ODA New York's residential tower for Manhattan features open-air terraces between the floors, designed to fulfil "the dream of a suburban backyard" (+ slideshow). More about ODA proposes a Manhattan skyscraper with open floors for sky gardens
Herzog & de Meuron has designed a curving white concrete apartment block for New York's West Village, the latest in its ongoing collaboration with developer Ian Schrager. More about Herzog & de Meuron designs "curvaceous and sexy" apartments on New York's Hudson
Opinion: Manhattan's rash of skinny towers for the super rich is helping turn New York into an extreme work of art. It's a Capitalist Jerusalem made real, says Aaron Betsky. More about "Manhattan is theirs, we just get to admire it"
New York's long-delayed World Trade Center Transportation Hub, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, has encountered a new problem: a leaky ceiling. More about Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Center transit terminal springs a leak
New York studio SO-IL has completed a Manhattan showroom for Italian fashion house Versace, featuring movable white displays and columns sheathed in mirrors (+ slideshow). More about SO-IL creates flexible light-filled showroom for Versace's New York headquarters
British designer Tom Dixon has opened a permanent store in New York's Soho neighbourhood, saying America has become "a land of opportunity" for his brand. More about Tom Dixon's Manhattan showroom is his first outside London
Italian design group Nucleo has cast an antique wooden ladder in clear resin as part of a collection that will be shown at The Salon Art + Design show in New York this week. More about Nucleo shows antique furniture cast in resin at New York art and design show
New York firm Alloy has completed a row of skinny houses in Dumbo, with a concrete, wood and steel facade that is meant to reference the Brooklyn neighbourhood's industrial character (+ slideshow). More about Alloy completes skinny townhouses in Brooklyn's most expensive neighbourhood
New Yorkers are speaking out against a rash of super-tall skinny skyscrapers by architects including SHoP and Robert AM Stern, which they say will overshadow Central Park. More about Wave of super-tall towers in Manhattan sparks protests over shadows
New York-based SHoP Architects is designing Brooklyn's first super-tall skyscraper – a spindly structure that will rise 1,000 feet over the downtown district. More about Plans unveiled for super-tall tower in Brooklyn by SHoP Architects
Architect Jeanne Gang has unveiled plans for a geologically-inspired extension to the American Museum of Natural History in New York (+ slideshow). More about Studio Gang designs curving concrete expansion to New York's Natural History Museum
New York studio Bureau V has transformed a brick industrial building into a musical venue, with an auditorium featuring white walls criss-crossed by black stripes (+ slideshow). More about Bureau V converts an old Brooklyn sawdust factory into a concert hall
London designer Paul Cocksedge is exhibiting a series of furniture created by joining different metals through a freezing process at New York's Friedman Benda gallery. More about Paul Cocksedge's Freeze exhibition of metal furniture opens at Friedman Benda in New York
Developers of Foster + Partners' luxury residential tower in Manhattan have released new images to tempt buyers into purchasing one of the multi-million dollar apartments (+ slideshow). More about New images released of Foster's super-skinny New York skyscraper
A modular residential tower designed by nArchitects that is meant to offer a solution to New York's affordable housing shortage is nearing completion (+ movie). More about New York's first micro-apartment building to be completed in December
The Cooper Hewitt museum in New York has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for its Design in the Classroom programme, which it hopes to launch across the US. More about Cooper Hewitt museum launches crowdfunding campaign to bring design to school classrooms
A new mock-up of the Lowline, the underground park planned for New York City, demonstrates how its designers will bring sunlight and plant life below the streets of Manhattan's Lower East Side (+ slideshow). More about Lowline Lab demonstrates viability of an underground New York park
Dezeen promotion: architecture and design festival Archtober returns to New York City this month, with more than 200 events taking place across the five boroughs (+ slideshow). More about Archtober returns to New York City for fifth year
Murals and brightly covered paintwork cover the walls of a children's art museum that has now opened on the lower floors of the David Adjaye-designed Sugar Hill housing complex in Harlem, New York (+ slideshow). More about Children's museum opens inside David Adjaye's Sugar Hill housing in Harlem
New York developer Related Companies has released new images of Zaha Hadid's High Line-adjacent building to tempt buyers into investing in the project (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid's first residential building in New York includes million penthouse