This week on Dezeen, British practice David Chipperfield Architects completed an overhaul of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin and revealed a skyscraper in New York.
In Berlin, the studio carried out a "surgical" renovation of Mies van der Rohe's museum, which is the only building he designed in Europe after his emigration to the USA.
David Chipperfield Architects aimed to retain the architect's original vision for the gallery while updating the ageing structure and reorganising the lower floor.
Meanwhile in New York, the studio unveiled The Bryant. The 32-storey concrete block in Midtown Manhattan, which overlooks Bryant Park and the New York Public Library, contains a hotel and residential apartments. Salone del Mobile to go ahead in September 2021 following "constructive internal debate"
This week the organisers of Milan's Salone del Mobile ended speculation that the event would be canceled or moved to a smaller venue by confirming that the furniture fair will take place.
The fair, considered the most important design fair in the world, will run as planned at the Fiera Milano exhibition centre from 5 to 10 September.
Antarctica's first flag aims to give the uninhabited continent a voice in the climate crisis
In other design news, American journalist Evan Townsend shared his design for an Antarctic flag ? which he believes is the first to be widely used on the continent.
Named True South, the flag was designed to giv...