Jenna McKnight

Texan studio Michael Hsu Office of Architecture borrowed from mid-century modern design to create the Balboa Surf Club restaurant, which features lush plants, rich-toned wood and green upholstery.

California studio LOHA has completed a residential and retail building called Bellevue53, which features a rooftop swimming pool and stepped elevations clad in white metal.

LOHA has completed a residential and retail building called Bellevue53, which features a rooftop swimming pool and stepped elevations clad in white metal.

Architecture studio Payette has completed an urban building at Northeastern University called EXP, which features a rooftop garden and facades wrapped in a " solar veil " made of metal strips.

SOM has completed the Schwarzman College of Computing, designed to be a "collaborative nexus" on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus.

US studio SHED Architecture and Design has converted a former information centre into a colourful children 's play space for a preschool at Seattle 's Pike Place Market.

Canadian studio Robitaille Curtis has completed a cedar -clad family retreat called Chalet Papillon, which features sweeping views and queen-sized bunk beds to accommodate numerous guests.

Canadian studio Robitaille Curtis has completed a cedar -clad family retreat called Chalet Papillon, which features sweeping views and queen-sized bunk beds to accommodate numerous guests. More

Wood and metal louvres line the front of a slender home in Wisconsin by Johnsen Schmaling Architects that was built on a vacant lot in a way that reformulates the "typological conventions" of infill architecture. More

Wood and metal louvres line the front of a slender home in Wisconsin by Johnsen Schmaling Architects that was built on a vacant lot and "reimagines the typological conventions of urban infill dwellings".