The Ranch Mine optimises Arizona home for indoor-outdoor living
The Ranch Mine has completed a low-slung, minimalist home in Arizona's Paradise Valley, drawing cues from a style of house that was popular in the 1930s. More
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Colleen Healey adorns restored Maryland carriage house with colourful facades
Colleen Healey Architecture has restored and expanded an early 20th-century carriage house on an unusual lot in Maryland by placing black stucco and colourful panels on the facade. More
Construction begins on Studio Gang's glazed ceramic-clad skyscraper in San Francisco
Chicago-based Studio Gang has broken ground on a residential project in San Francisco that forms part of the Mission Rock development, which includes skyscrapers by MVRDV and Henning Larsen. More
Four Pines is a Wyoming home clad in cedar and local stone
Architecture studio CLB Architects took cues from Swiss chalets and vernacular design to create a spacious family retreat near a ski resort in the American West. More
Prometheus Materials uses algae-based cement to make masonry blocks
Colorado-based Prometheus Materials has developed masonry blocks from a low-carbon cement-like material grown from micro-algae. More
Yazdani Studio designs mass-timber sustainability research centre for Caltech
LA-based Yazdani Studio has broken ground on the Resnick Sustainability Resource Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena that will incorporate mass timber. More
Annie Barrett and Hye-Young Chung create a "home within a house" in Los Angeles
Blackened wood facades, a central cube for sleeping and meditation, and light-filled rooms feature in a California home that was designed by US architects Annie Barrett and Hye-Young Chung for art-loving clients. More
Harding Huebner perches Nova Residence on sloped site in North Carolina
Materials intended to blend with the natural landscape and interior finishes made from a single tree feature in a wood-clad home in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina designed by American studio Harding Huebner. More
ODA designs tapered skyscrapers wrapped in steel grid in Fort Lauderdale
Architecture studio ODA has unveiled its design for the two-skyscraper Ombelle development in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which will be wrapped in a steel grid described by the architects as an exoskeleton. More
Norman Kelley refreshes lobby of postmodern Chicago skyscraper
US architecture studio Norman Kelley used materials such as brass and polished quartz to update the lobby in a 1980s skyscraper designed by John Burgee and Philip Johnson. More
Commenter says school shootings "are not a design problem"
In this week's comments update, readers are debating US senator Ted Cruz's suggestion that redesigning schools could prevent mass shootings, and discussing other top stories. More
Gehry House extension seems to "emerge from the inside of the house"
Continuing our series exploring deconstructivist architecture we look at Gehry House, architect Frank Gehry's radical extension to his home in Santa Monica, California. More
LOHA utilizes "material layering" for Nike Icon Studios building in Los Angeles
Architecture firm LOHA used "material layering" to create a light-filled workspace in California for photographers, videographers and other creatives involved in brand imaging for sportswear brand Nike. More
Frederick Tang Architecture transforms New York loft into light-filled wellness studio
Architecture and interior design studio Frederick Tang Architecture (FTA) has updated Moxi, a wellness studio and acupuncture centre in Soho, New York by re-arranging its interiors around an expansive oval skylight. More
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Texas senator proposes design measures to "harden schools" in wake of Uvalde shooting
US senator Ted Cruz has said that schools should be redesigned to have a single door guarded by armed police to prevent further shootings following the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas. More
Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall is "a living room" for Los Angeles
Up next in our deconstructivism series we take a look at the iconic Walt Disney Concert Hall designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry. More
Álvaro Siza completes limestone-clad skyscraper in Manhattan
Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza has revealed the 611 West 56th Street skyscraper in Manhattan, which is the Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect's first building in the United States. More
"The death of George Floyd has become a catalyst for social change and urban redevelopment"
A promising new future for Minneapolis is emerging from the trauma of George Floyd's murder by a police officer two years ago, writes a local architect who knew him, James Garrett Jr. More
Minority architects body "remains hopeful" of change two years on from George Floyd murder
Several of America's largest architecture studios have taken steps such as mandatory unconscious bias training and partnership schemes with Black-owned firms in the two years since George Floyd's murder, Dezeen research has found. More
Fentress Architects overhauls Norwegian Embassy in Washington DC
US studio Fentress Architects used copper and mass timber to reconfigure Norway's embassy in Washington DC, which opened to the public this month. More