USA
“I don’t want to be the lighting guy” says New York designer David Weeks
Tadao Ando says his first New York building will be “a very quiet piece of architecture”
BIG unveils replacement for Foster’s Two World Trade Center design
Competition: win tickets to Pezo von Ellrichshausen’s talk at The Met
Overland Partners transforms a San Antonio warehouse into a lofty studio
Bridge House by Joeb Moore & Partners straddles a site on the edge of a valley
Beach house by Ruhl Walker Architects designed to “curve and shift” with the landscape
LinkedIn offices in the Empire State Building include a hidden speakeasy
Surface Design creates verdant terraces for Butterfly House in San Francisco
Interactive dress by Birce Ozkan drops its panels like autumn leaves
IwamotoScott and Leong Leong wrap a Miami parking garage in perforated screens
OMA, Renzo Piano, BIG and Steven Holl build Lego structures for Olafur Eliasson installation
Tokenlights creates pendant lamps shaped like Japanese fruit
SO-IL adds decorative brick entrance to Tina Kim Gallery in Manhattan
Höweler + Yoon’s Bridge House accommodates three generations of a family
Karim Rashid asks Facebook followers to pick facade for NY building
California housing by Leddy Maytum Stacy addresses the needs of residents with autism
“America is not a style, America is an idea” says Marc Thorpe
Tiny New York museum showcases objects obtained through rapid-response collecting
Google weaves smartphone interfaces into clothes for Project Jacquard
“American taste is different” say New York designers
Google’s Project Soli turns hand gestures into digital controls using radar
ETH Zurich designers create arched pavilion out of upcycled beverage cartons