Brooklyn apartment tower by Enrique Norten nears completion
Construction of a metal-clad residential tower in Brooklyn by Mexican architect Enrique Norten is almost finished, with tenants slated to move in by the end of this summer. More
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Harvard students create tiny vacation houses for stressed-out city dwellers
Graduate students from Harvard University have launched a company that designs, builds and rents out wilderness micro cabins to urban residents "looking to escape the digital grind and test drive tiny-house living" (+ slideshow). More
Deborah Berke to turn former New York prison into women's rights headquarters
New York firm Deborah Berke Partners has won a competition to transform a correctional facility into a permanent home for the girls' and women's rights movement in the city. More
TBD uses contrasting materials to define his-and-hers art studio in the Hamptons
US firm TBD Architecture + Design Studio has created a studio building for a Hamptons couple that consists of two intersecting volumes clad in different materials (+ slideshow). More
Katharina Grosse gives colourful makeover to decaying building at Rockaway Beach
A condemned structure on a New York beach has been transformed into an artwork using brightly coloured spray paint by German artist Katharina Grosse (+ slideshow). More
Edgar Papazian transforms pointy wooden cabin in the Hamptons into weekend retreat
Architect Edgar Papazian of New York studio Doon Architecture has revamped an ageing A-frame home into a frugal family dwelling, in an area of Long Island known for its "outrageous housing market" (+ slideshow). More
Escobedo Soliz weaves colourful ropes across MoMA PS1 courtyard
Mexican studio Escobedo Soliz has installed a web of brightly hued rope at the MoMA PS1 gallery in Queens, New York. More
West 8 creates artificial hills on New York's Governors Island
Landscape architecture firm West 8 has added rolling hills with playgrounds and art installations across Governors Island in New York harbour (+ slideshow). More
New York Wheel reaches construction milestone as foundations complete
The world's largest ferris wheel is set to rise on the northern end of New York's Staten Island, as constructors finished pouring its foundations last weekend (+ slideshow). More
SHoP Architects chosen for National Veterans Resource Complex at Syracuse University
New York-based SHoP Architects has beaten Adjaye Associates and Snøhetta in a competition to design a centre for war veterans at Syracuse University (+ slideshow). More
ODA's Rheingold Project housing to take up two full city blocks in Brooklyn
Brooklyn's Bushwick neighbourhood is set to receive a vast housing development designed as a "European village" by architecture firm ODA New York (+ slideshow). More
Larsson & Jennings opens minimal watch boutique in New York's West Village
London creative agency Studio Mills has completed a Manhattan store for online watch brand Larsson & Jennings, featuring a cantilevered display counter and a bar serving typical Swedish refreshments (+ slideshow). More
Architensions clads rear facade of historic Brooklyn townhouse in charred wood
New York studio Architensions has enlarged a Brooklyn townhouse by adding two boxy volumes clad in vertical slats of burnt wood (+ slideshow). More
New York's 2020 skyline shown in new visualisations
These visualisations show the swathe of skyscrapers set to spring up across New York by 2020. More
Critics slam "painful" auction of items from Philip Johnson's The Four Seasons restaurant
Furniture, tableware and objects from the Philip Johnson-designed The Four Seasons restaurant in New York are to be auctioned off, marking the destruction of "one of the rarest phenomena in Modernism" according to US critics (+ slideshow). More
MoMA to stage major Frank Lloyd Wright exhibition in 2017
New York's Museum of Modern Art has announced a major exhibition of work by famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright to coincide with what would have been his 150th birthday. More
Foster + Partners' first Brooklyn project is a waterfront office development
UK studio Foster + Partners has unveiled the design for its first project in Brooklyn: a development of offices and creative workspaces on the Red Hook waterfront. More
KPF's 10 Hudson Yards skyscraper in New York welcomes first tenant Coach
The first completed tower in the massive Hudson Yards development in New York has opened its doors, giving fashion brand Coach a new global headquarters (+ slideshow). More
Herzog & de Meuron's 56 Leonard "Jenga tower" nears completion in New York
The Jenga-like form of Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron's residential skyscraper in Tribeca, New York, has been captured by Instagram users ahead of its imminent completion. More
Skyscraper Museum chronicles explosion of "super-slender" towers in New York
New York's Skyscraper Museum has released an online tool that tracks the growing number of skinny skscrapers in the city. More