ODA proposes a Manhattan skyscraper with open floors for sky gardens
ODA New York's residential tower for Manhattan features open-air terraces between the floors, designed to fulfil "the dream of a suburban backyard" (+ slideshow). More
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Herzog & de Meuron designs "curvaceous and sexy" apartments on New York's Hudson
Herzog & de Meuron has designed a curving white concrete apartment block for New York's West Village, the latest in its ongoing collaboration with developer Ian Schrager. More
"Manhattan is theirs, we just get to admire it"
Opinion: Manhattan's rash of skinny towers for the super rich is helping turn New York into an extreme work of art. It's a Capitalist Jerusalem made real, says Aaron Betsky. More
Snarkitecture suspends 700 Air Jordan replicas in Kith's Brooklyn store
New York studio Snarkitecture has designed a Brooklyn store for menswear brand Kith, including a cereal bar and an installation made from 700 replica Nike Air Jordan II sneakers (+ slideshow). More
Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Center transit terminal springs a leak
New York's long-delayed World Trade Center Transportation Hub, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, has encountered a new problem: a leaky ceiling. More
SO-IL creates flexible light-filled showroom for Versace's New York headquarters
New York studio SO-IL has completed a Manhattan showroom for Italian fashion house Versace, featuring movable white displays and columns sheathed in mirrors (+ slideshow). More
Tom Dixon's Manhattan showroom is his first outside London
British designer Tom Dixon has opened a permanent store in New York's Soho neighbourhood, saying America has become "a land of opportunity" for his brand. More
Nucleo shows antique furniture cast in resin at New York art and design show
Italian design group Nucleo has cast an antique wooden ladder in clear resin as part of a collection that will be shown at The Salon Art + Design show in New York this week. More
Alloy completes skinny townhouses in Brooklyn's most expensive neighbourhood
New York firm Alloy has completed a row of skinny houses in Dumbo, with a concrete, wood and steel facade that is meant to reference the Brooklyn neighbourhood's industrial character (+ slideshow). More
Wave of super-tall towers in Manhattan sparks protests over shadows
New Yorkers are speaking out against a rash of super-tall skinny skyscrapers by architects including SHoP and Robert AM Stern, which they say will overshadow Central Park. More
Plans unveiled for super-tall tower in Brooklyn by SHoP Architects
New York-based SHoP Architects is designing Brooklyn's first super-tall skyscraper – a spindly structure that will rise 1,000 feet over the downtown district. More
Studio Gang designs curving concrete expansion to New York's Natural History Museum
Architect Jeanne Gang has unveiled plans for a geologically-inspired extension to the American Museum of Natural History in New York (+ slideshow). More
Bureau V converts an old Brooklyn sawdust factory into a concert hall
New York studio Bureau V has transformed a brick industrial building into a musical venue, with an auditorium featuring white walls criss-crossed by black stripes (+ slideshow). More
Paul Cocksedge's Freeze exhibition of metal furniture opens at Friedman Benda in New York
London designer Paul Cocksedge is exhibiting a series of furniture created by joining different metals through a freezing process at New York's Friedman Benda gallery. More
New images released of Foster's super-skinny New York skyscraper
Developers of Foster + Partners' luxury residential tower in Manhattan have released new images to tempt buyers into purchasing one of the multi-million dollar apartments (+ slideshow). More
Paul Cocksedge freezes furniture together for Friedman Benda exhibition
Designer Paul Cocksedge has unveiled photos that demonstrate the freezing techniques he used to seamlessly join metal furniture for a new gallery show opening in New York this week (+ slideshow). More
New York's first micro-apartment building to be completed in December
A modular residential tower designed by nArchitects that is meant to offer a solution to New York's affordable housing shortage is nearing completion (+ movie). More
Cooper Hewitt museum launches crowdfunding campaign to bring design to school classrooms
The Cooper Hewitt museum in New York has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for its Design in the Classroom programme, which it hopes to launch across the US. More
Lowline Lab demonstrates viability of an underground New York park
A new mock-up of the Lowline, the underground park planned for New York City, demonstrates how its designers will bring sunlight and plant life below the streets of Manhattan's Lower East Side (+ slideshow). More
Archtober returns to New York City for fifth year
Dezeen promotion: architecture and design festival Archtober returns to New York City this month, with more than 200 events taking place across the five boroughs (+ slideshow). More