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National September 11 Memorial opens this week

Dezeen Wire: the completed National September 11 Memorial designed by Israeli-American architect Michael Arad opens on Sunday in New York, exactly ten years after almost 3000 people were killed in terrorist attacks across America.

In anticipation of the event, Ted Loos of the New York Times describes Arad's turbulent design process, Karen Matthews writes about Arad's rapid rise in profile for Associated Press and Tina Susman of the Los Angeles Times reports on the architect's battle against controversy.  More about National September 11 Memorial opens this week

"Ground Zero 9/11 memorial flows with mournful splendour" - The Guardian

Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Rowan Moore takes a look at the "impressive – if exhausting – spectacle" of the Ground Zero 9/11 memorial, ahead of its opening next month - The Guardian

ReOrder at the Brooklyn Museum by Situ Studio

Billowing fabric mushrooms by New York designers Situ Studio have cropped up in the great hall of the Brooklyn Museum. More about ReOrder at the Brooklyn Museum by Situ Studio

Metal Shutter Houses by Shigeru Ban Architects and Dean Maltz Architect

After hours, rolling metal shutters fasten across these New York apartments designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. More about Metal Shutter Houses by Shigeru Ban Architects and Dean Maltz Architect

+ Pool by Family and PlayLab

Family and PlayLab have designed a floating swimming pool for New York that would filter river water through its walls.  More about + Pool by Family and PlayLab

What Happens When by The Metrics

Interior designer Elle Kunnos de Voss of American studio The Metrics has created the interiors for a restaurant in New York that will change every 30 days. More about What Happens When by The Metrics

West 57th by BIG

Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have designed a residential building for Manhattan, New York, with a rectangular plan pulled up at one corner to form a triangular tower.  More about West 57th by BIG

D’espresso by Nemaworkshop

This espresso bar to be located near Grand Central Station in New York was designed by New York studio Nemaworkshop to resemble a library turned on its side. More about D’espresso by Nemaworkshop

Posen Loft by Yoshihara McKee Architects

Yoshihara McKee Architects of New York and Tokyo have installed a bathroom and kitchen either side of a freestanding wall in a New York loft apartment. More about Posen Loft by Yoshihara McKee Architects

100 11th Avenue by Jean Nouvel

Photographer Philippe Ruault has sent us his photographs of the newly-completed 100 11th Avenue by French architect Jean Nouvel, an apartment block in Chelsea, New York, with every glass panel of the curtain wall tilted at a different angle. More about 100 11th Avenue by Jean Nouvel