SOM completes restoration of New York's historic Lever House
US-based architecture studio SOM has completed a restoration of the Lever House seventy years after the studio originally designed the historic New York City office building. More
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Stickbulb creates light fixtures using wood from salvaged New York trees
New York design studio Stickbulb has launched Treeline, a series of lighting created using wood sourced from trees that had been removed from New York City's "urban forest". 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
Michael Hsu Office of Architecture rounds the corners of limestone Austin residence
Local studio Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has completed a house clad in limestone bricks and hemlock siding overlooking a nature preserve in Austin. 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
Nine installations to see at the 2023 Chicago Architecture Biennial
The 2023 Chicago Architecture Biennial has opened with installations focusing on monumentality, race and material innovations on show at sites throughout Chicago. More
PLY+ and MPR Arquitectos convert historic Detroit building into colourful school
PLY+ and MPR Arquitectos have transformed a building at a former Catholic college into the School at Marygrove Elementary, filling it with colours and shapes that help spark "experimentation and exploration" among children. More
Ruth De Jong draws upon Nope set design for Chicago Architecture Biennial
Production designer Ruth De Jong has installed a house modelled on her set design for Jordan Peele's film Nope at the Chicago Architecture Biennial as part of a series of installations exploring horror and architecture. More
Schaum/Shieh "gently" conforms house to contours of steep Virginia site
US architecture studio Schaum/Shieh has embedded a Virginia house with irregularly shaped volumes into the contours of a steep site. More
Norman Teague displays prototype of Douglass monument in Chicago
Norman Teague Design Studios has erected a plywood structure as a full-scale model of the future monument to American abolitionists Frederick and Anna Douglass, for the Chicago Architecture Biennial. More
Tian & Teague creates home decor informed by the "discomforts" of New York
Local design studio Tian & Teague has created a series of furniture and homeware based on the everyday struggles of living in New York City, including a tufted rug made to resemble a run-over rat. More
CookFox Architects designs mass-timber Bruce Springsteen museum
US studio CookFox Architects has designed a museum dedicated to American musician Bruce Springsteen, which will be located in New Jersey. More
Ennead Architects and Rockwell Group create "floating" classrooms for Johns Hopkins University
New York-based studios Ennead Architects and Rockwell Group have completed the renovation of an academic building for Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC with "floating" classrooms at its core. 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
Chicago Architecture Biennial fills postmodern Thompson Center with installations
A wooden pavilion shaped by dehydration and banners made from found urban objects are on show at Chicago's James R Thompson Center for the Chicago Architecture Biennial. More
Dash Marshall converts historic Detroit garage into black box theatre
US architecture studio Dash Marshall has completed an adaptive reuse project, transforming a historic garage into a performing arts theatre in Detroit, Michigan. 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
3XN to create stepped building for Baltimore's Inner Harbor
Danish architecture practice 3XN has been selected to create a stepped retail building located along Baltimore's Inner Harbor informed by sailboats. More
Ten Cold War US embassies that embody America's 20th-century "victorious exuberance"
Embassies designed for the United States by Walter Gropius and Eero Saarinen feature in this roundup based on David B Peterson's book US Embassies of the Cold War: The Architecture of Democracy, Diplomacy and Defense. 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