Jean Nouvel's 53W53 tower tops out over New York's MoMA
Newly released construction photographs show the progress of French architect Jean Nouvel's first New York skyscraper: a supertall tower rising above the city's Museum of Modern Art. More
Newly released construction photographs show the progress of French architect Jean Nouvel's first New York skyscraper: a supertall tower rising above the city's Museum of Modern Art. More
New York design studio Jumbo has created a dark purple chair and three matching lamps, all from curved tubes of steel. More
A new book that traces the rise and fall of New York design store Moss, written by its former owners, has made Aaron Betsky nostalgic for the "theatre" of retail they created. More
Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly has revealed plans to add a glazed extension and rooftop garden to a 1920s building in Manhattan, as part of a major overhaul that will create automobile showrooms and office spaces. More
Architecture firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has completed the construction of Three World Trade Center in Manhattan, which is now the city's fifth-tallest building. More
"Women are doing some of the most prestigious work in New York" but nobody knows who they are, according to architect and filmmaker Beverly Willis, who wants to change this with her new movie about the women who have shaped the city. More
In this movie Dezeen filmed in New York for the AHEAD hospitality awards, hotelier Ian Schrager says the success of his hotel Public lies in creating a guest experience that is greater than the sum of its parts. More
US studio James Corner Field Operations has created a public park on the waterfront site around the former Domino Sugar Factory in Brooklyn, featuring a sunbathing spot, an industrial-style playground and a taco stand. More
When New York lighting studio Apparatus held a party themed around Tehran in the 1970s, guests turned up as camel salesmen and belly dancers. Designers should know better than to resort to such lazy cultural stereotypes, says Sina Sohrab. More
New York's Museum of Modern Art is exhibiting the "extreme maquettes" of late Congolese sculptor Bodys Isek Kingelez, who modelled futuristic African cities with recycled cardboard, colourful paper and Coca-Cola cans. More
Danish brand Menu has furnished a New York apartment with its range of products, creating a space for the company to launch new collections and hold events. More
The top floor of this glazed housing complex in New York's Lower East Side, by architecture firm ODA, has a footprint twice the size of the ground level. More
Colourful ridged-glass cleaning bottles, a black broom and a red washing line are among the tools for cooking, cleaning and organising created for a New York exhibition based on the American Shaker movement. More
Ettore Sottsass' Memphis designs join eccentric contemporary furnishings that decorate a townhouse in New York's Soho for this installation. More
New York firm Neil Logan Architect has retrofitted a warehouse in the city for streetwear brand Supreme, and put a free-standing skate bowl in the back. More
Penny rounds cover surfaces and perforated metal forms partitions at this pizzeria in New York's Lower East Side, designed by Jordana Maisie. More
Dezeen's documentary Elevation launched in New York earlier this week at a premiere attended by leading designers and architects. More
The team behind New York's Collective Design fair is presenting a series of booths at the city's International Contemporary Furniture Fair, showcasing designs including see-saw lighting, striped stone vessels and a totemic alabaster lamp. More
New York design collective Colony has put on an exhibition of tapestries and home products at its space in Tribeca, which was painted dark blue for the occasion, during the NYCxDesign festival. More
Joep van Lieshout discussed what inspired him to become an artist and how he made the transition to product design in our latest Design Dreams talk with Moooi. More