Design studio Safwat by Safwat has balanced a bar, lounge, and restaurant programme at Funny Bar in New York's Lower East Side, using glass brick and postmodern details. More about Safwat by Safwat balances "humor, clarity, and restraint" at Funny Bar in New York
The first major traffic congestion pricing in the US, which rolled out a year ago today in New York City, has been considered a success according to the Metropolitan Transit Authority and New York governor Kathy Hochul. More about "Congestion pricing works" in New York City say officials after a year in action
Architecture studios Herzog & de Meuron and Curtis + Ginsberg Architects have released designs for a residential skyscraper in Downtown Manhattan that will contain "100 per cent affordable" apartments and a recreation centre. More about Herzog & de Meuron designs skyscraper for "innovative housing solutions" in New York
New York State's Gaming Commission has officially awarded three casino licenses to projects in the Bronx and Queens, designed by studios Field Operations, Gensler, Perkins Eastman and more. More about Designs by SHoP, HKS among three casinos officially coming to New York City
Brooklyn-based audio designer Devon Turnbull has installed a listening room in the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York, placing massive speakers and fine-tuned DIY equipment in the Carnegie Library. More about Devon Turnbull brings "DIY audio" installation to the Cooper Hewitt
American studio Something Special Studios has overhauled US retail giant Target's store in SoHo, New York, introducing a red tunnel based on the brand's logo and displays that wrap around the building's cast-iron columns. More about Something Special Studios carries out "over-the-top" redesign of a Target in New York
The creative studio arm of Brooklyn community hub Public Records, Public Service, has announced a partnership with a New York City development agency to open an event space along the Brooklyn waterfront, designed by nArchitects. More about Founders of Public Records to open event space in historic Brooklyn building
New York City developments designed by teams including SHoP Architects, HKS and Perkins Eastman have been recommended to receive casino licenses, beating out a BIG project and others. More about SHoP Architects, HKS and Perkins Eastman casinos recommended for licenses
New York design studio Office of Tangible Space has completed a pole dance studio in New York City with burgundy velvet curtains, a shoe rack for heels and lighting that's optimised for self-recording. More about Office of Tangible Space completes dance studio with "highest poles in New York City"
Charred wood was used by US studio Desai Chia Architecture to blend this home with the landscape, drawing wildlife to the property and enabling the owners to "inconspicuously observe nature". More about Desai Chia uses "camouflaging effect" for secluded Osprey House in New York
Brooklyn-based landscape architecture studio Grain Collective has created two sunken basketball courts in New York City that can retain water during flash floods. More about These New York basketball courts double as massive storm drains
A luxury grocery store featuring interiors by Brooklyn designer Sarah Carpenter with a curated art program and sculptural floral displays has opened in New York City's Tribeca neighbourhood. More about Meadow Lane "reimagines the grocery experience" in Tribeca
New York's Department of Buildings has greenlit designs by architecture studio PAU and engineering outfit Arup for the city's sidewalk sheds to make them "safer, more egalitarian, and more beautiful". More about Department of Buildings approves six designs for New York's scaffolding
The Museum of Modern Art's retail space in Soho, New York, has undergone a major renovation by Brooklyn architecture studio Peterson Rich Office. More about MoMA Design Store receives refresh from Peterson Rich Office
Architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron and local studio PBDW Architects have completed a "quasi-invisible" renovation of Marcel Breuer's brutalist 945 Madison Avenue for auction house Sotheby's. More about Herzog & de Meuron transforms Breuer Building into Sotheby's Manhattan headquarters
Architecture studio Snøhetta has designed an experiential retail space in New York's SoHo neighbourhood that is intended to be an ever-evolving canvas for innovation. More about Snøhetta creates "ephemeral" retail concept lab in New York
Architects have expressed optimism over the recent election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City, citing his campaign's focus on housing and the environment. More about "Tremendous enthusiasm" among architects for Zohran Mamdani
Eames chairs reupholstered with a denim-mycelium hybrid textile and mycelium fibre encased in an acrylic coffee table have been showcased in a biomaterials exhibition in New York City. More about New York exhibition "reimagines the home" using furniture made of biomaterials
Brooklyn-based studio nArchitects has designed two waterfront park pavilions that address the conditions of flood-prone sites along the Hudson River in New York and New Jersey, USA. More about nArchitects designs twin park pavilions on either side of the Hudson River
Architecture studio BIG has announced a milestone in the ongoing construction of parks along the East River in New York with a timber-clad building with built-in solar infrastructure. More about BIG completes solar education centre for renewed East River park in New York