New York City was amply represented during last night's National Design Awards at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. The Landscape Design award went to PWP Landscape Architecture, the firm that won the World Trade Center Memorial design competition (with Michael Arad). PWP Principal Peter Walker thanked Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Pataki and described the last four years as "difficult," presumably for the number of redesigns and challenges with moving the project forward, but he......

Of the world’s total population of 6.5 billion, 90% (that's 5.8 billion people) have little or no access to things the rest of us take for granted - with nearly half not having regular access to food, clean water, or shelter. Design for the Other 90% is an exhibit on view at Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum through September 23rd, and it focuses on affordable and innovative products not geared towards the 10% getting Crate and......

Design nerds won’t be disappointed by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum’s 2006 triennial. The exhibition, featuring the work of 87 designers and firms, touches animation, new media, fashion, robotics, architecture, medicine, graphics and everything in-between. Curated by Barbara Bloemink, Ellen Lupton and Matilda McQuaid, the show makes it clear that New York and design are no mismatched pair. Standouts include Josh Davis’ program-generated vector graphics, Jason Miller’s haunting retro furnishings (picture dusty red tables......

+ What would Olmsted and Vaux say about the complainers in Prospect Park? We're just happy there's been no violent crime there lately. + The Gatehouse: "First new performance space to open in Harlem in a generation." The 1890 Romanesque Revival building was restored for $21 million. + Peck Slip redesign should include green space and a piazza, urges community board. But cobblestones are tricky, says area man. + The "long-neglected" Flatbush Ave. corridor from......

Australian architect Sean Godsell's FutureShack converts a typical shipping container into a mobile shelter for the homeless or refugees. An entry into the Architecture For Humanity competition on relief housing, each solar-powered unit is fully self-contained. Its stackable shell makes for efficient shipping, and within 24 hours a FutureShack can be ready for occupancy. Sleeker than a New York City studio apartment (and possibly larger), Gothamist loves that although the pared-down finishes and minimal fittings......