News: rebuilding the World Trade Center site has revitalised the architectural scene in New York according to architect Craig Dykers of Snøhetta, who designed a recently opened pavilion on the memorial site (+ interview). More about Snøhetta architect says 9/11 attacks led to "a reawakening of architecture in New York"
News: a Snøhetta-designed pavilion marks the entrance to the memorial museum at the World Trade Centre site in New York, which will be inaugurated by US president Barack Obama tomorrow (+ slideshow). More about National September 11 Memorial Museum completed in New York
News: a New York developer has revealed first images of an apartment block redevelopment underway in Manhattan with interiors designed by this year's Pritzker Prize winner, Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. More about Shigeru Ban redesigns interiors for iron-clad New York apartment block
News: construction has finally begun on a 216-metre skinny skyscraper designed by Foster + Partners for a site next door to Mies van der Rohe's Seagram Building in New York. More about Foster's skinny skyscraper underway beside Mies' Seagram Building
An Alpine choir pivoted on hydraulic platforms as part of French fashion house Moncler's Autumn Winter 2014 presentation at New York Fashion Week, which concludes today (+ movie). More about Hydraulic mechanisms tilt singers at Moncler Autumn Winter 2014 presentation
Faceted concrete staircases connect a string of social spaces inside this SOM-designed campus building for The New School in New York, visible outside the building through huge diagonal windows (+ slideshow). More about SOM completes campus building for The New School in New York
Japanese fashion brand Comme des Garçons has opened a branch of its London store Dover Street Market in New York City (+ slideshow). More about Dover Street Market fashion store opens in New York
News: the Williams and Tsien-designed former American Folk Art Museum in New York will be demolished just 13 years after it was built to make room for an extension to the neighbouring Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), despite an outcry from architects, conservationists and critics. More about Demolition "only option" for New York's folk art museum says MoMA director
News: architecture firm Snøhetta has concluded the first phase of a major overhaul of New York's Times Square, continuing the initiative started in 2009 to pedestrianise large sections of the popular tourist destination. More about Snøhetta completes phase one of Times Square transformation
One thousand editions of literary journal The Paris Review cover the ceiling of skincare brand Aesop's new store in Chelsea, New York (+ slideshow). More about Aesop's Chelsea boutique is shrouded in copies of The Paris Review
Sunglasses by accessories designer Linda Farrow are presented on golden beams embedded into gravel mounds at this pop-up shop in New York by design studio Neiheiser & Valle (+ slideshow). More about Pop-up shop displays sunglasses on golden girders embedded in gravel
This New York loft conversion by local architect Ali Tayar is divided using bespoke prefabricated panels based on a Swiss modular housing system from the 1960s (+ slideshow). More about New York loft conversion based on a 1960s modular Swiss house by Ali Tayar
News: new images unveiled this week reveal that the third and final phase of New York's High Line park will feature an enclosed amphitheatre filled with plants. More about Plant-filled amphitheatre proposed for the High Line's final stretch
News: One World Trade Center in New York has been officially declared tallest building in the western hemisphere, following a debate over whether the spire can contribute to its overall height. More about One World Trade Center named tallest skyscraper in western hemisphere
London designer Paul Cocksedge's first solo exhibition, at Friedman Benda in New York, features a table folded from a single sheet of steel (+ slideshow). More about Capture exhibition by Paul Cocksedge
This jagged wall decorated with patterned graphics was designed to invite visitors into an art fair in New York City. More about Zigzag by ISSSStudio and deSc
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our final movie from New York, design journalist Monica Khemsurov takes us to exhibitions around the Noho Design District and imparts an optimistic outlook for young designers in the city. More about "There's never been a better time for New York design"
Ithaca design studio CODA has installed a wall that squirts water and is clad with skateboard offcuts in the courtyard of MoMA PS1 in New York. More about Party Wall by CODA at MoMA PS1
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our third report from New York, Willy Wong, chief creative officer for the city's marketing and tourism agency, introduces the new NYCxDesign festival and explains why the city is starting to put more money behind its design industries. More about "There's a real reason to invest in New York's design sector"
News: urban improvements such as cycle paths, parks and public transport could transform Brooklyn and help turn New York City into the USA's leading location for technology firms, according to plans unveiled this week. More about New York "can overtake Silicon Valley" as tech hub