Artist Theaster Gates and landscape designer Sara Zewde have designed a pavilion from recovered building materials that will be a community centre in a historic Black neighbourhood in Houston, Texas. More about Theaster Gates and Studio Zewde to create performance space for Houston's Freedmen's Town
Boston-based studio Safdie Architects has completed an expansion for the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, with structures that both maintain and depart from the original style. More about Safdie Architects completes major Crystal Bridges Museum expansion in Arkansas
Brooklyn studio GRT Architects has completed a second location for maximalist restaurant Bad Roman, creating an "evolution" of the New York original in Beverly Hills. More about "Exuberant" tiled facade fronts Bad Roman Beverly Hills by GRT Architects
US architecture studios Gehry Partners, WHY Architecture and landscape studio Olin have been announced as the project leads for renovations to the visitor sequence at the Getty Center in California, USA. More about Gehry Partners, WHY Architecture and Olin to revamp Getty Center tram station in Los Angeles
Texas lighting company Lucifer Lighting has integrated ocean plastic into its Atomos downlighting, melting down millions of feet of fishing lines and nets into its injection moulding processes. More about Lucifer Lighting puts recycled ocean-plastic lights into mass production
From shows featuring dozens of nightlights to conceptual furniture and innovative student work, NYCxDesign 2026 was a dazzling mix. Dezeen US editor Ben Dreith and US reporter Ellen Eberhardt pick out objects that show the scope of the busy week. More about Eighteen weird, wonderful and well-made objects from NYCxDesign 2026
American space agency NASA has updated plans for a permanent moon base, with a multi-phased plan culminating in "semi-permanent habitation models". More about NASA says "living and working on the moon will become reality" after 2032
US architecture studio OPAL has created a farming research and education centre made with mass timber and modelled after the local barns on its site in Maine, weaving together "tradition and modern sensibility". More about OPAL "superinsulates" mass-timber farming education center in Maine
California studio EYRC Architects has expanded the Cocopah Museum in Arizona with a standalone building constructed from weathering steel and pigmented cast concrete. More about Weathering steel wraps Indigenous museum in Arizona by EYRC
US studio Trahan Architects has placed a round chapel with a brick facade and cross-laminated timber structure at a university in New Orleans, Louisiana. More about Trahan Architects integrates "sense of mystery" into circular university chapel in New Orleans
A monumental triumphal arch with a neoclassical structure devised by Atlanta-based studio Harrison Design has been approved for Washington DC, USA, by the Commission of Fine Arts. More about "Arc de Trump" design approved for Washington DC
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the Stratos Hyperscale Data Center in Utah, designed by Gensler. More about "Welcome to our brave new world, I suppose" says commenter
Actor Julio Torres worked with US furniture company Sabai to create a collection of furniture informed by the act of moving to New York City, including a screen with a curtain motif pulled from JFK Terminal 4. More about Julio Torres makes design debut with "coming to New York" collection for Sabai
Achitecture studio Gensler has released renderings of Thistle Data Center Campus, a hyperscale data centre in Arizona, USA, with a weathering steel facade. More about Gensler designs Corten data centre to have "meaningful civic contribution"
US Department of Transportation secretary Sean P Duffy and national transportation company Amtrak have selected a team led by developers Halmar and Skanska to renovate New York City's Penn Station. More about US government and Amtrak select team for Penn Station redevelopment
Architecture studio Kengo Kuma & Associates and landscape design office Field Operations have released designs for a vernacular expansion to the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art outside of Philadelphia, USA. More about Kengo Kuma & Associates designs its first museum building in the US for Pennsylvania
Among a slew of announcements during Google's annual IO developer conference, the American technology company announced a new visual identity for its Gemini AI model, with new typography and "vibrant colours". More about Google rolls out Neural Expressive redesign of Gemini AI tool
New York fashion retailer Komune has displayed laser-cut metal lamps on recycled-wood bases by local designer Bechara Maalouf in a slim gallery during NYC design week, informed by the intricate window guards of Maalouf's family home in Lebanon. More about Bechara Maalouf displays lamps informed by Lebanese window guards
Architecture studio ODA drew upon art deco and Bauhaus styles while conceiving The Harper residential building, which features bevelled limestone cladding and various setbacks and protrusions. More about ODA clads Manhattan condo building in chamfered limestone
Danish design brand Audo Copenhagen has opened its first Audo House showroom outside Scandinavia inside a landmarked New York City building, to coincide with NYCxDesign 2026. More about Norm Architects designs first US Audo House in New York