New York-based Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners sought to preserve the "authentic patina of aging materials" in its subtle refurbishment of the former Whitney Museum, which will reopen this month as The Met Breuer. More about Official photos revealed of The Met Breuer ahead of public opening this month
Dutch designer Maarten Baas will present his latest furniture collection, Carapace, at an exhibition opening this week at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in New York (+ slideshow). More about Maarten Baas exhibition in New York showcases furniture based on turtle and beetle shells
Via 57 West, the tetrahedron-shaped Manhattan apartment tower by BIG, is preparing to welcome its first group of tenants next month. More about New York "courtscraper" by Bjarke Ingels set to open in March
The World Trade Center Transportation Hub, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, is scheduled to partially open next week in Lower Manhattan, more than a decade after work began. More about Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Center transit terminal to quietly open next week
Instagram users have been posting images of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's empty Breuer building in New York, before the interiors are populated with art works for its opening next month. More about Instagram users offer a sneak peek inside The Met's empty Breuer building
New images of a planned 304-metre-tall tower in Brooklyn by SHoP Architects have been revealed in advance of a review by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. More about New images of SHoP's supertall Brooklyn tower revealed
An exhibition opening this May at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art will examine how computer modelling, 3D printing, laser cutting and other "machine-based" fabrication methods are impacting high-end fashion. More about The Met museum's Manus x Machina exhibition to explore technology's impact on fashion
New York architect Robert A M Stern has revealed designs for a condominium building in Lower Manhattan that references the massive warehouse buildings of Tribeca, and the Art Deco buildings of the Financial District and Midtown. More about Robert A M Stern to design luxury condo building influenced by Manhattan's industrial past
The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum's fifth Design Triennial exhibition in New York examines the theme of beauty in contemporary design (+ slideshow). More about New York's Cooper Hewitt Triennial explores the theme of beauty in design
This small showroom by Taylor and Miller for a Brooklyn-based candle and fragrance company is defined by suspended walls made of wood and steel (+ slideshow). More about Taylor and Miller creates a retail space within a working candle factory
Bjarke Ingels Group has released a conceptual design for its latest project in New York, an office skyscraper wrapped in a ribbon of green terraces (+ movie). More about BIG unveils designs for The Spiral office tower in New York
This house in Amagansett, New York, by Bates Masi Architects is designed to take advantage of its windy site on Long Island's south shore (+ slideshow). More about Amagansett Dunes House by Bates Masi Architects is shaded with strips of canvas
Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby are joining the teaching staff at Parsons design school in New York, after leaving the Design Interactions course at London's Royal College of Art last year. More about Dunne and Raby move to Parsons following RCA departure
Mexico City-based Escobedo Soliz Studio has won this year's MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program contest, with plans to create a colourful woven canopy and a paddling pool in the New York gallery's courtyard (+ slideshow). More about Escobedo Soliz to create "cloud of ropes" for MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program
Bjarke Ingels' firm has unveiled its design for a police station in New York that will consist of intersecting blocks clad in concrete, metal and glass. More about BIG reveals design of police station planned for the Bronx
New York architecture firm nArchitects has released new photos of its modular, micro-unit residential building that is intended to serve as a "systemic new paradigm" for cities facing an affordable housing crisis (+ slideshow). More about Photos released of New York's first micro-apartment tower by nArchitects
Architecture firm Studio Gang has designed a fire station for Brooklyn, where emergency workers will be able to live, work, and use the building itself for training exercises. More about Studio Gang designs Brooklyn fire station with bright red details
New York is experiencing a boom in high-end residential construction not seen since before the 2008 recession, including buildings by Álvaro Siza, Bjarke Ingels, Rafael Viñoly and Renzo Piano. More about 16 residential projects by famous architects are changing the face of New York
New York's Museum of Modern Art has simplified plans for an expansion by Diller Scofidio + Renfro that will include the site of the now demolished American Folk Art Museum Building designed by Todd Williams and Billie Tsien. More about MoMA scales back expansion by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in New York
US firm Desai Chia Architecture used prefabricated elements to construct this glass and steel home in rural New York that serves as a weekend retreat (+ slideshow). More about Desai Chia Architecture creates a glass box home in the New York countryside