Ome Dezin restores 1960s California residence by A Quincy Jones
US studio Ome Dezin has renovated a large mid-century home in Brentwood, California, using a tonal colour palette and maximising the lush hillside views. More
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PlayLab Inc centres "space for conversation" in Los Angeles retail store
LA studio PlayLab Inc has created a flagship store that contains a sky blue conversation pit at its centre for local clothing brand Madhappy. More
Farm buildings inform Sonoma ADU by Schwartz and Architecture
American studio Schwartz and Architecture has completed a cedar-clad accessory dwelling unit on a California property that is meant to serve as "a jumping off point for a modern wine country design". More
Artistree Home raises a telescopic treehouse in California
US company Artistree Home designed a treehouse with vaulted form, raised off the ground in Sonoma County, California. More
Hopson Rodstrom Design creates jagged-roof Los Angeles building with interior courtyard
Local studio Hopson Rodstrom Design placed a sawtooth roof on top of this black-clad apartment building with an interior courtyard in southern California. More
Over 100 designers create hooks for exhibition in tribute to JB Blunk
California gallery Blunk Space has opened the exhibition 100 Hooks, featuring new works by designers including Jasper Morrison, Ilse Crawford, Anna Karlin and Bethan Laura Wood. More
Kelly Wearstler designs Ulla Johnson store to capture the "spirit of southern California"
American interior designer Kelly Wearstler has paired a towering tree with speckled wood panelling and vintage furniture by Carlo Scarpa at the Ulla Johnson flagship store in West Hollywood. More
"Do you like it, corporate overlords?" asks commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing an extension of media company Warner Bros' headquarters in Burbank, completed by LA architecture studio Gehry Partners. More
Leddy Maytum Stacy revamps century-old university building in California
Exterior louvres and faceted canopies are among the elements that US studio Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects has added to a 1920s academic facility, helping it achieve net-zero energy consumption, according to the studio. More
Gehry Partners references icebergs and Hollywood for Warner Bros building
LA architecture studio Gehry Partners has completed the extension of media company Warner Bros' headquarters in Burbank, which juxtaposes two distinctive facade styles. More
Heirloom opens first large-scale carbon capture plant in US
Climate technology company Heirloom has opened the first commercial Direct Air Capture plant in the US, which will sequester atmospheric carbon for permanent storage using energy-efficient kilns. More
Wildfires diverting resources from earthquake-proofing buildings in California warns John Lesak
Climate change is making it harder to prioritise retrofitting buildings to withstand earthquakes, architect John Lesak tells Dezeen in this interview for our Designing for Disaster series. More
Fredrik Nilsson clads his Los Angeles house in oiled cedar
Sweden-born architect Fredrik Nilsson has completed a wood-clad residence for his family that incorporates Scandinavian modernism and the "bohemian experimentalism of the LA Eastside". More
Kelly Wearstler and Masastudio design California home as a "modern ruin"
This sprawling white concrete house in California is laid out like a "village" of open and enclosed spaces, with architecture by Masastudio and interiors by Kelly Wearstler. More
Perkins&Will crowns Californian research centre with series of greenhouses
Architecture studio Perkins&Will has placed a series of greenhouses on top of a concrete structure to create this agricultural research centre in California. More
HOK to design futuristic Berkeley Space Center at NASA Park
A team of master planners, including architecture studio HOK, has released plans for an office and research complex located within the NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley designed to "expand the frontiers of knowledge". More
Field Architecture clads flowing Sonoma house in copper
California studio Field Architecture designed this Sonoma Valley house out of a trio of fanning copper-clad pavilions with butterfly roofs. More
Anacapa Architecture converts historic building into Drift Santa Barbara hotel
US studio Anacapa Architecture has transformed an early 1900s, stucco-clad building that was formerly closed off to the public into a welcoming hotel filled with compact rooms and handcrafted decor. More
LMN Architects connects learning centre with aluminium walkways
Seattle-based studio LMN Architects has created a university building in Santa Barbara, California, with two separate volumes connected by a series of walkways clad in perforated aluminium. More
"Solarpunk" installations feature at Earth Edition festival in California
Geodesic domes containing projections of AI-rendered images depicting "ideal eco futures" feature at the Earth Edition exhibition held in California. More