New York City’s Design Commission honored 11 public construction projects—including a salt shed, Diesel monitoring booth, rooftop pavilion, and community center—at the 29th Annual Awards for Excellence in Design on June 20.

The MoMA PS1 courtyard in Queens has become a temporary residence for ping-pong and foosball tables, wading pools, a sandbox, and a lifeguard stand — untraditional adornments for an award-winning art installation and a hip outdoor concert venue.

At the High Line, a sound installation uses computer-generated voices to deliver messages to visitors that are an amusing amalgam of advice, gentle admonishment, and flattery.

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The Philbrook Museum of Art previewed plans for a satellite exhibition and study center in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 14 at Christie’s in Manhattan. The Philbrook is working with New York City-based Gluckman Mayner Architects to convert 30,000 square feet of an industrial warehouse — located in Tulsa’s Brady Arts District — into display and educational spaces.

Image courtesy of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

Every two years since 2001, Archiprix International has presented the world’s best graduation projects in the fields of architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture. University-level colleges from around the world are invited to take part by selecting and submitting their best graduation projects.

The Danish nonprofit INDEX announced 61 finalists from 27 countries in its bi-annual design awards competition. 

Courtesy of nosha on FlickrEntries are now being accepted for By the City / For the City, a two-phase design competition for New York City designers, architects, planners, and students, that focuses on improving life in Gotham.

Appearing in front of Cupertino's city council, the Apple CEO and cult leader to the technology obsessed made his case for a proposed new headquarters in the California city. Video after the jump.