New York fashion retailer Komune has displayed laser-cut metal lamps on recycled-wood bases by local designer Bechara Maalouf in a slim gallery during NYC design week, informed by the intricate window guards of Maalouf's family home in Lebanon. More about Bechara Maalouf displays lamps informed by Lebanese window guards
US firm Charlap Hyman & Herrero has mixed glossy red tiles with Queen Anne-style furniture inside a store for perfume brand Nonfiction, in Manhattan's Lower East Side. More about Charlap Hyman & Herrero designs New York fragrance store as a "place of pause"
New York clothing store Colbo has expanded its Lower East Side space to create a wine and vinyl bar, which design studio Of Enso has wrapped in stainless steel and stained wood. More about Of Enso adds listening bar to New York boutique Colbo
New York design studio Office of Tangible Space has completed a pole dance studio in New York City with burgundy velvet curtains, a shoe rack for heels and lighting that's optimised for self-recording. More about Office of Tangible Space completes dance studio with "highest poles in New York City"
Garments are presented on a dry cleaner's rack inside this compact boutique that New York studio Rafael de Cárdenas has designed for bi-annual style magazine HommeGirls. More about HommeGirls boutique by Rafael de Cárdenas features rotating garments
New York studio ANY has designed the first physical retail space for streetwear brand Vowels, including an 18-metre-long "library" that holds a rotating collection of design books. More about ANY designs New York showroom and research library for Vowels
Cobalt blue surfaces line this bar and restaurant in Manhattan's Lower East Side, designed by Brooklyn-based Studio Omar Aqeel as a "retro-futuristic oasis". More about Omar Aqeel brings "sensory fantasy" to NYC bar Only Love Strangers
New York architecture studio BoND has used tubular lighting to create a bright yellow glow inside this men's apparel store on Manhattan's Lower East Side. More about Yellow lighting illuminates Le Père store in New York by BoND
Local architect Rafael de Cárdenas referenced lost landmarks of New York for the interiors of this streetwear store in the city's Lower East Side. More about Checkerboard walls wrap Awake NY store by Rafael de Cárdenas
American designer Alex P White has created a model unit for a high-end condominium building in Manhattan that features exposed concrete ceilings, grey plaster walls and vanilla-coloured decor. More about Alex P White pairs soft tones and raw textures in model New York apartment
Ace Hotel's in-house creative team has completed a new hotel next to the New Museum in New York, featuring warm wood self-check-in booths, a diner-style restaurant and compact bedrooms designed like "Japanese bento boxes". More about Atelier Ace draws on warmth of Finnish saunas for Manhattan's Sister City hotel
American artist and designer Daniel Arsham has crystallised the flying car from Back to the Future, and bagged and bound Mickey Mouse for his latest exhibition, which imagines the world in the next millenium. More about Daniel Arsham's "dystopian" 3018 exhibition perverts items from US pop culture
The first phase of Bjarke Ingels' barrier system designed to protect Lower Manhattan from tidal surges and rising sea levels is getting underway. More about BIG U flood defences for Manhattan move forward
The top floor of this glazed housing complex in New York's Lower East Side, by architecture firm ODA, has a footprint twice the size of the ground level. More about ODA completes top-heavy residential tower in New York City
Penny rounds cover surfaces and perforated metal forms partitions at this pizzeria in New York's Lower East Side, designed by Jordana Maisie. More about Jordana Maisie designs "deco meets industrial" interior for Una Pizza Napoletana in New York
Dezeen's documentary Elevation launched in New York earlier this week at a premiere attended by leading designers and architects. More about Dezeen's "mind-blowing" drone documentary Elevation premieres in New York
Nike has enlisted Brooklyn-based artist Kaws to paint his signature motifs across two basketball courts in New York City. More about Kaws covers New York basketball courts in colourful murals
Global firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill used a restrained palette of concrete, steel and glass to create a new home for a photography museum in a once-derelict area of Manhattan (+ slideshow). More about SOM creates Minimalist home for New York's International Center of Photography
New York's City Hall has given the go-ahead for the Lowline underground park, which aims to emulate the success of the city's elevated High Line (+ slideshow). More about New York gives thumbs up to subterreanean Lowline park
US design studio Grzywinski + Pons has completed a Manhattan residential building with a facade made up of multi-tonal brickwork, zinc panels and metal louvres (+ slideshow). More about New York apartment block by Grzywinski + Pons references neighbourhood's "gritty" past