Car brand MINI is closing A/D/O, its creative hub in Brooklyn, blaming the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. More about MINI's A/D/O creative space in Brooklyn closes permanently due to pandemic
Brooklyn design agency Standard Issue has created an open-source design for a face mask that can be CNC-cut and produced on a large scale. More about Standard Issue creates open-source design for CNC-cut face mask
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the issues with housing in New York City that must be addressed following the crisis, according to architects in the city. More about Coronavirus pandemic reveals "inequities" in New York housing say local architects
New York architecture studio Worrell Yeung has brought new life to a former artist's studio in the city, stripping paint off wood pillars and adding a large kitchen island. More about Worrell Yeung contrasts wood pillars and grey marble in Chelsea Loft
Lindsey Adelman, Apparatus and Rich Brilliant Willing are among 40 design studios and makers in New York City that have put their work in an online charity auction, where all proceeds will support the city's battle during the coronavirus crisis. More about New York studios auction off designs to support city's battle with coronavirus
Art-activist group The Illuminator has protested the US government's response to the coronavirus pandemic by projecting calls to action onto a New York skyscraper. More about Protesters light up New York skyscraper with "Send more ventilators" projection
A rust-coloured leather nightstand and desk with looping wooden legs are among the furniture pieces in this collection by Brooklyn's Bowen Liu Studio. More about Bowen Liu Studio designs furniture collection for imaginary painter
Tiled walls, purple carpeting and leathery cabinets are among the features Crosby Studios founder Harry Nuriev and partner Tyler Billinger have included in the renovation of their New York apartment. More about Crosby Studios founder Harry Nuriev adds "signature boldness" to his New York apartment
Pale wood decorates this Blue Bottle Coffee cafe in Brooklyn designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, which the American practice has updated to accommodate more people. More about Bohlin Cywinski Jackson touches up its design for Williamsburg's Blue Bottle Coffee
New York architecture firm SO-IL has designed an exhibition to present a Japanese handicraft that uses remnants of hemp fabric. More about SO-IL designs exhibition to showcase patchwork boro fabrics
NYCxDesign and Chicago's NeoCon furniture fair have been postponed due to the US outbreak of coronavirus. More about NYCxDesign and NeoCon 2020 postponed due to coronavirus
Brooklyn artist Robin Frohardt has used old plastic bags to create foods such as tomatoes and sushi rolls for an installation in New York's Times Square. More about New York's Plastic Bag Store stocks groceries made from single-use bags
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA and Guggenheim museums have closed indefinitely in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus in the city. More about The Met, MoMA and Guggenheim close in response to spread of coronavirus in New York
An angular platform protruding from the 100th floor of Kohn Pedersen Fox's Hudson Yards skyscraper is the "highest outdoor sky deck" in the western hemisphere. More about Edge sky deck protrudes from supertall Hudson Yards skyscraper
A retrospective on Irish modernist Eileen Grey in New York City includes furniture that has never been presented before. More about Eileen Gray retrospective in New York features work "never shown before"
A colourful cashmere sofa, bronze chandeliers and stained-glass sculptures are among the mix of plush and sculptural objects American designer Misha Kahn is displaying at New York gallery Friedman Benda. More about Misha Kahn aims for "optimistic design show" at Friedman Benda New York
American designer Jamie Bush has decked out a New York apartment with 1970s furniture and contemporary pieces to fuse architectural designs that are new and old. More about One Manhattan Square apartment by Jamie Bush features sculptural decor
Architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox has designed the redevelopment of a public housing complex in Brooklyn that was ravaged by hurricane Sandy eight years ago. More about KPF redevelops Brooklyn housing devastated by hurricane Sandy
This installation by American artist Doug Wheeler at Manhattan's David Zwirner gallery is intended to recreate the feeling of flying. More about Doug Wheeler uses light to turn New York gallery into sky-like installation
New York's MoMA is staging an exhibition showcasing Neri Oxman's research at MIT Media Lab with projects that "challenge the status quo of architectural design". More about Neri Oxman's body of work displayed in MoMA exhibition Material Ecology