Bear-shaped armchairs and cushions embroidered with red lips are among French designer Pierre Yovanovitch's latest collection of furnishings, which are on display at New York gallery R & Company. More
The American Institute of Architects has called for Donald Trump to reverse his "shortsighted decision" to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement amid the global climate crisis. More
Google's vice president of hardware design Ivy Ross has created an office building for her Silicon Valley team that is arranged around an atrium, skylight and staircase. More
The pods that Spanish practice SelgasCano has built to form garden studios in Second Home's first US campus resemble a group of huge yellow lily pads from above. More
British curator Beatrice Galilee has launched a new architecture forum that will kick-off as a conference in New York next year, with speakers including Elizabeth Diller and Shohei Shigematsu. More
Dezeen promotion: Dezeen readers can get a discounted rate to Salon Art + Design fair in New York, which will feature designs by Frank Lloyd Wright and Pierre Yovanovitch. More
The founders of American studio Turkel Design have used prefabricated components to create a home for themselves in southern California that will also serve as a "lab" for testing ideas and materials. More
Arlo Hotels has renovated Miami Beach's historic Nautilus Hotel to maintain its mid-century aesthetic, and include a co-working space and a barber shop. More
Fitness brand Equinox has opened its first hotel at New York's Hudson Yards, where guests can enjoy views of Thomas Heatherwick's Vessel while bathing in the rooftop pool. More
Running lanes of a refurbished track at Los Angeles City College are each painted a colour of the rainbow pride flag to advocate for the equality and inclusivity of LGBTQ+ athletes. More
Rem Koolhaas will explore the radical change in the countryside in an exhibition coming to New York's Guggenheim museum next year. More
French firms Coldefy & Associés and RDAI have beaten competition from Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Studio Libeskind to build a museum and memorial dedicated to the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida. More
BIG has arranged the classrooms of this white-brick and glass school in Arlington, Virginia in a fan-shape to allow for a "cascading terraces". More
Bi-national studio 1100 Architect has renovated a cottage in the Hamptons to create spaces where "old and new are impossible to distinguish from each other". More
Interior designer Tina Rich has turned a "white box" in New York City's Soho neighbourhood into a showroom and office for a women's sports brand. More
Glazed walls, a large metal roof and a vast central atrium feature in an academic building designed by architecture firm Foster + Partners for an emerging medical campus in Ohio. More
Designer Iker Gil and Luftwerk have projected a grid of red lasers across Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House to highlight the building's geometric form and its history. More
New York architect Rafael de Cárdenas has created a split-level bar in Nordstrom's flagship store in Midtown Manhattan. More
From a smart forest in Mexico to a Nevada desert city powered by blockchain, a wave of smart cities are being proposed in North America. Here are five examples from the continent that hint at the shape of future neighbourhoods. More
California firms Brooks + Scarpa and Plant Prefab have unveiled a low-cost housing concept for fallow urban sites, which comprise prefabricated, modular units that can be arranged in various configurations. More