The office of New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced the launch of a WXY-designed platform to streamline the building of accessory dwelling units across New York City. More about Zohran Mamdani calls ADUs "one of the solutions to housing crisis" on launch of plan library
Fashion brand Prada has worked with local design studio 2x4 to cover a New York City store in functional seafoam-green scaffolding designed to shift visually with changing light and weather. More about Prada plays on typical New York scaffolding with mesh-wrapped installation
Brooklyn studio Office of Tangible Space has converted a former warehouse in Brooklyn, USA, into a community hub that provides "a new kind of venue for automotive culture". More about Office of Tangible Space transforms Brooklyn warehouse into automotive social hub
New York clothing store Colbo has expanded its Lower East Side space to create a wine and vinyl bar, which design studio Of Enso has wrapped in stainless steel and stained wood. More about Of Enso adds listening bar to New York boutique Colbo
Designer Han Seungmin has created a chair using the mass-produced stainless-steel fencing in Asian and West Indian neighbourhoods in New York to "challenge the idyllic image of the 'American Dream'". More about Han Seungmin creates chair from the stainless-steel fences of Brooklyn
American design studio House Under Magic has created a space that features sci-fi elements and retro influences for Oddball bar in New York City's Alphabet City neighbourhood. More about House Under Magic mixes material for "cosmic nostalgia" at New York bar
Foster + Partners and developer Silverstein Properties have released renderings of the Two World Trade Center skyscraper in New York, which will complete the development and contain headquarters for finance company American Express. More about Foster + Partners updates images of ultimate World Trade Center site skyscraper
Furniture vendor Rarify has exhibited 60 pieces of SOM furniture, artifacts and photography across two floors of a New York shop, for the first-ever exhibition devoted to the furniture work of the iconic architecture studio. More about Rarify exhibition in New York features largest collection of SOM furniture
New York-based Builtin Studio has reoriented the living spaces of a home overlooking the High Line to create an "urban observatory". More about Builtin Studio maximises Manhattan vistas from High Line Duplex
Local studio GAMPworks has completed the Trainer Court flagship store in New York, a shop dedicated to trading and selling Pokémon cards that centres around a tiled bar-top where visitors buy, unwrap decks, and connect. More about GAMPworks "reimagines the card shop" at New York Pokémon store
For those starting or continuing their wellness journey this new year, we've compiled a selection of design-forward saunas and bathhouses in which to socialise and warm up in New York's freezing winter temperatures. More about Eight New York City saunas and bathhouses for defrosting in style
Local outfit Studio Valle de Valle has worked with seasoned New York restaurateurs to create a wine bar in a single room with a zinc-covered bar, cedar panelling and custom furniture. More about Studio Valle de Valle contrasts zinc and cedar at Stars wine bar in New York
American architecture studio SOM has revealed the interiors of the trading floors inside the new Foster & Partners-designed JPMorganChase supertall skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan. More about SOM unveils NYC's "most advanced trading environment" inside JPMorganChase skyscraper
The US National Labor Relations Board has filed a formal complaint against architecture studio Snøhetta, accusing the New York office of unlawfully dismissing eight employees following an attempt to unionise. More about Snøhetta accused of laying off pro-union employees by National Labor Relations Board
New York-based studios Opa Architecture and Laube Studio have designed members' club The Maze in Chelsea, tailored specifically for the sober and sober-curious. More about "Flexibility in function" prioritised for design of sober club in New York
A calming, natural material palette influenced by onsens and sentōs in Japan was used throughout this sauna in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, USA. More about Japanese bathing traditions inform Akari sauna in Greenpoint
A cohesive blend of natural timbers, including Douglas fir, cherry and ash wood, has been used to define the interiors of Cove restaurant, self-designed by chef Flynn McGarry. More about Flynn McGarry creates "relaxed and warm" dining interior at Cove in New York
Design studio Safwat by Safwat has balanced a bar, lounge, and restaurant programme at Funny Bar in New York's Lower East Side, using glass brick and postmodern details. More about Safwat by Safwat balances "humor, clarity, and restraint" at Funny Bar in New York
The first major traffic congestion pricing in the US, which rolled out a year ago today in New York City, has been considered a success according to the Metropolitan Transit Authority and New York governor Kathy Hochul. More about "Congestion pricing works" in New York City say officials after a year in action
Architecture studios Herzog & de Meuron and Curtis + Ginsberg Architects have released designs for a residential skyscraper in Downtown Manhattan that will contain "100 per cent affordable" apartments and a recreation centre. More about Herzog & de Meuron designs skyscraper for "innovative housing solutions" in New York