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How to Specify for a Happier World

METROPOLIS's 2024 Products Issue proves that a materials renaissance is under way—and it's great for people and the planet.
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Monroe Street Abbey Is an Armature from the Past for the Future

Discover how Jones Studio transformed the ruins of a former Baptist church in Phoenix into a community-centered garden and event venue.
Products

How the Furniture Industry is Stepping Up on Circularity

Responding to new studies on the environmental impact of furniture, manufacturers, dealers, and start-ups are accelerating their carbon and circularity initiatives.
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McDonald’s Reimagines its Interiors through Radical Circular Design

A pilot program launching in McDonald’s France and Belgium aims to create sustainable interior renovations for the global fast-food brand
Projects

In Mexico, a Coworking Space Captures a Community’s Creative Spirit

Santa Tere Espacio, a colorful adaptive reuse project in San Miguel de Allende, is a collaboration between Oficina de Diseño Colaborativo, Maye Colab, and Atelier TBD.
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Is Paris’s Olympics Architecture Right-Sized for our Times?

With its tight environmental targets, reuse of historic landmarks, and adaptable housing, Paris 2024 aims to make hosting the Olympics thrifty and useful to the city.
Viewpoints

32 Adaptive Reuse Projects for a Better Future

Through decades of coverage, METROPOLIS rounds up the best adaptive reuse stories and projects from around the globe.
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This New Cultural District is Creating Community on Detroit’s East Side

Little Village, a hub of parks, art galleries, cultural spaces, artist studios, restaurants, and more, is expanding the city’s revitalization beyond downtown.
Profiles

Axel Olson Leans Into the Conceptual Side of Architecture

Breaking barriers and crossing disciplines comes naturally for this University of Michigan master's candidate and METROPOLIS Future100 honoree.
Projects

Inside Google’s New York HQ in Historic St. John’s Terminal

A collaboration with CookFox and Gensler, the innovative adaptive reuse project transformed the 1930s rail station into a high-performance workplace that is designed to evolve.
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The Healthy Transformation of a Los Angeles Warehouse

Architecture firm Patterns turns a 1940s building into a senior care facility, resisting the car centricity of the area.
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This 120 Year Old Brooklyn Building is now a Powerhouse for the Arts

Herzog & de Meuron and PBDW have transformed the 1904 Central Power Station into a nonprofit arts fabrication facility.
Viewpoints

These 15 Must-Reads Will Prepare You for 2024

We've gathered some of our best 2023 articles to inspire, provoke, and galvanize you for the year ahead.
Viewpoints

Can Designers Find New Beauty in Circularity?

METROPOLIS's July/August 2023 issue looks at the many benefits of circular, regenerative design—including new forms of pleasure and delight.
Profiles

Meet Seven Superstars of Salvage

Drawing on breakthrough research, tools, and sourcing systems, these groups are championing building-material reuse.
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Two Massachusetts Communities gain a Center at an Upcycled Landmark

How CambridgeSeven creatively reprogramed an old pump station to welcome users from two very different neighborhood groups.
Profiles

Woodward Throwbacks Transforms Landfill-Bound Goods into Modern Furniture

The Detroit-based manufacturer is one of several groups drawing on breakthrough research, tools, and sourcing systems to change building-material reuse.
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3 Adaptive Reuse Projects Prioritize Flexibility for the Future

The bigger challenge in preserving historically significant buildings isn’t in giving them a second life—it’s preparing them for later reincarnations.
Profiles

Rheaply Brings Ingenuity to Recycling Building Materials

Drawing on breakthrough research, tools, and sourcing systems, these seven groups are championing building-material reuse.
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Salvage Superstar: Renovation Angel

This Fairfield, New Jersey–based recycler is one of seven groups drawing on breakthrough research, tools, and sourcing systems to change building-material reuse.