USA
“When will a more ambitious and influential spirit return to the New York design scene?”
Buro Koray Duman finds uses for neglected space under elevated New York highway
Alejandro Zaera-Polo sues Princeton University for libel following plagiarism row
Peter Marino clads Hublot’s Fifth Avenue store in angled black metal panels and LEDs
Galanter & Jones creates heated outdoor chairs to replace patio heaters
Aidlin Darling creates a meditation centre at Stanford University with rammed-earth walls
Norman Kelley uses reclaimed bricks for Aesop Bucktown in Chicago
Designers reinterpret Shaker artefacts for Furnishing Utopia exhibition
Substance Architecture clads Iowa car park in a golden screen
Design Army creates “defiantly opinionated” political packaging for American chocolate
Space Copenhagen selects natural materials for New York’s 11 Howard hotel interior
Eight shining examples of lighting from New York’s ICFF 2016
New York Textile Month will highlight the revival of cloth, says Li Edelkoort
Loll creates Lollygagger outdoor furniture from recycled milk bottles
Architecture has a serious problem with communication says Rem Koolhaas
Richard Meier unveils black tower for Manhattan at 685 First Avenue
Trail Restroom by Miro Rivera Architects is a public toilet with weathering steel walls
Foster + Partners unveils Apple Union Square store in San Francisco
Kennerly clads San Francisco townhouse in glass and white plastic
Milton Glaser designs Get Out The Vote graphic for US election
Critics compare Snøhetta’s SFMOMA extension to a “gigantic meringue” and a “cruise ship”
Apparatus extends furniture and lighting collection with marble and brass pieces
Calico Wallpaper uses salt to pattern chocolate packaging for Mast Brothers