London-based pop-up museum The Museum of Architecture has installed a city of gingerbread buildings, bridges and boats by local architecture studios at an exhibit in New York's Seaport district. More about Gingerbread architecture city modelled on "water-sensitive" urban practices
Designer Rafael Prieto has lined a tableware store in New York City with wallpaper made from photos taken in the south of France and antique furniture. More about Rafael Prieto creates "secret garden" for Gohar World store in New York
Bright colours, neon lighting and expressive furniture create a playful mood inside this Brooklyn restaurant, designed by local studio Format Architecture Office. More about Format Architecture designs "delightfully untraditional" Cafe Mars in Brooklyn
Student drawings, scale models, and a life-size recreation of set designer Es Devlin's London studio are on display at an exhibition exploring the designer's 30-year archive at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. More about Es Devlin reveals "miniature parallel practice" for New York exhibition
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the renovation of Lever House by architecture studio SOM. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features SOM's restoration of New York's Lever House
Foster + Partners has completed the framing for JPMorgan Chase's headquarters at 270 Park Avenue, which the studio claims will be the largest all-electric tower in New York City. More about Foster + Partners tops out supertall skyscraper for JPMorgan HQ at 270 Park Avenue
New York City-based Gachot Studios has revamped a NoHo townhouse to host a snug cocktail bar, in which exposed stone walls and dark wood contrast a creamy colour palette. More about Gachot Studios creates cosy New York neighbourhood bar
US-based architecture studio SOM has completed a restoration of the Lever House seventy years after the studio originally designed the historic New York City office building. More about SOM completes restoration of New York's historic Lever House
New York design studio Stickbulb has launched Treeline, a series of lighting created using wood sourced from trees that had been removed from New York City's "urban forest". More about Stickbulb creates light fixtures using wood from salvaged New York trees
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing news that architecture studio BIG has completed its first supertall skyscraper in New York City and debating a minimalist pink house in Mexico by César Béjar Studio. More about "No one can afford to live in the city anymore" says commenter about NYC skyscraper
Modular waste bins designed by local industrial design studio Group Projects to be recyclable and assist sanitation workers have begun to be distributed across New York City's five boroughs. More about Modular waste bins by Group Project distributed across New York City
Architecture studio BIG has announced the completion of The Spiral, the studio's first supertall skyscraper and first commercial high-rise in New York City that features a "ziggurat silhouette". More about BIG's first supertall skyscraper reaches completion in New York
Local landscape studio Field Operations has opened a swath of land in Staten Island's Freshkills Park, which was once home to the world's largest landfill. More about Field Operations converts restored Staten Island landfill into wetland park
This South Bronx cafe that serves a chocolate-focused menu is designed by New York City-based Studio Tre to reflect the brand's Caribbean roots. More about Studio Tre models Bronx chocolate cafe on Puerto Rican general stores
A "sacred space" made from CLT panels and a cloud canopy made from strips of woven bamboo are among the pavilions being shown at New York City's Design Pavilion event. More about Bamboo canopy and CLT gathering space feature at Design Pavilion in New York
Manhattan's first "public beachfront" and a salt marsh feature at Gansevoort Peninsula on the Hudson River, which was designed by local landscape studio Field Operations to serve as a buffer against rising tides. More about Field Operations' Gansevoort Peninsula designed to "help prepare" New York for climate change
New York-based glass artist Dana Arbib has exhibited a series of hand-blown vessels and wall sconces from Murano glass that were informed by gourds, brassicas and root vegetables. More about Dana Arbib shows colourful glassware informed by root vegetables for New York exhibition
Design group Circular Economy Manufacturing has created a small factory that uses solar energy to convert plastic waste into household items and city infrastructure on Governors Island. More about Circular Economy Manufacturing creates solar-powered recycling "microfactory" in New York
New York-based studio Schiller Projects has converted a former Brooklyn carriage house into a single-family residence using mass-timber construction and re-purposed materials. More about Schiller Projects turns former carriage house into mass-timber residence
Booths demonstrating a hybrid-electric aircraft and other innovative projects as well as talks by scientists such as Bill Nye were among the climate-focused presentations at the Climate Science Fair held on New York's High Line. More about "We need to distribute electricity" to combat climate change says Bill Nye