A former Frieze artistic director has established a new art and design fair in New York that offers exhibitors fewer restrictions and lower prices. More about Object & Thing launches in New York as alternative to traditional art and design fairs
Chunky columns covered in aggregate puncture through galleries in Sotheby's New York headquarters, which has just re-opened to the public following a major overhaul designed by OMA partner Shohei Shigematsu. More about OMA completes renovation of Sotheby's New York galleries
Ace Hotel's in-house creative team has completed a new hotel next to the New Museum in New York, featuring warm wood self-check-in booths, a diner-style restaurant and compact bedrooms designed like "Japanese bento boxes". More about Atelier Ace draws on warmth of Finnish saunas for Manhattan's Sister City hotel
Dutch artist Aldo Bakker used a 12,000-year-old Japanese technique to create a series of lacquered objects currently on show at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in New York City. More about Aldo Bakker exhibits sculptural urushi lacquer pieces in New York
American firm ODA has designed a massive apartment building in Brooklyn that comprises stepped blocks, protruding balconies and a sloping roofline that evokes a mountain silhouette. More about ODA's The Rheingold in Brooklyn features colourful window frames and "cascading terraces"
New York's Museum of Modern Art has announced plans for an exhibition detailing the work and "remarkable vision" of late American designer Donald Judd. More about MoMA to present Donald Judd retrospective in 2020
A lounge with a curved sofa and a coffee bar feature in this hair salon in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighbourhood, which Ruud van Oosterhout has designed for two sisters. More about Rob Peetoom hair salon opens inside old soda factory in Williamsburg
Lettering used in Eero Saarinen's 1960s TWA Flight Center at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York provided the cues for the branding of the new hotel in the terminal building. More about Pentagram creates Flight Center font for hotel in Eero Saarinen's JFK airport terminal
New York firm Buro Koray Duman has revealed plans for a major update to the Noguchi Museum in Long Island City, which will see the studio and home of American-Japanese sculptor Isamu Noguchi opened up to the public for the first time. More about Buro Koray Duman unveils expansion plans for Noguchi Museum in Long Island City
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio plans to ban construction of glass and steel skyscrapers, in a major bid to tackle the climate-change crisis. More about New York City mayor moves to ban glass skyscrapers as part of Green New Deal
Creative agency StyleMood has transformed a 19th-century firehouse in New York City into this cosy members' club. More about Habitas members' clubhouse opens in old New York fire station
US studio Jendretzki Design has revealed designs for a boutique eco-resort on a tiny island within greater New York City. More about Jendretzki Design proposes Rat Island eco-retreat for New York City
Brooklyn studio Commoncraft has designed this eatery in the borough's Williamsburg neighbourhood, which is intended as a playful tribute to the owner's grandmother. More about Commoncraft designs whimsical Gertie cafe in Williamsburg
Arched nooks, white pebbles and Mediterranean herbs are among the details inside this New York pop-up for Israeli beauty brand Maapilim, which is modelled on a Grecian rooftop garden. More about Maapilim beauty brand pop-up brings Mediterranean garden to New York City
David Rockwell has created "a rough and ready kit of parts" for the set of the first concert at New York cultural venue The Shed. More about David Rockwell inserts huge plywood box into The Shed for inaugural concert
MAD has envisioned a slender, dark skyscraper twisting up beside New York's Empire State Building as a contrast to the harshness of the city's supertall structures. More about MAD imagines sinuous black East 34th skyscraper to "soften" New York's skyline
New York City artist Cj Hendry has designed "a psych ward mimicked as a children's wonderland" for an art exhibit in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighbourhood. More about Cj Hendry installs white bouncy house modelled on psychiatric ward for Brooklyn exhibit
Mexican architect Frida Escobedo sourced rammed earth from her home country to make the rosy brick walls in this Aesop store in Brooklyn. More about Frida Escobedo segments Aesop Park Slope with rammed-earth brickwork
New York firms Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Rockwell Group have completed The Shed, a cultural centre in Manhattan's Hudson Yards, featuring a retractable roof that can be moved to form a performance area. More about The Shed opens at Hudson Yards with huge "telescoping" roof
Architecture firm BIG has unveiled a proposal to overhaul a portion of New York City's Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, known as the BQE, with a public park that covers a subterranean roadway. More about BIG unveils park-covered highway for Brooklyn's waterfront