Light and Air Architecture transforms Brooklyn row house with "switchback" staircase
Brooklyn studio Light and Air Architecture has overhauled a local home using a new structural stairwell to link together the whole interior below a skylight. More
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Pharmacy waiting room in Brooklyn features calming turquoise tones
Graphic floor tiles, a pigmented cement desk and curved leather chairs feature in this New York pharmacy, which local firm Sergio Mannino Studio has designed to accompany an online prescription service. More
SHoP completes first building at Brooklyn's Domino Sugar Factory site
The first of a series of waterfront buildings that New York firm SHoP Architects is creating at the former Domino Sugar Factory in Williamsburg has opened. More
KPF's Brooklyn skyscraper to feature record-breaking rooftop pool
Kohn Pedersen Fox's 68-storey skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn will include the "highest residential infinity pool in the western hemisphere" on its roof. More
Paul Raphaelson photographs Williamsburg's derelict Domino Sugar Factory ahead of redevelopment
American artist Paul Raphaelson has published photographs of Brooklyn's dilapidated Domino Sugar Factory, revealing the eerie rust-covered spaces along the East River that were abandoned in 2004 and demolished a decade later. More
Gowanus Inn and Yard hotel by Savvy Studio evokes nearby warehouses
The industrial buildings of New York's Gowanus neighbourhood informed Savvy Studio's design of this hotel in the area, with high ceilings, brick floors and gridded windows all contributing to the warehouse aesthetic. More
Interior design couple turn historic Williamsburg schoolhouse into light-filled home
The founders of Brooklyn design studio White Arrow have transformed a landmarked building into a bright home for themselves in the New York borough's Williamsburg neighbourhood. More
A/D/O launches Water Futures research programme to develop better designs for drinking
Brooklyn creative hub A/D/O and London design curator Jane Withers are teaming up to investigate new and innovative ways of approaching drinking water. More
Bureau V's MINI Living Urban Cabin aims to "start a conversation about immigration"
New York architect Peter Zuspan explains how his studio Bureau V's colourful additions to the MINI Living Urban Cabin in New York reflect the city's large immigrant population in our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video. More
GRT Architects creates fluted glass stairwell for skinny Brooklyn townhouse
A glazed stairwell brings light from a roof window down through this narrow townhouse in Brooklyn, renovated by New York studio GRT Architects with splashes of colour. More
KPF reveals plans for Brooklyn's second tallest building
Architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox has released renderings of a 68-storey skyscraper proposed for Downtown Brooklyn, as the New York borough's skyline continues to grow. More
Bureau V adds playful appendages to MINI Living Urban Cabin
New York studio Bureau V has attached a spiky-backed snug and a fabric-covered galley kitchen to a prototype micro home, which is on show in Brooklyn. More
LOT-EK slices shipping-container stack to form Williamsburg home
New York studio LOT-EK has built a family home in Brooklyn by stacking shipping containers, and cutting them at an angle to create terraces stepped down its back. More
New Affiliates renovates Bed-Stuy Loft with plywood mezzanine and rough materials
New York design studio New Affiliates has placed a plywood sleeping platform between chunky columns at an apartment in Brooklyn, making the most of the building's high ceilings. More
BFDO Architects creates hiding places for cats in Brooklyn row house
American firm BFDO Architects has included a series of niches and pathways for shy cats to escape guests in its design for this Brooklyn home interior. More
Office of Architecture includes rooftop bedroom suite in Brooklyn row house overhaul
Brooklyn-based Office of Architecture has completely gutted and expanded a local row house for an architect, jewellery designer and their two children. More
Bostudio updates Sunset Park Row House with fibre-cement cladding and open layout
The renovation of this Brooklyn row house by local firm Bostudio Architecture involved recladding the property in grey fibre-cement board and reworking its internal layout. More
Maple Street School in Brooklyn features warm wood interiors
Lots of wood, soft pastel tones and bright accents are used to make this Brooklyn preschool feel like an "extension of the home". More
LOT-EK uses shipping containers to overhaul Brooklyn carriage house
American studio LOT-EK has used brightly painted, metal cargo containers to create a vertical enclosure and a rooftop penthouse for an urban residence owned by a creative couple in New York. More
Family New York designs Brooklyn record and clothing store with ample "Instagram moments"
Architecture studio Family New York has completed this Brooklyn store for record label Fool's Gold, which features polycarbonate screens that frame a gold mirror and form niches that include a DJ booth. More