Stories by Jenna McKnight
SOM creates a rounded library wrapped in aluminium fins for Chicago’s Chinatown
Giant 3D-printed replica of Palmyra Arch will be installed in London and New York
HCWD launches white-concrete version of portable LED Brick lamp
SHoP proposes New York’s tallest timber-framed building
Four finalists announced for revamp of Pershing Square in downtown LA
URAStudio creates minimal boutique in Istanbul for Cashmere in Love
Clive Wilkinson suggests “carpet bombing” London with a co-working office in the sky
Commune converts 1960s Space Age-style bank into a hotel in North Carolina
Seattle running store by goCstudio has hanging racks that can be raised toward the ceiling
Aluminium louvres screen facade of Toronto home by Paul Raff Studio
Taylor and Miller creates sculptural weekend home beside a Massachusetts lake
US designers create Christmas decorations to raise funds for Detroit museum
Four designs aim to improve sidewalk sheds around New York construction sites
Lever Architecture proposes timber-framed tower for Portland
ODO unveils cotton jeans and T-shirts that clean themselves
SHoP designs schools for earthquake-ravaged areas of Nepal
Woodland Quebec home by Bourgeois Lechasseur features a facade of wooden tiles
Designers create winter installation for Montreal featuring 30 glowing seesaws
Oregon fire station by Hennebery Eddy features a burnt wood facade
Sight Unseen’s LA exhibition showcases work from “focal point of the American design scene”
Google aims to turn unloved Wi-Fi routers into design objects with crazy covers
LA’s Petersen Automotive Museum reopens with KPF-designed metal-ribbon facade