New York

A major skyscraper has received the thumbs-up for construction in Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the eye-catching 5 World Trade Center will be the only residential skyscraper to be built on the World Trade Center site.

Plans have been revealed for a remarkable new skyscraper development in Manhattan, New York City. Named Avenir, it will consist of two matching towers, which will be connected by a skybridge that's situated 630 ft above the city streets.

Artist Olafur Eliasson and architect Sebastian Behmann have enclosed a courtyard at the AKG Art Museum with an intricate glass canopy. Inspired by the area's weather patterns, the project is defined by a stunning vortex-like funnel.

Following the completion of its Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts just a few days ago, Studio Gang has now finished work on its American Museum of Natural History extension, which features an eye-catching sculpted rock-like form.

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has revealed plans for a new development on NYC's Governors Island that will focus on promoting ideas to tackle climate change. It will boast impressive green technology and produce its own power and non-potable water.

Influential firm Bjarke Ingels Group has been commissioned to design a new movie studio complex. Named Samson Stages Red Hook Studio, the $400 million project is envisioned as a "vertical village," and will take the form of six stacked blocks.

Commissioned to create a new library in the Bronx, Snøhetta has drawn inspiration from the NYC borough's relative abundance of trees to design an eye-catching building that will sport a green exterior and significant sustainability features.

You'll have to pilot this next-gen aircraft yourself – although that'll be easier than you'd think. Lift Aircraft says it'll take you less than an hour to learn to fly its Hexa eVTOL, and then you're off on a unique and spectacular sightseeing trip.

Foster + Partners has completed its third skyscraper in recent weeks. Rising to a height of 206.45 m in New York City, 425 Park Avenue is defined by an eye-catching exterior that puts its bracing on the outside, freeing up floorspace within.

Following recent reports of the first polio case in the US in almost a decade, the CDC reported the virus has been detected in wastewater samples as far back as June in Rockland County, a region north of New York City known for low vaccination rates.

BIG has designed the new premises for the Robert De Niro-backed Wildflower Studios. The project is described by the firm as the "first vertical film studio in the world" and will also create New York City's first purpose-built production soundstage.

You could be forgiven for assuming that New York's recently completed Rose Hill skyscraper was built at the same time as the Empire State Building as the luxury residential tower was influenced by the city's Art Deco skyscrapers.