Local architecture studio Practice for Architecture and Urbanism has installed a glass office building with a vaulted roof inside the shell of the 19th-century Domino Sugar Refinery on the waterfront in Brooklyn. More about PAU places vaulted glass structure in shell of Brooklyn's Domino Sugar Refinery
Arched niches provide stations for tattoo artists at Atelier Eva, located in a former Brooklyn hardware store transformed by designer Alp Bozkurt. More about Alp Bozkurt creates "calming" interior for Brooklyn tattoo parlour
Local studio KOKO Architecture + Design has created a permanent interactive children's play space at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. More about KOKO Architecture + Design creates interactive children's space for the Met
Nonprofit New York City Economic Development Corporation has launched New York City Mass Timber Studio, an assistance program for the development of mass-timber construction within New York City. More about New York City incentivises mass-timber construction with assistance program
New Red Order has opened an exhibition in an empty lot in Queens that invites visitors to become "accomplices" in decolonization through a series of installations. More about Animatronic beaver among New York installations focused on decolonization
Local studio Light and Air has introduced a light-filled void at the centre of a Brooklyn townhouse as part of a major reconfiguration and extension project. More about Light and Air opens up Z House in Brooklyn to the outdoors
Architecture studio Rex has revealed the translucent-marble-clad Perelman Performing Arts Center at New York's World Trade Center site. More about Rex clads "mystery box" World Trade Center performance arts center in translucent marble
Landscape studio Scape has won the Obel Award for 2023 for its "visionary" coastal defence system in New York City that will grow in efficiency as oysters inhabit it. More about Living Breakwaters coastal defence system wins Obel Award 2023
Brooklyn-based Studio Becky Carter has pulled varied references, from Bauhaus luncheonettes to comedic characters, for the interiors of a bistro in Manhattan's West Village. More about Studio Becky Carter creates "distinctly New York" interiors for Cecchi's restaurant
New York studio GRT Architects has designed a light and airy Italian restaurant and adjacent cocktail bar at the base of Thomas Heatherwick's Lantern House in Manhattan. More about GRT Architects references "vacation Italian" at New York bar and restaurant
US labour organiser Architectural Workers United has filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge against architecture studio Snøhetta, claiming that it discriminated against employees during a recent union drive. More about Architectural Workers United claims Snøhetta "unlawfully discriminated" against employees
Fashion house Chanel has announced plans to cover an iconic Brooklyn diner in retro pinks and greens to celebrate the launch of a new perfume. More about Chanel to outfit Brooklyn diner in pastels for perfume pop-up
The plump furniture of LA-based Sam Klemick sits alongside the tiled-covered joinery of Vancouver-based Jeff Martin in an exhibition at Objective Gallery in New York. More about Jeff Martin and Sam Klemick create furniture with an "alternate ending"
Photos have been released of a pair of skyscrapers designed by local studio Selldorf Architects at the Domino Sugar Refinery redevelopment site on the East River waterfront in Brooklyn, NewYork. More about Twin porcelain-clad skyscrapers by Selldorf Architects rise on the Brooklyn waterfront
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the completion of Brooklyn's first supertall skyscraper. More about "This is a giant step backwards for Brooklyn" says commenter
Local design studio Mattaforma has collaborated with music venue and cultural space Public Records to create an outdoor plant nursery and community space to expand its programming in Brooklyn. More about Mattaforma considers "plants as clients" for Public Records outdoor space
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing an opinion piece by Matt Shaw that reflects on what went wrong with Thomas Heatherwick's Vessel, two years after it was closed following a series of suicides. More about It is architect's role "to point out health and safety risks" says commenter
The American Australian Association has opened a headquarters in New York City, with interiors by architecture firm Woods Bagot designed to offer flexible spaces for events. More about Woods Bagot lines American Australian Association HQ with oak battens
Local studio Caples Jefferson Architects has created an extension for the Louis Armstrong House Museum complete with a curved facade and a green roof in Corona, Queens. More about Caples Jefferson Architects unveils curved Louis Armstrong Center in Queens
It's now two years since Thomas Heatherwick's Vessel was closed following a spate of suicides. As the ill-fated project gathers dust, Matt Shaw reflects on what went wrong. More about "The Vessel shows us how bad the vampiric ultra-wealthy are at making public space"