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How Construction Materials and Technologies Are Evolving
Follow METROPOLIS’s most compelling coverage of construction materials and technologies, from next-gen concrete to circular design.
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An Urban Island as Affordable Housing
LOHA Architects are expanding the definition for permanent supportive housing in Los Angeles
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Profiles
Ifeoma Ebo Is on a Quest for Urban Healing
Through trauma-informed design processes, Ebo aims for community stewardship and empowerment.
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Projects
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.
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Profiles
Breland–Harper Mines the Past to Design a Better Future
In less than a decade, Ireland-Harper, the Los Angeles–based studio has completed over 100 adaptive reuse projects.
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A New Film Calls Designers to Mimic Nature
Biocentrics, a new documentary by directors Ataliba Benaim and Fernanda Heinz Figueiredo, challenges designers to go back to the basic innovations of the natural world.
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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.
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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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Profiles
Farshid Moussavi’s Open-ended Architecture Comes to the U.S.
The London-based architect keeps both her design process and her built projects fluid and ever-changing. The Ismaili Center in Houston will be her first project in the United States.
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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.
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Profiles
An Architecture Office of the Future
Studio RAP in Rotterdam is a combination of a design studio and robotic factory.
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We Design Beirut Sheds Light on Lebanon’s Ever-resourceful Creative Community
The inaugural citywide festival incorporated exhibitions that addressed the relevancy of craft and the importance of sustainable design.
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The Denver Art Museum Explores Nature’s Eternal Sway over Architecture and Design
Biophilia: Nature Reimagined brings together 70 works that explore the relationship between nature and creativity.
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Projects
WholeTrees Brings Structural Round Timber to the Children’s Museum of Eau Claire
the Children’s Museum of Eau Claire makes use of a new carbon-smart structural round timber (SRT) by Madison, Wisconsinbased timber products company WholeTrees Structures.
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Profiles
Shepley Bulfinch Celebrates Its 150th Anniversary with Boston Exhibition
A Legacy of Design Innovation, on view through May 7, commemorates the firm’s decades long legacy of progressive practice and innovative design.
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Profiles
Walter Hood: Facing History Through Landscapes
How the celebrated landscape architect proves the power of green space to tell new stories, communicate culture, and confront hard truths
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Viewpoints
Shelter Cookbook Takes a Fresh Look at Lloyd Kahn’s Legacy
Edited by architects Leopold Banchini and Lukas Feireiss, the book provides an intimate look into the home of 85-year-old publisher, builder, and storyteller, and the influence of his self-build books on sustainable buil
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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.
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Viewpoints
How Design Bridges (and Divides) Communities Across North America
METROPOLIS's September/October 2023 explores the intersection of the built environment and community-building.
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Viewpoints
Patti Carpenter On Working With Artisans Around the World
In a recent METROPOLIS Penn 1 Talk in New York City, the global trend ambassador discussed sustaining culture through craft and design.