Land Ark wraps compact Quatro mobile dwelling in black steel
Colorado studio Land Ark has unveiled a metal-clad, mobile dwelling that is meant to serve as a "comfortable backyard office or guest room". More
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Home Studios refreshes Daunt's Albatross motel in Montauk
Brooklyn-based Home Studios has turned a dated motel into a boutique hotel near the beach in Montauk, New York, using vintage furniture to make it feel like a "remote family home". More
Frank Gehry creates "welcoming building" for Children's Institute in LA
Architect Frank Gehry has designed a children's institute for no fee in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California, which will provide social services to the local community. More
BIG reveals design for National Juneteenth Museum in Fort Worth
Architecture studio BIG has unveiled its design for the National Juneteenth Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, which will commemorate the emancipation of enslaved peoples in the United States. More
Marcel Breuer's brutalist office in Connecticut reopens as Hotel Marcel
Architecture studio Becker + Becker has converted a 1970s brutalist building in New Haven, designed by Hungarian-American architect Marcel Breuer, into a Passive House hotel. More
Architects and designers create 33 conceptual birdhouses for Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Artists, architects and designers, including SO-IL, Tatiana Bilbao Estudio and Roman and Williams, have created numerous birdhouses as part of the For the Birds installation at The Brooklyn Botanic Garden. More
Edmonds + Lee Architects adds gabled rear extension to San Francisco home
California studio Edmonds + Lee Architects has created a tall, gabled addition in the back of a Craftsman-style home that differs greatly from the "cozy" front facade. More
Kimberly Dowdell to become AIA's first Black woman president
The American Institute of Architects has appointed Kimberly Dowdell as president of the organisation, making her the first Black female architect to lead the institution. More
Stewart-Schafer renovates modernist house in Connecticut woods
The founders of Brooklyn studio Stewart-Schafer have renovated a modernist home in Connecticut for themselves, using a natural colour palette to complement the surrounding woodland. More
Nwankpa Design creates compact, colourful sanctuary for working mom in LA
California studio Nwankpa Design has transformed a room in a family house into a colourful, private space for a mother to work, breastfeed and exercise. More
Marlon Blackwell's Thaden School buildings are rooted in Arkansas vernacular architecture
American studio Marlon Blackwell Architects has completed a series of asymmetrical, angular buildings for an Arkansas school backed by the founders of retail giant Walmart. More
US and UK reach agreement on reciprocal licensing for architects
Architect registration boards in the UK and USA have signed a draft agreement to enable mutual recognition of architecture credentials between the two nations. More
Gensler uses solar-panel canopy to shade mass-timber Texas office
American architecture studio Gensler has completed the Fifth + Tillery office in Austin, Texas, which uses a canopy of photovoltaic panels to create shade for the plaza and roof terrace. More
OWIU creates tranquil environment in mid-century LA home
California studio OWIU has revamped the interior of a 1950s home, adding elements that were inspired by traditional Japanese inns to create a peaceful environment. More
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
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