One World Trade Center tops out
News: One World Trade Center in New York has become the world's third-tallest building after topping out at a height of 541 metres. More about One World Trade Center tops out
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MoMA pulls back from plan to raze former folk art museum
News: the Museum of Modern Art in New York is to reconsider its decision to demolish the former American Folk Art Museum next door following an outcry from architects, conservationists and critics. More about MoMA pulls back from plan to raze former folk art museum
Punk: Chaos to Couture exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
An exhibition charting punk's influence on high fashion has opened at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York this week. More about Punk: Chaos to Couture exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Campbell Sports Centre by Steven Holl Architects
Staircases zigzag between balconies and terraces on the facade of the Campbell Sports Centre, a new athletics facility by Steven Holl Architects for Columbia University in New York (+ slideshow). More about Campbell Sports Centre by Steven Holl Architects
New York launches bike-share scheme
News: America's largest bicycle sharing scheme will begin this month in New York City, with 6000 bikes available to rent from docking stations in Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn. More about New York launches bike-share scheme
Skyscraper for bees by University at Buffalo students
High-rise living is no longer just for people. A team of architecture students from the University at Buffalo has recently constructed a skyscraper for a colony of bees (+ slideshow). More about Skyscraper for bees by University at Buffalo students
MoMA to demolish Williams and Tsien folk art museum
News: the Museum of Modern Art in New York is to raze the former American Folk Art Museum next door just 12 years after its completion by US architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien. More about MoMA to demolish Williams and Tsien folk art museum
Movie: Skyhouse by David Hotson and Ghislaine Viñas
This movie tours the interior of New York penthouse apartment Skyhouse, which contains a quadruple-height living room, columns with climbing treads and a tubular steel slide that plunges down from the attic. More about Movie: Skyhouse by David Hotson and Ghislaine Viñas
Roy Lichtenstein residence and studio by Caliper Studio
Brooklyn-based Caliper Studio has renovated the former home and studio of the late American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, adding a rooftop sculpture garden and a pair of "eyebrow-shaped" skylights. More about Roy Lichtenstein residence and studio by Caliper Studio
Foursquare New York by Audra Canfield, Derek Stewart and Dennis Crowley
The New York headquarters of location-based social network Foursquare is filled with themed rooms based on the digital badges users earn from "checking-in" at different places using the service. More about Foursquare New York by Audra Canfield, Derek Stewart and Dennis Crowley
Skyhouse by David Hotson and Ghislaine Viñas
A tubular steel slide plummets through four storeys inside this penthouse apartment in New York by architect David Hotson (+ slideshow). More about Skyhouse by David Hotson and Ghislaine Viñas
The Underground Library by Keri Tan, Max Pilwat and Ferdi Rodriguez
This virtual library shelf would let New York subway passengers read the first 10 pages of a book on their smartphones before directing them to the nearest library to pick up a hard copy (+ movie). More about The Underground Library by Keri Tan, Max Pilwat and Ferdi Rodriguez
Domino Sugar by SHoP Architects and James Corner Field Operations
Manhattan studio SHoP Architects has designed a masterplan of hollow skyscrapers surrounded by gardens for the site of the former Domino Sugar refinery in Brooklyn. More about Domino Sugar by SHoP Architects and James Corner Field Operations
Guggenheim Extension Story by Oiio Architecture Office
Oiio Architecture Office of New York and Athens has come up with a concept to extend Frank's Lloyd Wright's famous Guggenheim Museum in New York by extending its spiralling form up into the sky. More about Guggenheim Extension Story by Oiio Architecture Office
Four Freedoms Park by Louis Kahn
These new shots by photographer Ty Cole document the scene at Louis Kahn's Four Freedoms Park in New York, which opened to the public in autumn 2012 almost 40 years after it was designed (+ slideshow). More about Four Freedoms Park by Louis Kahn
New York's "micro-units" housing competition winners announced
News: plans for an apartment block of stackable modules have won a design competition for "micro-units" to help solve the shortage of small homes in Manhattan (+ slideshow). More about New York's "micro-units" housing competition winners announced
Wall of skateboard offcuts wins MoMA/PS1 Young Architects Program 2013
News: American studio CODA has won this year's MoMA/PS1 Young Architects Program competition and will insert a wall made from skateboard offcuts into the courtyard of the PS1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York. More about Wall of skateboard offcuts wins MoMA/PS1 Young Architects Program 2013
Foster + Partners unveils plans for New York Public Library
News: UK firm Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to overhaul New York Public Library's flagship branch on Fifth Avenue by inserting a contemporary lending library into unused reading rooms and stacks at the back of the building. More about Foster + Partners unveils plans for New York Public Library
World's tallest modular building breaks ground in New York
News: New York mayor Michael Bloomberg will today lead the groundbreaking ceremony for the world's tallest modular building, a 32-storey residential tower in Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards development by Manhattan-based firm SHoP Architects. More about World's tallest modular building breaks ground in New York
Three Small Rooms by Studio Cadena
New York architects Studio Cadena placed three white boxes inside this industrial loft in Brooklyn to make bedrooms for three flatmates (+ slideshow). More about Three Small Rooms by Studio Cadena