Caples Jefferson Architects unveils curved Louis Armstrong Center in Queens
Local studio Caples Jefferson Architects has created an extension for the Louis Armstrong House Museum complete with a curved facade and a green roof in Corona, Queens. More
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"The Vessel shows us how bad the vampiric ultra-wealthy are at making public space"
It's now two years since Thomas Heatherwick's Vessel was closed following a spate of suicides. As the ill-fated project gathers dust, Matt Shaw reflects on what went wrong. More
Greenway Parks Residence in Dallas features "auto lounge" for Ferraris
Texas studios Smitharc Architecture + Interiors and Erin Sander Design have completed a family home with limestone cladding, a Zen garden and a gallery-like space for the clients' Ferraris. More
Anonymous Architects embeds concrete house into Los Angeles hillside
Local studio Anonymous Architects has completed a residence with a concrete plinth that cantilevers off a mountainside in Los Angeles. More
SOM unveils black terracotta office block in New York
Architecture studio SOM has completed an office building in Manhattan's Chelsea neighbourhood clad in black-glazed terracotta that was designed to complement the surrounding neighbourhood. More
Joanne Koch adds cantilevered deck during Sea Ranch cabin renovation
Architect Joanne Koch has refurbished a 1970s wood cabin located in the iconic Sea Ranch development in California into an Airbnb destination in the forest. More
Kim Mupungilaï creates "self portrait" of dual identity for New York furniture exhibition
Belgian interior designer Kim Mupungilaï has created a series of furniture and decor items for an exhibition in New York City using digital and traditional techniques to explore ideas of identity and appropriation. More
Crystalline volume added to Audubon Aquarium and Insectarium in New Orleans
New glazing and an angular lobby crossed by a catwalk are among the enhancements that US architecture studios Eskew Dumez Ripple and CambridgeSeven have made to a 1990s nature museum in Louisiana. More
Largest earthquake test for mass-timber tower successful in California
US architecture studio Lever Architecture and a team of researchers have successfully tested the earthquake-resistant capabilities of a 10-storey, mass-timber building in California. More
Jenny Bukovec draws on "soulful" local heritage for Kentucky hotel
American designer Jenny Bukovec has looked to Kentucky's heritage for the interiors of a hotel in Lexington, a city famed for bourbon production and horse racing. More
Smith Hanes Studio brings "a sense of calm" to Carmel restaurant in Atlanta
Atlanta-based Smith Hanes Studio has used a palette of natural colours and materials to help diners at this restaurant imagine they're beside a beach. More
BIG and ICON complete first 3D-printed house in Texas neighbourhood
Danish architecture studio BIG and American 3D-printing firm ICON have completed a full-sized model home at what is planned to be the "largest-scale development of 3D-printed homes in the world". More
Mountains inform rooflines at boarding school in southern California
American firm Gensler and an in-house team at the Swiss company EF Education First have updated a historic school campus in Pasadena by renovating buildings and adding new dormitories with roofs that allude to a nearby mountain range. More
La Clairiere residence clad in black Glen-Gery bricks defined by "balanced imperfection"
Promotion: elongated black bricks by US brand Glen-Gery were chosen as cladding for a New Jersey residence designed by Brooklyn-based architecture firm Studio PHH, which sits within a forest. More
KoningEizenberg lines secluded island house with expressive columns
Cedar siding wraps the exterior of the Shelter Island House, which was designed by KoningEizenberg Architecture to exhibit a sense of "deliberate informality". More
West of West proposes vertical co-living neighborhood for San Francisco
US architecture studio West of West has won an AIA competition to reimagine the future of San Francisco housing in response to the city's housing crisis. More
Gensler unveils latest renovations to Chicago's iconic Merchandise Mart
US firm Gensler has completed a series of renovations to the sprawling 1930s The Merchandise Mart in Chicago that include several amenity spaces. More
LaRue Architects and Kelle Contine renovate sprawling hilltop Austin house
Local studio LaRue Architects and interior designer Kelle Contine have renovated a home in the Rollingwood neighbourhood of Austin with a bedroom that cantilevers over the back terrace. More
Fettle returns The Georgian hotel in Santa Monica to its 1930s "glory"
Design studio Fettle has restored an art deco hotel in Santa Monica, California, refreshing its distinctive turquoise facade and using the original style to inform the interiors. More
Miya Ando's cloth calendar shows micro seasons lost to climate change
Artist Miya Ando has created an installation in New York City that uses 72 cloth banners to draw attention to the shift in traditional Japanese seasons created by climate change. More