US architecture studio OPAL has created a farming research and education centre made with mass timber and modelled after the local barns on its site in Maine, weaving together "tradition and modern sensibility". More about OPAL "superinsulates" mass-timber farming education center in Maine
California studio EYRC Architects has expanded the Cocopah Museum in Arizona with a standalone building constructed from weathering steel and pigmented cast concrete. More about Weathering steel wraps Indigenous museum in Arizona by EYRC
US studio Trahan Architects has placed a round chapel with a brick facade and cross-laminated timber structure at a university in New Orleans, Louisiana. More about Trahan Architects integrates "sense of mystery" into circular university chapel in New Orleans
A monumental triumphal arch with a neoclassical structure devised by Atlanta-based studio Harrison Design has been approved for Washington DC, USA, by the Commission of Fine Arts. More about "Arc de Trump" design approved for Washington DC
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the Stratos Hyperscale Data Center in Utah, designed by Gensler. More about "Welcome to our brave new world, I suppose" says commenter
Actor Julio Torres worked with US furniture company Sabai to create a collection of furniture informed by the act of moving to New York City, including a screen with a curtain motif pulled from JFK Terminal 4. More about Julio Torres makes design debut with "coming to New York" collection for Sabai
Achitecture studio Gensler has released renderings of Thistle Data Center Campus, a hyperscale data centre in Arizona, USA, with a weathering steel facade. More about Gensler designs Corten data centre to have "meaningful civic contribution"
US Department of Transportation secretary Sean P Duffy and national transportation company Amtrak have selected a team led by developers Halmar and Skanska to renovate New York City's Penn Station. More about US government and Amtrak select team for Penn Station redevelopment
Architecture studio Kengo Kuma & Associates and landscape design office Field Operations have released designs for a vernacular expansion to the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art outside of Philadelphia, USA. More about Kengo Kuma & Associates designs its first museum building in the US for Pennsylvania
Among a slew of announcements during Google's annual IO developer conference, the American technology company announced a new visual identity for its Gemini AI model, with new typography and "vibrant colours". More about Google rolls out Neural Expressive redesign of Gemini AI tool
New York fashion retailer Komune has displayed laser-cut metal lamps on recycled-wood bases by local designer Bechara Maalouf in a slim gallery during NYC design week, informed by the intricate window guards of Maalouf's family home in Lebanon. More about Bechara Maalouf displays lamps informed by Lebanese window guards
Architecture studio ODA drew upon art deco and Bauhaus styles while conceiving The Harper residential building, which features bevelled limestone cladding and various setbacks and protrusions. More about ODA clads Manhattan condo building in chamfered limestone
Danish design brand Audo Copenhagen has opened its first Audo House showroom outside Scandinavia inside a landmarked New York City building, to coincide with NYCxDesign 2026. More about Norm Architects designs first US Audo House in New York
New York studio Khanna Schultz has taken cues from Japanese architecture to create a "net-positive-energy" house in the Hamptons, New York, which features dark wood cladding and a large rooftop solar array. More about Khanna Schultz infuses House in Amagansett with "atmosphere of quiet contemplation"
Infrastructure firm O'Leary Digital has exclusively revealed the first images of the Stratos Hyperscale Data Center in Box Elder County, Utah, which is being designed by architecture studio Gensler as one of the largest data centres in the world. More about First images of Gensler-designed 60-building data centre development in Utah revealed
Players pick between ordering a Diet Coke or declaring war on Iran in a video game created by artist collective The Secret Handshake, accusing President Donald Trump of treating the deadly conflict as if it were a game. More about Retro arcade game parodying Trump's "insane undeclared war" on Iran appears in Washington DC
International architecture office Studio Gang has completed the Samuel H Scripps Theater Center in Upstate New York for local theatre company Hudson Valley Shakespeare, which opens to the surrounding valley and is covered in a mass-timber shell. More about Studio Gang covers theatre for Hudson Valley Shakespeare with mass-timber shell
With a busy design fair calendar, launching a collection during NYCxDesign shows a specific commitment to the city's creative scene. Here, we've chosen 11 stand-out launches to look out for in New York this week. More about Eleven design collections launching at NYCxDesign 2026
With New York City's annual design festival in full swing, we've rounded up 10 recently opened eateries, watering holes, dance spots and a sober club to enjoy in between exhibitions and events. More about Ten buzzy bars, restaurants and clubs to visit during NYCxDesign
The Miller Hull Partnership has completed a renovation of a library at a university in San Luis Obispo, California, working to restore the original design intent of the brutalist building. More about Miller Hull renovates brutalist university library in California