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Wellness
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Viewpoints
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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Products
The Anthros Chair Goes Beyond Ergonomics
A brand-new task chair comes out of decades-long evidence-based research into wheelchair design and the human body.
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Products
4 Color Trends That Are Good for the Brain
New research into neuroscience suggests that color affects our psyche, emotions, and bodies. Here are four color-ways to shape moods and memories.
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Products
8 Products and Sustainability Takeaways from KBIS 2024
Responsible manufacturing and healthy materials took centerstage at KBIS 2024, with new releases and programming.
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Products
Good Building Blocks for a Luxurious Dark Bathroom
Spa-like restrooms continue to be popular for homes, hotels, and other commercial spaces alike, so it’s no surprise that deep, somber tones with flashes of glamour abound among the new releases at this year’s Kitchen
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Projects
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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Projects
Passive House Is Now a Platform for More
Explore three projects that demonstrate a shift in thinking about the sustainability standard from a goal to a means.
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Projects
This Brooklyn Multifamily Community Is Sustainable—and Affordable
Passive House mixed-use development Chestnut Commons provides affordable housing to formerly homeless and low-income residents within a self-sustaining neighborhood.
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Products
What Can We Do About PVC?
The risks of polyvinyl chloride are well known, and the alternatives are getting better. Are we ready to make the PVC pivot?
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Products
7 Healthier Alternatives to Conventional PVC Products
Here are some innovative PVC swaps, oldie-but-goodie alternatives, or solutions focused on using the thermoplastic responsibly.
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Profiles
Marcos Lutyens and the Exploration of Consciousness Through Art
How the great nephew of famed architect Edwin Lutyens has charted his own path, investigating perception and the mind as a multidisciplinary artist.
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Products
These 4 Outdoor Lights are Dark Skies Friendly
Outdoor lights that have the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) seal of approval are sensitive to their impact on humans and other forms of life.
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Programs
4 Thinkers Inspiring Optimism in Design
Metropolis hosted the second annual Design Optimism conference at California College of the Arts in San Francisco, bringing architects and designers together for a day of finding hope in radical new ideas.
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Programs
Take the Positive Impact Personality Quiz
The Positive Impact Personality Quiz will help you discover your passions and temperament for creating change through design.
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Projects
The 2023 Conscious Design Awards Celebrate Creativity with Purpose
The 2023 student winners of the Conscious Design Awards address ecological regeneration, eco-friendly consumption, and climate change.
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Projects
How a Health Care Clinic Applied Trauma Informed Design to Serve the LGBTQIA+ Community
With space for public programs as well as a sense of privacy and security Perkins&Will’s Family Tree Clinic answers the question, “What does healing look like to you?”
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Products
15 Design Products Offer New Takes on Earth Tones
Across categories and materials, the palette and patterns of the natural world are trending. Here are some of the products that do earth tones best.
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Programs
5 Thinkers Inspiring Optimism in Design
Metropolis hosted architects and designers for a day of finding hope in radical new ideas.
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Profiles
What Can Doctors and Designers Learn From One Another?
Dr. Bon Ku, author of Health Design Thinking explored the relationship between wellbeing and architecture at Metropolis’s inaugural Design Optimism symposium.
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Viewpoints
Examining the Intersection of Health and Design
The September/October issue of Metropolis takes a global look at how the work of architects and designers is impacting people’s health and well-being.