The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has announced that it has chosen Mexican architect Frida Escobedo to design the new Oscar L Tang and HM Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing, which was previously assigned to David Chipperfield Architects. More
To protect our cities from the impacts of climate change we need to embrace major, government-led infrastructure and architecture projects says Jason Barr. More
Ice falling from supertall skyscrapers in New York, including 111 West 57th Street on Billionaires' Row, injured motorists and closed roads over the weekend. More
Architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro has completed two buildings on the Manhattanville campus of Columbia University's School of Business in New York City. More
Architecture firm SOM is renovating the 1950s Lever House skyscraper that it designed in New York in an effort to preserve the modernist office building's "very important legacy". More
US firm Studio Vural has conceived a mixed-use skyscraper covered with Asian lilies as a "powerful image" to promote low-energy design. More
Architecture studio BIG won approval for a 44-metre-high film studio in Queens, New York City, which is set to be the "first vertical film studio in the world". More
Curator and historian Maria Nicanor has been announced as the new director of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum after a lengthy interim period following the resignation of former director Caroline Baumann in 2020. More
A Manhattan family that needed more living space has commissioned New York studio Worrell Yeung to overhaul their apartment in a historic NoMad building. More
Brooklyn studio CO Adaptive Architecture has renovated an industrial building in the New York borough's Gowanus neighbourhood to create bright and spacious theatre rehearsal spaces. More
Anava Projects and Ashlee Harrison have curated an exhibition by emerging artists from the US and Caribbean at New York's Carpenters Workshop Gallery, which includes sculptures woven from kelp and hand-carved furniture. More
David Chipperfield Architects has shared images of its redesign of a Beaux-Arts townhouse in New York City that will serve as the headquarters of non-profit organisation 1014, which aims to promote cooperation between Germany and the United States. More
Birch plywood sufaces and a pale pink sofa feature in a members-only spa in Manhattan's West Village designed by architecture studio Büro Koray Duman for a celebrity trainer. More
Stainless steel, brass and polycarbonate are among the materials used by firms Dreamscript Lab and Un-group to create a small Chinese restaurant in New York with a futuristic atmosphere. More
The founders of Brooklyn studio Civilian have renovated a historic townhouse for themselves and their young family, rearranging the layout and adding contemporary elements for optimum functionality. More
An open kitchen and shelving made of Italian volcanic stone feature in a Greenwich Village pizzeria designed by architecture firm Büro Koray Duman. More
Plywood salvaged from windows boarded up during the Covid-19 lockdown was used to create a series of artworks across New York City in this project by Worthless Studios. More
New York City-based architect Michael K Chen has renovated an apartment in Manhattan's Carnegie Hill neighbourhood, which includes movable partitions that create different layouts based on the occupants' needs. More
Art and design collective Flint Collective used neon lights to transform eight empty storefronts in New York for the Open installation, which is shortlisted in the architectural lighting design category of Dezeen Awards 2021. More
Curved apertures, blue tones and a constellation of pendant lights feature in a kindergarten in New York City designed by architectural studio BAAO. More