USA
Snøhetta completes phase one of Times Square transformation
Green wall pioneer Patrick Blanc: “Now everybody is doing vertical gardens”
Tilting glass attraction proposed for observation deck of Chicago’s John Hancock Center
Aesop’s Chelsea boutique is shrouded in copies of The Paris Review
Amazon wins approval for Seattle headquarters inside giant orb-shaped greenhouses
Twitter’s headquarters in an Art Deco tower by IA Architects and Lundberg Design
Pop-up shop displays sunglasses on golden girders embedded in gravel
Julia Morgan becomes first woman to receive AIA Gold Medal
Car elevators in Porsche Design’s Miami tower will give billionaires drive-in apartments
John Maeda leaves Rhode Island School of Design for venture capital firm and eBay
Daniel Libeskind designs metallic apartment block for Berlin
Kanye West announces second film in interview about working with Rem Koolhaas
Airbnb removes “knockoff” Navy Chairs from new headquarters
Google joins forces with major auto brands to bring Android to car dashboards
Sophia Chang installs stretchy fabric tunnels through a gallery
Airbnb’s San Francisco headquarters features rooms modelled on real apartments
OMA and Foster to work alongside Hollywood duo on Miami Beach
Jony Ive “more important to Apple now than Steve Jobs was”
Jacques Herzog: The Pérez Art Museum “is a naked structure”
Ecological urban spa made from shipping containers planned for San Francisco
Herzog & de Meuron is “deconstructing stupid architecture” in Miami
Dezeen’s A-Zdvent calendar: Frank Gehry
Foster unveils extension plans for Florida’s Norton Museum of Art
