Ayers Saint Gross embeds plant motifs in Missouri Botanical Garden visitor centre
US architecture studio Ayers Saint Gross has created a light-filled visitor center to serve as a gateway for the Missouri Botanical Garden in St Louis. More about Ayers Saint Gross embeds plant motifs in Missouri Botanical Garden visitor centre
Bates Masi creates two-toned Navy Beach house in Montauk
Local studio Bates Masi + Architects has settled a hillside house on a brick base overlooking the seashore in Montauk, New York, USA. More about Bates Masi creates two-toned Navy Beach house in Montauk
Rustic Canyon Residence in Los Angeles references early Richard Neutra design
Los Angeles-based Assembledge+ and Jamie Bush + Co have teamed up to create the Rustic Canyon Residence in Pacific Palisades, referencing the form of a previous Richard Neutra design, updated using natural materials. More about Rustic Canyon Residence in Los Angeles references early Richard Neutra design
Studio Saxe elevates doughnut-shaped house in Costa Rican rainforest
Costa Rican design firm Studio Saxe has used stilts to elevate part of the round courtyard house Sinfornia Verde in the rainforest of the Peninsula de Osa. More about Studio Saxe elevates doughnut-shaped house in Costa Rican rainforest
Faulkner Architects centres Nevada house around water basin
California-based studio Faulkner Architects has topped a concrete house with a weathering steel cantilever that overlooks Las Vegas. More about Faulkner Architects centres Nevada house around water basin
HW Studio carves pyramidal lightwell into Mexican house
Local architecture practice HW Studio has centred Casa Emma around a lightwell and wrapped its interiors in wood on an infill lot in Morelia, Mexico. More about HW Studio carves pyramidal lightwell into Mexican house
Ménard Dworkind creates Quebec forest house with "dynamic facade"
Montreal-based design studio Ménard Dworkind has completed a blocky residence wrapped in cedar designed to immerse residents in the tranquility of a forest in Quebec. More about Ménard Dworkind creates Quebec forest house with "dynamic facade"
Mexico City house becomes temporary brick altar for religious relic
Local studios T-Unoauno and Taller Popular de Diseño adapted a small home in Xochimilco, Mexico to be a community altar wrapped in red bricks. More about Mexico City house becomes temporary brick altar for religious relic
Estudio Cristina Grappin uses local stone for Mexican beach house
Mexican architecture firm Estudio Cristina Grappin has opened a large stone house to coastal breezes between the courtyard and the Pacific Ocean in Punta Mita, Mexico. More about Estudio Cristina Grappin uses local stone for Mexican beach house
Módica Ledezma and JJRR Arquitectura create tiered concrete house on Mexican cliffside
Mexico City architecture studios Módica Ledezma and JJRR Arquitectura have teamed up to construct a stacked seaside residence called Iyari, giving it inverted concrete roofs in Nayarit, Mexico. More about Módica Ledezma and JJRR Arquitectura create tiered concrete house on Mexican cliffside
SHED creates wood-clad house with "jagged peak" in Seattle
Local studio SHED Architecture & Design has created a house clad in vertical wood siding and a sloped roof in in Seattle, Washington that evokes the steep peaks of Swiss mountains. More about SHED creates wood-clad house with "jagged peak" in Seattle
Productora models Oaxacan hotel suites after pre-Hispanic pyramids
Mexican studios Productora and The Book of Wa have unveiled the boutique Kymaia Hotel with suites of coloured concrete in a pyramidal form near Puerto Escondido, along Mexico's southwestern coast. More about Productora models Oaxacan hotel suites after pre-Hispanic pyramids
CLB Architects converts former Kmart building into manufacturing facility
American studio CLB Architects adapted a former Kmart department store into a headquarters for an energy and manufacturing company in Wyoming, adding a weathering steel facade More about CLB Architects converts former Kmart building into manufacturing facility
BarlisWedlick opens renovated Hamptons house to the shoreline
New York-based studio BarlisWedlick has renovated and expanded a Southampton house to create multigenerational living spaces that open up to the seaside. More about BarlisWedlick opens renovated Hamptons house to the shoreline
HDR references Midwestern machine-sheds for Kiewit Luminarium in Omaha
Global architecture and engineering company HDR has created an interactive museum and workshop for children with a dynamic aluminium facade in Omaha, Nebraska. More about HDR references Midwestern machine-sheds for Kiewit Luminarium in Omaha
HEMAA uses black steel for narrow skyscraper in Mexico City
Local studio HEMAA has completed the narrow, 13-storey Ferrocarril de Cuernavaca 780 with steel, concrete and glass on a skinny, post-industrial lot in Mexico City. More about HEMAA uses black steel for narrow skyscraper in Mexico City
Gonzalo Bardach tops Argentinian forest retreat with garden roof
Local studio Gonzalo Bardach Arquitectura has created a concrete woodland house with a ramping green roof near the coast outside Buenos Aires, Argentina. More about Gonzalo Bardach tops Argentinian forest retreat with garden roof
Colectivo C733 installs museum inside 18th-century Mexican port building
Mexican studio Colectivo C733 has helped preserve an 18th-century port customs building, constructing a cultural centre and museum around it using historical adobe and steel in Nayarit, Mexico. More about Colectivo C733 installs museum inside 18th-century Mexican port building
Miami art deco informs design of Dominican Republic baseball academy
US studio Jones Haydu and Dominican studio JMF Arquitectos have created a baseball complex with a winged concrete form for the Miami Marlins Major League Baseball team in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic. More about Miami art deco informs design of Dominican Republic baseball academy
Ryan Leidner Architecture creates home and studio in High Desert
San Francisco studio Ryan Leidner Architecture has based the design of a wood-and-stucco desert house and art studio in southern California on mid-century Eichler homes and southwestern art. More about Ryan Leidner Architecture creates home and studio in High Desert