USA
Annabelle Selldorf designs New York showroom for piano maker Steinway & Sons
AIA announces seven winners of library design awards
BIG’s plan for Smithsonian campus in Washington DC sparks opposition
AIA announces top 10 housing projects for 2016 awards
Standard Architecture creates minimal Hollywood showroom for Helmut Lang
Boston architecture students complain about “unacceptable” studio space
Iowa graduate students design military shelters for combat zones to help soldiers feel safer
“Disparity in the values assigned to architecture and landscape architecture continues”
Studio Gang’s supertall Chicago tower will include $17.1 million penthouse
Peter Berkowitz builds sleeping pod in friend’s apartment to escape San Francisco rents
“Americans are not savvy when it comes to design brands” says Ahalife founder Shauna Mei
Ahalife appoints former Net-A-Porter head to help it become “Neiman’s for design”
Rafael Moneo designs luxury condo towers for the Miami waterfront
ZGF conceals a Stanford University power plant behind metal screens
Colorado architecture students design rugged micro cabins for Outward Bound
“Creative office space is the dominant aesthetic of our time”
Co-working company WeWork unveils its first co-living apartments in New York
Flex tampon is designed to be worn during sex
LA architects create imaginative cat houses for charity auction
WA Sauna by goCstudio floats on Seattle’s Lake Union
Brook&Lyn creates minimal fashion showroom at Everlane offices
Sunken “sidescraper” bordering New York’s Central Park wins skyscraper competition
Mobile lingerie shop by SAW and MOA designed to travel across the US