Animatronic beaver among New York installations focused on decolonization
New Red Order has opened an exhibition in an empty lot in Queens that invites visitors to become "accomplices" in decolonization through a series of installations. More
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Caples Jefferson Architects unveils curved Louis Armstrong Center in Queens
Local studio Caples Jefferson Architects has created an extension for the Louis Armstrong House Museum complete with a curved facade and a green roof in Corona, Queens. More
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New York designers create garden structure from repurposed architectural mockup
New York design studio New Affiliates and architect and historian Samuel Stewart-Halevy have created a prototype of their Testbeds project, which repurposes architectural models used for large projects. More
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ODA designs "15-minute city" for Innovation QNS in Astoria
New York architecture studio ODA has released the masterplan for a community in Queens called Innovation QNS, which will have housing, retail and public space. More
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Davies Toews Architecture refurbishes industrial Queens building
Davies Toews Architecture has overhauled a factory building in Ridgewood, Queens to serve as a mixed-use commercial and arts space. More
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BIG's multi-storey film studio for Robert De Niro set to be built in New York
Architecture studio BIG won approval for a 44-metre-high film studio in Queens, New York City, which is set to be the "first vertical film studio in the world". More
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New Affiliates' Testbeds project to build community buildings from discarded architecture models
New York City architecture studio New Affiliates has launched an initiative to reuse large-scale models for garden sheds and community spaces in the borough of Queens. More
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Steven Holl dismisses concerns over new Long Island City library as "wrinkles"
Steven Holl Architects has brushed off criticisms of its Hunters Point Library in Long Island City, which opened in September with a number of areas inaccessible to people with disabilities. More
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Steven Holl punctures concrete New York library with "sculpted cuts"
Steven Holl Architects has completed a concrete public library in New York's Long Island City featuring large irregular windows that offer views of the waterfront and Manhattan. More
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BIG teams up with Robert De Niro for Wildflower Film Studio in New York
BIG has revealed plans to create an angular building that will be a "one-of-a-kind vertical village for film" in New York City's Queens borough. More
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Pedro & Juana builds spiky "junglescape" in MoMA PS1 courtyard
Thousands of wooden spikes cover scaffolding to form this pavilion that Mexico City studio Pedro & Juana has built to host the MoMA PS1's summer music series. More
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Buro Koray Duman unveils expansion plans for Noguchi Museum in Long Island City
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
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Former industrial site in Queens transformed into Hunter's Point South Park
A salt marsh and a cantilevered viewing platform are among the features in an extensive new park that stretches along the East River in Long Island City, Queens. More
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Amazon HQ2 could split between New York and Virginia
Amazon plans to split its major second headquarters in North America between Queens, New York, and Arlington County, Virginia, according to reports. More
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Plans to overhaul New York's JFK airport updated
The governor of New York has released more details of plans to transform John F Kennedy International Airport in Queens into one of the "finest in the world". More
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US Open tennis courts spruced up with furniture by Michael Graves' studio
American studio Michael Graves Architecture & Design has created new seats for players, umpires and line judges at the US Open Tennis Championships, which begin this coming week in Queens, New York. More
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Yayoi Kusama fills abandoned garage in New York's Rockaways with 1,500 mirrored balls
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has scattered mirrored balls inside a hurricane-damaged train garage on New York's Rockaway Peninsula, as the latest instalment in her 52-year-old Narcissus Garden series. More
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Dream The Combine installs elevated runway and pivoting mirrors at MoMA PS1 courtyard
Minnesota studio Dream The Combine has constructed a series of black steel frames that accommodate net hammocks, mirrors and misters, providing a setting for MoMA PS1's summer music series. More
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White Arrow renovates Queens rowhouse with navy millwork and modernist furniture
New York design studio White Arrow has accented the interiors of a rowhouse in Queens with dark blue cabinetry and mid-century furnishings, during an overhaul of the property that spilt it in two. More
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BFDO completes wooden Surfboard House near Rockaway Beach
New York firm Barker Freeman Design Office has built a house clad in white cedar that sits directly on the beachin the south of the city. More
