Textured facades and a grassy berm help soften the boxy appearance of this high-security emergency facility in New York, designed by architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. More about Metal cube by SOM houses emergency call centre for New York City
Dezeen will be busy in New York during the second half of this month's citywide design festival, as we co-host a variety of events with companies including Tom Dixon, WeWork and Vitra. More about Dezeen's events, talks and parties during NYCxDesign 2017
Danish brand Reform and US flooring company Madera have transformed a 1940s warehouse outside the Brooklyn Navy Yard into a Scandinavian-influenced showroom that displays hacked IKEA kitchens. More about Brooklyn warehouse becomes showroom for hacked IKEA kitchens
New pieces in London-based designer Marcin Rusak's series of resin furniture, patterned with leaves and flowers trapped in the surfaces, are on show at Twenty First Gallery in New York's Chelsea. More about Marcin Rusak adds tropical vibe to his Flora Noir furniture collection
Traditional, round circus tents influenced the design of this performance and educational facility for the circus arts, designed by US studio Höweler + Yoon Architecture. More about Big-top tents inform building for America's first circus degree programme
Trade show WantedDesign returns to New York this month with a wide-ranging programme of exhibitions, talks and events across venues in both Manhattan and Brooklyn. More about WantedDesign 2017 to showcase international design in Manhattan and Brooklyn
California architecture firm Brooks + Scarpa has designed a low-cost housing development in Los Angeles to accommodate displaced service members. More about Brooks + Scarpa completes The Six housing for LA's homeless and disabled veterans
Visitors can pick their preferred sky colour and express reactions to a hamburger in this interactive exhibition, designed by New York studio PlayLab Inc for Brooklyn design venue A/D/O. More about PlayLab Inc's exhibition at A/D/O forces visitors to consider their preferences
An alliance of architecture pressure groups in America has launched JustDesign, a database of studios that treat their staff well and provide equal opportunities for women. More about New US initiative aims to spotlight architecture firms that treat workers fairly
A+Awards: landscaped circles accommodate different activities at the centre of the redeveloped Navy Yards in Philadelphia, designed by James Corner Field Operations and a winner at the 2016 Architizer A+Awards. More about James Corner Field Operations adds circular landscaping to Philadelphia Navy Yards Central Green
New York's annual celebration of design is well underway, with exhibitions and product launches taking place across the city. We've made a Pinterest board that will be regularly updated to show off the highlights, and which currently features multiple all-female showcases, minimal metal furniture and several new lighting ranges. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
More about Keep up to date with NYCxDesign 2017 using Dezeen's latest Pinterest board
Multiple female-only design exhibitions have opened in New York as designers and curators aim to highlight the "inequities that still exist" in the industry. More about All-women design shows are "snowballing" in New York following Trump inauguration
New York studio Fort Standard has launched a set of easy-to-assemble metal furniture, including a raw brass side table and a white powder-coated shelving unit. More about Fort Standard unveils range of minimal metal furniture
New York lighting designer Bec Brittain has debuted her latest range of fixtures, featuring slender frames and refracting prisms, as part of an installation of cosmic imagery at her Chelsea showroom. More about Bec Brittain launches Aries lighting collection among galactic projections
UK architecture firm Michaelis Boyd's boutique hotel in Williamsburg is now open to guests, and will soon boast the area's first grand ballroom, a rooftop pool and a water-tower bar offering New York skyline views. More about The Williamsburg Hotel by Michaelis Boyd welcomes guests as part of phased opening
Dezeen is teaming up with British designer Tom Dixon and his neighbours on Howard Street in New York's SoHo to throw an evening party on Friday 19 May 2017. More about Dezeen, Tom Dixon and neighbours to throw Block Party on New York's Howard Street
A model residence has been completed inside Tadao Ando's apartment block in New York, offering a glimpse inside the Japanese architect's first residential tower outside Asia. More about First apartment in Tadao Ando's 152 Elizabeth Street revealed
Wall lamps with draping metal chains by New York designer Lindsey Adelman and huge modular lights that bend in different directions by her colleague Karl Zahn feature in a tropical-themed display. More about Lindsey Adelman's Afterglow show features lighting with cascading chains and spine-like frames
A lot in Aspen was divided in half to make way for this white, slender home by US studio Rowland + Broughton, which is meant to bring "a sense of clarity and elegance to a traditionally ornate Victorian form". More about Game On home in Aspen by Rowland + Broughton takes cues from historic neighbours
US magazine Sight Unseen has partnered five New York and five Norwegian design studios to create products for its annual Offsite exhibition, with results including brick furniture, a bent-steel bench and colourful glass vases. More about Sight Unseen pairs Norwegian and American designers for New York exhibition