Heatherwick's Pier 55 to begin construction over New York's Hudson River
British designer Thomas Heatherwick's elevated park over the Hudson River has been given the go ahead by planners and will start construction this summer. More
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OMA designs The Met's Manus x Machina fashion and technology exhibition
The Shohei Shigematsu-led OMA New York office has used translucent scrim to create a "ghost cathedral" for this year's Costume Institute exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which focuses on the convergence of fashion and technology (+ movie). More
"Floating food forest" proposed for New York's waterways
A collective of designers and artists in New York has proposed transforming a shipping barge into a verdant floating farm, with berry bushes, lime trees and swaths of lavender, among many other plants. More
Claim that MoMA will abolish architecture and design galleries "absolutely not true" says curator
New York's Museum of Modern Art has issued a letter to quell speculation over the closure of its architecture and design galleries. More
ODA designs trio of irregularly stacked towers for Williamsburg waterfront
Architecture firm ODA New York has conceived three glass towers for Brooklyn that feature setbacks and protrusions to ensure tenants are afforded expansive views. More
New images released of luxury condo tower by KPF in New York
Renderings of a sculptural Manhattan residential skyscraper by Kohn Pedersen Fox have been unveiled to entice buyers to purchase units costing up to $18.5 million (+ slideshow). More
SHoP's supertall Brooklyn tower gets green light
Brooklyn's first supertall skyscraper by New York studio SHoP Architects has received the go ahead for construction. More
Skybridge with a swimming pool will link pair of Manhattan towers by SHoP
Construction is underway on two bent apartment towers in New York by SHoP Architects that will be joined by a skybridge offering a pool, hot tub and bar. More
Future uncertain for MoMA's architecture and design galleries
New York's Museum of Modern Art is closing its architecture and design galleries for refurbishment, but the institution is unable to confirm that they will reopen in the same format. More
Cornelia Parker installs Hitchcock-influenced PsychoBarn on Met museum rooftop
British artist Cornelia Parker has created an installation based on the mansion from Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho for this year's Roof Garden commission at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (+ slideshow). More
Annabelle Selldorf designs New York showroom for piano maker Steinway & Sons
Architect Annabelle Selldorf has completed a New York store for Steinway & Sons, featuring wooden design elements that reference the company's handcrafted pianos (+ slideshow). More
Co-working company WeWork unveils its first co-living apartments in New York
WeWork has unveiled images of its first foray into the co-living trend – a residential block with shared living spaces in New York's financial district, run by new sister company WeLive (+ slideshow). More
"Disparity in the values assigned to architecture and landscape architecture continues"
Opinion: a proposal to surround New York's Central Park with a giant "sidescraper" epitomises architects' disregard for designed landscapes, says president of The Cultural Landscape Foundation, Charles A Birnbaum. More
Sunken "sidescraper" bordering New York's Central Park wins skyscraper competition
US designers Yitan Sun and Jianshi Wu have proposed transforming Manhattan's Central Park into a sunken landscape encircled by a below-grade megastructure with office, housing, retail and cultural space. More
Barker Freeman overhauls narrow Brooklyn row house for a family of four
US firm Barker Freeman Design Office has renovated a slender brick row house in Brooklyn and added a two-storey extension with a glass wall overlooking a garden (+ slideshow). More
Architect Nicholas Hunt creates a tiny retreat in his Brooklyn garden
American architect Nicholas Hunt has built a micro studio in the backyard of his Brooklyn home, intended to provide "solitude within the immense landscape of New York City". More
Studio Job's MAD House retrospective opens in New York
The Museum of Arts and Design in New York has opened an exhibition that shows how Belgian artists Studio Job "lost naivety and gained professionalism" (+ slideshow). More
Makoto Azuma's New York exhibition aims to make visitors "radically reconsider the power of flowers"
Fungal flowers coated in metal and a sofa upholstered with fake grass are among the pieces in a solo show of work by Japanese botanical artist Makoto Azuma in New York (+ slideshow). More
Lee Broom to open pop-up New York store off Soho's Broome Street
New York 2016: British designer Lee Broom is opening his first dedicated US retail outlet in New York, billed as a "Postmodernist theatre" to showcase and sell his furniture and lighting (+ slideshow). More
Coded Couture exhibition in New York presents garments that detect lies and read tweets
A new exhibition at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery in New York showcases a range of futuristic fashion concepts, including a shrug that reveals when the wearer is distressed and a dress with integrated lie detectors (+ slideshow). More