Hand-painted murals and crown-like brass chandeliers feature in the Veronika restaurant in New York, which local studio Roman and Williams designed to reference a variety of artistic styles. More about Roman and Williams creates "romantic" Veronika restaurant inside New York's Fotografiska museum
Architects including Junya Ishigami, Elizabeth Diller and Shohei Shigematsu spoke at the inaugural The World Around architecture forum in New York. Watch the full conference on Dezeen. More about Watch The World Around architecture conference in New York
New York studio General Assembly has reconfigured a 1970s apartment in the city's Upper East Side into a sun-light space with a home office. More about General Assembly upgrades apartment inside brutalist Manhattan tower
The developer of New York's World Trade Center site has nixed BIG's Two World Trade Center design in favour of an earlier proposal by Foster + Partners, following back-and-forth over the two projects. More about BIG's Two World Trade Center scrapped as Foster + Partners' design is revived
A new sleeping mezzanine, a bookcase with a rolling ladder and a sprinkler main painted bright red are among the features in this airy New York apartment that has been updated by local architect Julian King. More about Sculptural white wall hides staircase in renovated 19th-century Soho warehouse
Canadian studio Lateral Office has installed 12 oversized seesaws that light up and make sounds on the streets of New York City's Garment District. More about Lateral Office lights up New York City Garment District with "immersive urban instrument"
US firm Stonehill Taylor has turned a restored 1950s plane into a cocktail bar for the TWA Hotel at New York's JFK airport. More about Stonehill Taylor designs retro Connie bar inside a plane at JFK's TWA Hotel
A chair made from loaves of bread and a toilet-cum-sink are among the objects on display in an exhibition at Friedman Benda that aims to find a "new form of pleasure" in furniture. More about Bright yellow Friedman Benda exhibition explores comfort in furniture
New York firm New Practice Studio chose red brickwork as the main material for this Chinese noodle bar in the city's Upper West Side to reference Beijing's hutongs. More about Herringbone brickwork covers Chinese restaurant The Tang in New York by New Practice Studio
Snøhetta has been granted planning permission to create a garden at New York's 550 Madison, which forms part of its overhaul of the postmodern tower. More about Snøhetta gets go ahead for public garden at Phillip Johnson's AT&T building
Architecture firms BIG and WXY have unveiled a masterplan for Downtown Brooklyn that aims to improve the area's pedestrian experience with playful furniture, expanded sidewalks and improved crossings. More about BIG and WXY unveil "playful" transformation of Downtown Brooklyn
Work is set to start again on Santiago Calatrava's Greek Orthodox church in Downtown Manhattan, over two years after it was halted because the archdiocese failed to pay construction fees. More about Construction to restart on Calatrava's Greek Orthodox Church at World Trade Center site
Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld has completed his first US project – an upscale residential building in Manhattan's West Chelsea neighbourhood that features verdant courtyards and "a paparazzi-proof porte-cochère". More about Isay Weinfeld incorporates lush gardens into luxury apartment building in Manhattan
New York City officials are pushing to legalise the use of drones for facade inspections after an architect was reportedly killed by falling debris from a building in the city. More about New York officials propose using drones to inspect buildings
Volcanic stone, grey metal and large stretches of glass form the facades of this eight-storey building in Manhattan's Chelsea neighbourhood, which serves as the global headquarters for Pace Gallery. More about Bonetti/Kozerski designs flagship location for Pace Gallery in New York
Luxury lifestyle brand Equinox has partnered with workspace provider Industrious to create a flexible co-working space in New York's Hudson Yards. More about Equinox and Industrious open co-working hub in Hudson Yards
New York studio VonDalwig Architecture has overhauled the bottom two floors of a Brooklyn townhouse, adding in more windows and preserving details inside. More about VonDalwig Architecture brightens Brooklyn townhouse House 22
New York has passed a bill that updates the city's building code with requirements to make new glass structures safer for migratory birds. More about New York City introduces bill to make glass buildings more bird-friendly
Texas studio Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has turned a former printing house into the New York headquarters of American burger company Shake Shack. More about Michael Hsu designs Shake Shack's New York headquarters in industrial space
Earthy colours and soft materials feature in this veterinary facility by New York firm Islyn Studio, which is intended to ease the "stress and trauma often associated with vet's offices". More about Islyn Studio creates soothing atmosphere in Brooklyn’s Bond Vet clinic