz and Architecture nestles into a hillside above Silicon Valley
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
John Lautner's Big Lebowski porn house gifted to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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
Los Angeles unveils logo to accompany 2024 Olympic bid
The logo to support Los Angeles' 2024 Olympic bid features a multicoloured angel-like figure in reference to the city's name (+ movie). More
Cobalt introduces "design-centric" small aircraft for luxury buyers
San Francisco company Cobalt has introduced a line of small planes targeted at design-minded luxury consumers. More
MIT students' bullet-shaped Hyperloop pod wins Elon Musk's SpaceX competition
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
Official photos released of new Berkeley art and film centre by Diller Scofidio + Renfro
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
California Dreaming: Stephanie Kloss photographs iconic mid-century homes
Photo essay: German photographer Stephanie Kloss visited some of California's iconic mid-century modern homes to create this series of 1940s-inspired images (+ slideshow). More
Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s museum and film centre in Berkeley will open this month
New York-based Diller Scofidio + Renfro has added a sculptural metal volume to a 1930s printing plant to form the new home for the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in California (+ slideshow). More
West of West pairs plywood with white surfaces for San Francisco eyewear store
LA-based studio West of West has used white surfaces and plywood finishes in a new Garrett Leight eyewear store in San Francisco to reinforce the brand's Californian identity (+ slideshow). More
Architects design fantastical crazy-golf courses for Turf exhibition in Los Angeles
Architects and designers have created quirky obstacles based on features of Los Angeles for a temporary mini-golf range at the city's Materials & Applications gallery (+ slideshow). More
Four finalists announced for revamp of Pershing Square in downtown LA
Architecture studio Morphosis and landscape architect James Corner Field Operations are among the four teams that have been shortlisted to redesign one of Los Angeles' oldest public parks. More
Sight Unseen's LA exhibition showcases work from "focal point of the American design scene"
Influential US magazine Sight Unseen has launched an LA exhibition of work by local designers in response to the city's resurgence as a centre for design (+ slideshow). More
LA's Petersen Automotive Museum reopens with KPF-designed metal-ribbon facade
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles reopened this week following an extensive renovation, featuring a new wavy steel and aluminium facade designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (+ slideshow). More
LOHA's student apartment complex steps down a Los Angeles hillside
Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects has completed a wedge-shaped residential building for students and faculty on a sloped urban site in Los Angeles (+ slideshow). More
Snøhetta's new building for SFMOMA nears completion
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has released the first images of Snøhetta's near-complete extension building showing its striated facade and atrium. More
Rick Owens opens first Los Angeles store in 1920s ribbon factory
Fashion designer Rick Owens has opened his first store in Los Angeles on North La Brea avenue – installing architectural elements influenced by a legendary filmmaker within a former industrial space (+ slideshow). More
Hyperloop's test track will be "closest thing to teletransportation"
A test track for the Hyperloop high-speed transportation network – first conceived by entrepreneur Elon Musk – will begin work in California next month (+ slideshow). More
LOHA updates mid-century home built for legendary photographer Julius Shulman
Los Angeles-based Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects (LOHA) has restored and updated the Julius Shulman Home and Studio in the Hollywood Hills, where the influential photographer lived for six decades (+ slideshow). More