Dutch firm Mecanoo has completed its first project in the United States: an asymmetrical, brick-clad municipal building in a historic neighbourhood in Boston (+ slideshow). More
Italian architect Renzo Piano has upgraded the facilities of the Harvard Art Museums in Boston, Massachusetts, by adding a new gallery wing and transforming a former courtyard into a top-lit atrium (+ slideshow). More
Translucent polycarbonate panels reveal the frame of this renovated house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Italian architects Alessandro Armando and Manfredo di Robilant, which also features giant shutters on wheels (+ slideshow). More
New buildings and spaces by Tadao Ando and Annabelle Selldorf feature at the Clark Art Institute in Massachusetts, which reopened to the public this week after a 10-year renovation. More
News: Boston's public transport authority has launched a competition to redesign the city's subway map. More
Cornices are commonly used to decorate the junctions between walls and ceilings, but at the new Boston shop for skin and haircare brand Aesop, cornices cover the walls and form shelves for the brand's signature brown bottles. More
Architect Renzo Piano has completed a new wing at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, which opens next week. More
Rafael Viñoly Architects have unveiled their design for the new Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston. More
Here are some photos of a blue striped house in Northampton, USA, by Pennsylvanian architect Joe Biondo. More
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, the new waterfront cultural centre designed by New York architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, has released images of the development by photographer Peter Vanderwarker. ICA Boston opens to the public on Sunday 10 December. View image sheet
