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Brooklyn-based Piscina's sculptural furniture wins top award at ICFF
Design studio Piscina, which is led by Natalie Shook, has been named Best in Show and Best Emerging Designer at the 2022 ICFF Editors Awards. More
David Chipperfield and Zeidler to create office blocks for Canadian parliament
UK studio David Chipperfield Architects and Canadian studio Zeidler have won a competition to redevelop Block 2 on the Canadian Parliament precinct in Ottawa. More
Sieger Suarez Architects and Carlos Ott design Miami's first supertall skyscraper
Sieger Suarez Architects has collaborated with Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott to design a new property for hotel brand Waldorf Astoria in Miami, which aims to be the first supertall skyscraper to be completed in the city. More
Eight homes built in the Rocky Mountain modern style
The Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada feature a host of contemporary houses that draw both from modernist architecture and their unique surroundings. John Gendall selects eight examples from his book Rocky Mountain Modern. More
DesignAgency creates Ontario wellness retreat for psychedelic therapy
DesignAgency has released plans for a wellness centre or "psychedelic healing retreat" in Ontario called Dimensions Algonquin Highlands. More
OMA to transform derelict bakery in Detroit into gallery and artist studios
The New York office of Dutch architecture studio OMA has revealed plans to turn a commercial bakery in Detroit into a mixed-use art and education facility named Lantern. More
Park Slope condo becomes New York City's "largest mass-timber building"
Local studio Mesh Architectures has completed Timber House, a condominium in Brooklyn that developer The Brooklyn Home Company claims is "the largest mass timber building in New York City." More
Snøhetta to add entrance shaped like "canted shells" to St Louis' Powell Hall
Architecture studio Snøhetta has unveiled its design for an expansion to St Louis Orchestra's Powell Hall that will feature scalloped walls, a grainy brick facade and glazed arches. More
Masa gallery's first New York exhibition features work by Frida Escobedo
Mexican gallery Masa's Intervención/Intersección exhibition showcases pieces by artists and designers including Frida Escobedo and Isamu Noguchi in a former post office in the Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. More
Kengo Kuma breaks ground on plant-covered Silicon Valley building with "green lung"
Construction has begun on Park Habitat, a plant-covered building in Silicon Valley that was designed by Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates with a green atrium at its centre. More
OMA designs interlocking towers for The Perigon in Miami Beach
Architecture studio OMA has designed a tiered residential structure with interlocking towers for a beachfront site in the Florida city of Miami Beach. More
Schaum/Shieh Architects draws on original warehouse design for Marfa art gallery renovation
American studio Schaum/Shieh Architects has restored the John Chamberlain building, an art gallery in a former warehouse in Marfa, using local, traditional building techniques. More
INC Architecture & Design wraps Brooklyn apartments in off-white terracotta
INC Architecture & Design has designed the Saint Marks Place housing block with terracotta-clad facades in Brooklyn, New York. More
Nike takes steps towards circular design with glueless ISPA Link trainers
Sportswear brand Nike has unveiled ISPA Link, a collection of modular trainers that can be easily disassembled, as part of the brand's move towards a circular design economy. More
Studio Gang breaks ground on Populus building designed to be US' "first carbon-positive" hotel
As construction begins on Populus, a Denver hotel designed by architecture firm Studio Gang, developer Urban Villages has announced that it aims to be the "first carbon-positive" hotel in the United States. More
Skylab Architecture clads Nike's Serena Williams Building in armour-like plates
Portland studio Skylab Architecture has revealed images of its Serena Williams Building, designed for sportswear brand Nike's campus in Beaverton, Oregon. More
SRG raises canopy with glue-laminated timber beams above Hayward Field
Seattle-based architecture firm SRG Partnership has reimagined the Hayward Field stadium in Eugene, Oregon, with glulam beams supporting an ETFE canopy. More
Architensions unveils surreal steel-framed playground at Coachella
Architecture studio Architensions has designed a series of colourful, steel-framed towers installed at California music festival Coachella. More
Five designers in Mexico exhibit new uses for biomaterials
An exhibition in Mexico curated in collaboration with Danish research lab Space10 has showcased five novel uses for local biomaterials. More
Foster + Partners designs "largest all-electric tower" for JPMorgan Chase in Manhattan
Foster + Partners has released plans for the new global headquarters for JPMorgan Chase in Manhattan, which the architecture firm claims will be New York's largest all-electric tower. More