From shows featuring dozens of nightlights to conceptual furniture and innovative student work, NYCxDesign 2026 was a dazzling mix. Dezeen US editor Ben Dreith and US reporter Ellen Eberhardt pick out objects that show the scope of the busy week. More about Eighteen weird, wonderful and well-made objects from NYCxDesign 2026
Ahead of design week NYCxDesign 2026, Dezeen has rounded up exhibitions around New York City, from exhibitions by large brands to collectives of independent designers, such as one show dedicated to nightlights and another to birds. More about Nineteen essential exhibitions to see during NYCxDesign 2026
New York architecture studio ARO has restored a historic greenhouse at the storied Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, surrounding the structure with a new welcome centre and entrance courtyard. More about ARO transforms Green-Wood Cemetery greenhouse in New York into welcome centre
New York studio Elizabeth Roberts Architects has restored a historic commercial space for a creative agency in Brooklyn, retaining original features while adding contemporary touches. More about Elizabeth Roberts converts Brooklyn building to offices with "clarity and modest presence"
Architecture studio SO-IL utilised precast, coloured-concrete panels in various sizes to give the 144 Vanderbilt apartment block in Brooklyn, USA, a distinct identity. More about SO-IL uses pink concrete to give Brooklyn apartment block "civic presence"
Brooklyn studio Office of Tangible Space has converted a former warehouse in Brooklyn, USA, into a community hub that provides "a new kind of venue for automotive culture". More about Office of Tangible Space transforms Brooklyn warehouse into automotive social hub
Designer Han Seungmin has created a chair using the mass-produced stainless-steel fencing in Asian and West Indian neighbourhoods in New York to "challenge the idyllic image of the 'American Dream'". More about Han Seungmin creates chair from the stainless-steel fences of Brooklyn
American architecture practice Studio Gang has completed the Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center in Central Brooklyn, a rippled brick building that contains a fitness centre and public programming for the surrounding neighbourhood. More about Studio Gang completes Brooklyn recreation centre with "welcoming presence"
A calming, natural material palette influenced by onsens and sentōs in Japan was used throughout this sauna in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, USA. More about Japanese bathing traditions inform Akari sauna in Greenpoint
Mexican architect Frida Escobedo has worked with DXA Studio and interior designer Workstead on Bergen in Brooklyn, an elongated condominium building that is fronted with an undulating cast-concrete facade. More about Frida Escobedo creates facade for Brooklyn building that "folds, stacks, and interlocks"
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a cantilevered tower in Williamsburg by Commoncraft. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features a "generous application of creative thinking"
Architecture studio Beyer Blinder Belle has completed The Brook in Downtown Brooklyn, a 52-storey mixed-use skyscraper that was informed by historic Brooklyn architecture. More about Beyer Blinder Belle completes Brooklyn skyscraper on "flatiron-like site"
Local studio Commoncraft has used a cantilevered volume to curve 545 Metropolitan over its neighbours, navigating the narrow Brooklyn site in order to provide more floor space. More about Commoncraft uses cantilever to extend "unconventional" Brooklyn building
Architecture studios Herzog & de Meuron and Curtis + Ginsberg Architects have released designs for a residential skyscraper in Downtown Manhattan that will contain "100 per cent affordable" apartments and a recreation centre. More about Herzog & de Meuron designs skyscraper for "innovative housing solutions" in New York
The creative studio arm of Brooklyn community hub Public Records, Public Service, has announced a partnership with a New York City development agency to open an event space along the Brooklyn waterfront, designed by nArchitects. More about Founders of Public Records to open event space in historic Brooklyn building
This Brooklyn nightclub designed by New York-based Studio MBM features two distinct areas: a 1970s-influenced lounge and a futuristic dance floor. More about Studio MBM deploys "dynamic contrasts" at nightclub in Williamsburg skyscraper
Local studio Brandon Haw Architecture has completed two residential skyscrapers clad in metal panels on the Williamsburg waterfront as part of the larger Williamsburg Wharf development. More about Brandon Haw Architecture completes two metallic skyscrapers on Brooklyn waterfront
Architecture studio BIG has designed a residential structure with chamfered edges divided by a central outdoor space for the 175 Third Street residential building in Brooklyn, New York. More about BIG designs chamfered complex with "plethora of niches" in Brooklyn
Local design studio Mammoth has converted a former Chinese restaurant in Brooklyn into a farm-to-table restaurant informed by the paintings of North American painter Andrew Wyeth. More about Mammoth infuses Brooklyn restaurant with "bucolic essence of Upstate New York"
Following NYCxDesign, we've selected some materials and forms that featured heavily in the exhibitions throughout the week, including lights shrouded in linen and furniture covered in tiny bulbs. More about Delicate fabric lights and fantastic ceramics among furniture trends from NYCxDesign