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A New Housing Model for the Missing Middle
In Madison, Wisconsin, 301 Vanilla rethinks middle-income housing through prefabrication, low-carbon construction, and an architecture that prioritizes character over convention.
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Gourmega Reconfigures the Communal Table
Designed by Mariam Issoufou for Ghetto Gastro cofounder Jon Gray, the restaurant uses a modular system of tables and a café-tasting room model to reshape communal dining across day and night.
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METROPOLIS’s Sustainability Lab Returns to NeoCon
Discover tools, ideas, and inspiration to make thoughtful material choices for a sustainable future.
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The 2026 Planet Positive Awards
Applying to the most comprehensive awards for sustainable and healthy design will be easier than ever! Here’s everything you need to know.
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An A-to-Z Guide to the America We Want to Build
For the United States’ 250th anniversary, METROP…
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For Lovers Unite, Architecture is About Lived Experience
The firm is known in Los Angeles for its creative …
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What Happens When Sustainability Drives Design
At the METROPOLIS Sustainability Leadership Summit…
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On Maui, an Off-Grid House Is Tuned to Culture and Climate
Kupono Hale combines passive design, solar power, …
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Viewpoints
We Need a New Approach to Designing for Autism
Architects and designers need to update their strategies for neuroinclusive design. Recent research points the way forward.
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Report: METROPOLIS Weighs in on Sustainable Design in the U.S.
The METROPOLIS Interface U.S. Sustainable Design Report 2026 captures the state of green building today and what comes next.
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Projects
A New Housing Model for the Missing Middle
In Madison, Wisconsin, 301 Vanilla rethinks middle-income housing through prefabrication, low-carbon construction, and an architecture that prioritizes…
Products
METROPOLIS’s Sustainability Lab Returns to NeoCon
Discover tools, ideas, and inspiration to make thoughtful material choices for a sustainable…
Projects
On Maui, an Off-Grid House Is Tuned to Culture and Climate
Kupono Hale combines passive design, solar power, and local, upcycled materials in a new vision of Hawai‘i…
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From Transfer Machine to Front Door: Pittsburgh Reinvents Its Airport
Pittsburgh International Airport’s new $1.7-billion terminal transforms a once-fragmented system into a unified, landscape-driven “front door” to the…
Profiles
Profiles
Glasgow’s O’DonnellBrown Balances Conservation and Community Centered Design
From outdoor classrooms to riverside parks, the Scottish architecture studio specializes in adaptive reuse projects that give back to the community.
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This Student Dreams of Engaging the Public Through Design
METROPOLIS Future100 2026 honoree Emily Zheng champions civic landscapes made with community engagement.
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Designing Architecture in Dialogue with Water
METROPOLIS Future100 2026 honoree Kimhour Lor examines Cambodia’s complex and evolving relationship with water amid the climate crisis.
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This UVA Campus Building Asks Students to Slow Down
At the University of Virginia, Aidlin Darling Design creates the Contemplative Commons, a cross-disciplinary hub where calm, clarity, and connection are embedded in the architecture itself.
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The Boredom Factor: Rethinking Sustainable Design for Millennia
MIT’s Matter Design Lab and Cemex imagine a future where architecture is a reconfigurable artifact passed between generations.
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Electrolit’s Houston Headquarters Brings Guadalajaran Craft to a Texan Landmark
For Electrolit’s growing US operations, a team of Mexican, Spanish, and American architects reimagined a 1930 Spanish Revival structure in Houston
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BLDUS Unveils a Cork-Wrapped Home in a Washington D.C. Alley
Adjacent to another BLDUS project, the house is made of locally sourced redwood, cedar, black locust board, and Bamcore Eucalyptus panels.
