Ellen Eberhardt
New York exhibition "reimagines the home" using furniture made of biomaterials
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
Trump fires remaining members of the Commission of Fine Arts
On Tuesday, US president Donald Trump fired the six remaining members of independent federal agency the Commission of Fine Arts, a group of architects and urban planners meant to review projects such as the planned triumphal arch. More
Photos reveal progress on largest terminal at John F Kennedy airport
Photography from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has revealed progress on the new international terminal at John F Kennedy International Airport, part of a wider project to transform the complex. More
Buildings become "dance partners" at Snøhetta's Dartmouth arts centre extension
International architecture studio Snøhetta has completed an expansion to the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College, fitting two new cubic volumes onto an existing 1960s building. More
Diller Scofidio + Renfro wraps Cartier Miami in glass for "sense of mystique"
American architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro has completed an expansion to the Miami flagship store of jewellery brand Cartier, which has a bulbous facade informed by a vintage Cartier piece. More
Nike developing "second set of calf muscles" with motor-assisted running device
Nike has released early concept designs of its battery-powered Project Amplify anklet that adheres to a person's lower leg to give them a motorised "boost" while running or walking. More
Johannes Offerhaus and The North Face installation can be stored in backpacks
Dutch designer Johannes Offerhaus and The North Face have collaborated on a kinetic installation at New York's Storm King Art Center, partially made from leftover clothing materials. More
"Metabolic systems" inform modular Guadalajara store by Xpan
Local art collective Xpan has created a store in Guadalajara lined with modular aluminium shelving that can be rearranged and shifted depending on the needs of the space. More
BIG completes mass-timber "village of 29 pavilions" at Johns Hopkins
Danish architecture studio BIG and New York studio Rockwell Group have completed a student centre at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, USA made of a cluster of mass timber volumes that ascend up the building's sloped site. More
US furniture, cabinet and lumber tariffs go into effect
Tariffs up to 25 per cent on kitchen cabinets, lumber and some upholstered furniture objects are now in effect in the US, following a proclamation released in late September by the Trump Administration. More
Spaced Agency treats expansion of Chinatown restaurant as "architectural archaeology"
US studio Spaced Agency has built out the street level of the nearly 90-year-old restaurant Wo Hop in New York City, using the building's basement dining room and facade as references. More
Departamento del Distrito creates solar-powered pavilion in Los Angeles to cool visitors
Design studio Departamento del Distrito has installed a photovoltaic pavilion at the Craft Contemporary museum in Los Angeles that powers the electrical needs of the courtyard in which it sits. More
Amazon to use mass-timber warehouse in Indiana to test "sustainability strategies"
Amazon has completed a mass timber warehouse in Indiana, USA, which the company says will be used as a testbed for "over 40 sustainability strategies" to implement in existing and future buildings. More
Populous reveals images of Los Angeles Convention Center "decades in the making"
US architecture studio Populous has revealed images of the expansion to the Los Angeles Convention Center in Downtown Los Angeles in conjunction with the project's groundbreaking, which took place earlier this month. More
Adapt/Evolve in New York showcases "empathy" in designing for accessibility
The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York has brought together work across various disciplines for an exhibition on accessible and inclusive design, including a colourful rolling closet that neatly displays donated clothing. More
Rafael Viñoly Architects centres "transparency and rationality" for Buenos Aires skyscraper
Architecture studio Rafael Viñoly Architects has completed a 16-storey skyscraper in Buenos Aires featuring double-height floors linked by a concrete scissor stair enclosed in glass. More
Mónica Ponce de León steps down as dean of Princeton School of Architecture
Architect and educator Mónica Ponce de León will step down from her role as dean of the School of Architecture at Princeton University after 10 years of leadership. More
Adidas releases "most visually playful ball ever" for World Cup 2026
Adidas has released the official match ball for the FIFA World Cup 2026, which features a motif with a maple leaf, a star and an eagle to symbolise the tournament's three host countries, Canada, the USA and Mexico, and "an innovative new side-mounted chip system". More
PPAA "celebrates the qualities of wood" with rotating CLT pavilion in Mexico City
As part of the architecture and urban design fair Mextrópoli 2025 held in Mexico City, local studio PPAA created a pavilion made of a 23-metre-long cross-laminated timber beam suspended above rotating wood panels. More
Neutral says tariffs behind construction pause at "world's tallest mass-timber building"
Local developer Neutral has stated that construction on its mass-timber Edison skyscraper in Milwaukee, which it claims will be the "world's tallest", has been halted due to rising tariffs. More