Jessica Martin designs Cinders desert shelter as "refuge and a document of decay"
Designer Jessica Martin has designed a rammed-earth structure in the Arizona desert that is meant as a refuge for humans as well as for plants and animal life. More
Designer Jessica Martin has designed a rammed-earth structure in the Arizona desert that is meant as a refuge for humans as well as for plants and animal life. More
Two senior faculty members have resigned from Californian architecture school SCI-Arc after an investigation was launched into the labour practices of the school's staff this spring. More
Dutch architecture studio OMA has unveiled its design for a glass-and-metal dome in Chicago that will serve as the headquarters for the American research organisation Discovery Partners Institute. More
An exhibition of hand-crafted art and design pieces, including a seminal sculpture by Charles and Ray Eames, is on display at the former New Jersey home of 20th-century landscape architect James Rose. More
Caleb Johnson Studio has created a timber-clad family home in Otisfield, Maine that has no primary bedroom in order to "reinforce familial bonds". More
US studio Fuse Architects added cedar cladding, expanded the windows and brightened the interiors of the Plover House on the coast of California. More
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has released images of its MAD-designed home under construction in Los Angeles and announced an opening date of 2025. More
Dezeen School Shows: student projects from architecture, interiors and design courses at USA universities are included in this roundup of Dezeen School Shows. More
New York architecture studio ODA has released designs for the 633 SE 3rd Avenue skyscraper in southern Florida with a series of cylindrical tubes arranged on top of a tree-covered podium. More
Vermont architecture studio Birdseye has wrapped a Hamptons cottage in thin wooden slats based on those used in local, traditional buildings for lighting and ventilation. More
US studio Jensen Architects has created a tall hillside home featuring expansive views and an elevator that will enable the owners to stay in the home as they age. More
Architecture studio Johnston Marklee has installed a pair of villas inside an industrial building in Hollywood to create display spaces for design brand Holly Hunt. More
Denniston Architects has converted New York City's Crown Building in the heart of bustling Midtown into a space for the Aman Resorts luxury hotel group. More
Design firm Crosby Studios has teamed up with augmented reality technology company Zero10 for a pop-up store in Manhattan that aims to provide a virtual retail experience. More
No Architecture arranged pavilions around a hexagonal courtyard to form a family nature retreat in rural Massachusetts that "reinterprets and expands on the glass house typology". More
The city of Milwaukee has dedicated September 16 to Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava to commemorate the Quadracci Pavilion at the Milwaukee Art Museum, completed in 2001. More
Conservation group Docomomo US has announced the winners of its annual Modernism in America Awards, which celebrate individuals and projects that preserve modernism in the United States. More
Bright colours provide an uplifting environment for formerly homeless tenants at a Los Angeles complex with micro-apartments and a community building that was designed by local studio Lehrer Architects. More
Arts company Meow Wolf has collaborated with 300 artists to create a series of immersive installations made from mostly salvaged material for its Shears Adkins Rockmore Architects-designed venue in Denver. More
A dividing wall that's part transparent, part mirrored separates the public and private spaces of this loft apartment in Manhattan, which architect Andrea Leung has renovated for herself. More