South Korean designer Bae Se Hwa steam bent hundreds of slender walnut slices to create the sinuous chairs, benches and desks that feature in this exhibition at New York gallery R & Company. More about Bae Se Hwa's sinuous Steam Bent Series goes on show in New York
American firms Brand Bureau and Modus Studio employed a "slightly cheeky camp and wilderness feel" for the conversion of an industrial building in Arkansas into this venue for co-working, dining and playing shuffleboard. More about Brand Bureau and Modus Studio transform Arkansas factory into The Holler work-eat-play venue
The kaleidoscopic pattern that adorns this textile collection by New York studio Apparatus takes cues from a Persian inlaying technique. More about Apparatus draws on Persian marquetry patterns for Isfahan fabrics
New York City designer Mark Zeff has looked to 1960s desert-modern trends for the interiors of the rebuilt Mountain Shadows resort in Arizona. More about Markzeff channels desert modernism at Mountain Shadows resort
Teal accents contrast roughly painted brickwork, exposed piping and cracked concrete in this restaurant in Atlanta designed by local studio Praxis3. More about Atlanta's Lazy Betty restaurant pairs industrial details and pops of teal
WeWork parent The We Company has revealed plans to explore the design of cities of the future with a new initiative spearheaded by New York's Studio Dror and former Google executive Di-Ann Eisnor. More about The We Company hires Studio Dror to head up "future cities" initiative
Rodman Paul Architects has overhauled a single-storey home on New York's Fire Island, opening up views from the living space to the swimming pool and bay beyond. More about Rodman Paul Architects renovates Bay Walk bungalow in Fire Island Pines
A scale model of a concrete housing complex features alongside architectural photography in this New York exhibition, detailing the works of Polish modernist architect Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak. More about Polish modernist Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak is celebrated in Manhattan retrospective
Fast-food company McDonald's has moved into a new headquarters in Chicago, where employees have access to a multitude of workspaces and new hires are enrolled in a collegiate experience. More about McDonald's HQ in Chicago includes Hamburger University for new recruits
This set of highly realistic renderings unveil a cabin that American studio WOJR has designed for a forest clearing in Massachusetts, featuring a large pyramidal metal roof set on concrete block walls. More about WOJR envisions House of the Woodland topped with huge roof for Massachusetts forest
The Heatherwick Studio-designed Vessel at New York's Hudson Yards is planning to maintain rights to any photography taken of the public structure, a move that has prompted an outcry from critics on social media. More about Heatherwick's Vessel at Hudson Yards claims ownership of visitors' photography
Stone, woodwork and pops of blue are teamed together inside this French restaurant and bar in Atlanta, which local practice AI3 designed to evoke the chef's childhood in Provence. More about AI3 fuses contemporary and rustic elements for French eatery in Atlanta
Australian designer Jordana Maisie has created a boutique for Wardrobe NYC that features elements of New York City's streetscape, including a scaffolding system and industrial benches inside the dressing rooms. More about White scaffolding fills interior of Wardrobe NYC boutique by Jordana Maisie
Manhattan's newly opened Hudson Yards is all shine and no substance, and New York City deserves better says Alan G Brake in this Opinion column. More about "Hudson Yards is a billionaire's fantasy of the future of city life"
New York studio Light and Air Architecture has retrofitted a two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn with ample custom cabinetry and a spiral staircase. More about Baltic birch storage system organises Brooklyn apartment by Light and Air Architecture
Visitors can now scale British designer Thomas Heatherwick's giant honeycomb-like sculpture at New York's Hudson Yards, which has opened along with the other public spaces at the vast West Side development. More about Heatherwick's Vessel at Hudson Yards opens to the public
New York studio Snarkitecture has taken over a space at Hudson Yards to allow the public to explore its experiments, including an inaugural installation comprising a landscape of cork-clad columns. More about Snark Park provides Snarkitecture with permanent exhibition space at Hudson Yards
New York City's Hudson Yards neighbourhood is finally opening to the public, so we've put together a guide to the skyscrapers, public spaces and attractions that make up the mega development's first phase. More about Dezeen's guide to Hudson Yards phase one in New York
American brand CB2 has launched its first range of vintage furniture in collaboration with curator Charlie Ferrer, offering rare mid-century European designs. More about CB2 launches vintage furniture collection curated by Charlie Ferrer
New York studio GRT Architects has added restored blue bathtubs and green cabinetry to update an early 20th-century townhouse in Brooklyn. More about GRT Architects blends old and new at renovated Brooklyn townhouse