Awards
Announcing the Winners of the 2025 METROPOLIS Planet Positive Awards
METROPOLIS’s Planet Positive Award winners represent excellence in sustainable, healthy, just design at every scale in the built environment.
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Inside and Outside Johns Hopkins’ New Bloomberg Student Center
Inside the New BIG and Rockwell’s Bloomberg Student Center At Johns Hopkins, a new student center reconnects the university to Baltimore and redefines how students gather, collaborate, and unwind.
Programs
Be Recognized as One of the Top 100 A&D Graduates in North America
Future100 connects top graduating talent with leading architecture and design firms across North America.
Programs
Working Together for a Better Built Environment
Join decision makers for a better built environment at the METROPOLIS Sustainability Lab + Conference 2025. Register now!
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Designers Rethinking Our Relationship to Water
Across sculpture, planning, and public space, desi…
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In Chicago, a Shuttered School Becomes a Beacon of Community Design
Lamar Johnson Collaborative turns the former eleme…
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How Can Architecture Reflect the Needs of Its Communities?
Community engagement is a hot topic in design, but…
Products
8 Tone-Setting Products Shaping Guest Experience
Blending function with luxury, these new hospitali…
Profiles
Mexico City’s Locus Blends Vernacular Architecture with Climate Reparations
Sana Frini and Jachen Schleich defined a reinvigor…
Viewpoints
Viewpoints
How a Fresh Materials Mindset Can Transform Your Projects
METROPOLIS’s Products 2025 issue explores inspired material alternatives that prevent harm, do good, and expand what’s possible in design.
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Exhibit Columbus 2025: Exploring Site, History, and Community
The fifth edition of the festival pays tribute to the city’s rich Modernist heritage while also re-examining the importance of shared public spaces.
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How to Embrace AI in Your Workflow
From automation to analysis, these 6 AI tools can collaborate with architects, designers, and manufacturers….
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4 Metals Transforming Building Aesthetics
Metals that are expanding design & performance with less carbon, better energy efficiency, and bold…
Products
8 New Textiles Weave Comfort with Care
With calming tones and sustainable materials, the latest textiles blend beauty, responsibility, and…
Products
8 Sleek Ways to Soften Sound
Discover how sound can shape your space with innovative design elements that enhance commercial…
Profiles
Profiles
METROPOLIS Future100: Where Are They Now?
METROPOLIS Future100 alumni are shaping the built environment in bold and inspiring ways. Catch up with past honorees as they share career milestones, lessons learned, and advice for the next generation of designers.
Profiles
Meet the 2025 Net Zero Conference Trailblazer Award Nominees
METROPOLIS announces the 2025 honorees for the Trailblazer Awards, celebrating leaders in climate and community impact.
Projects
Projects
A Massive Public Works Project in Toronto Creates a Park and Revives Ecologies
Designed Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, The opening of Biidaasige Park marks an early milestone in long-term efforts to “renaturalize” and develop a part of the city’s waterfront.
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A Massive Public Works Project in Toronto Creates a Park and Revives Ecologies
Designed Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, The opening of Biidaasige Park marks an early milestone in long-term efforts to “renaturalize” and develop a part of the city’s waterfront.
Projects
Brutalist Plaza in Minneapolis Gets a “Surgical” Redesign
By considering reuse and accessibility, Coen+Partners’ redesign of Paul Friedberg’s iconic landscape is the kind of historic preservation we need.
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3 Workplaces with Light Carbon Footprints
These office designs demonstrate that avoiding carbon emissions goes hand in hand with cost savings, healthier spaces, and beautiful interiors.
