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Is This New York City Office the Future of the Workplace?
As the office undergoes a post-pandemic reimagining, Architecture Plus Information conceptualizes a vibrant “clubhouse” to entice workers back.
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40 Winners of the MetropolisLikes NeoCon Awards 2023
This year’s winners of the MetropolisLikes NeoCon awards represent the best furnishings and finishes for creating healthy, sustainable, work-anywhere interiors. Here’s what innovation looks like now.
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Inside Metropolis’s Sustainability Lab at NeoCon
With workshops, programs, and a showcase of sustainable manufacturing, this year’s hub shines a spotlight on circularity and regenerative design.
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What is Queer Space?
Metropolis selects over a dozen stories from its archive that celebrate the past, present, and future of queer space and LGBTQ+ designers.
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Discover Crossville’s First Carbon Neutral Tiles
From Our Partner: Crossville unveils its first car…
Projects
Inside Amsterdam’s Underwater Bike Parking Garage
Designed by VenhoevenCS, a new underwater bike par…
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Four New Types of Coworking Spaces for the Remote Work Revolution
As businesses exit or pare down traditional office…
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For These Gardeners, Planting Is a Powerful Political Act
Garden Futures: Designing with Nature, an exhibiti…
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What Happens to the Workplace When the Workers Become the Bosses?
Employee-owned companies are a growing force in Am…
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Can We Actually Measure for Social Equity?
Companies want credit for their justice initiatives. We asked five insiders if that is the best path to meaningful change.
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“Norman Foster” Show in Paris Celebrates Architecture for the Powerful
The Norman Foster retrospective at the Centre Pompidou tracks his journey to being the architect of choice for wealthy philanthropists and Silicon Valley moguls.
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Profiles
Meet the Urban Planners Reshaping Resilience in Mexico
ORU’s resilient urbanism transforms chain-link and concrete blocks into cultural…
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…
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How Singapore’s Design Freedom Grew from Strict Regulation
The island nation’s remarkable architectural narrative is getting the global regard it…
Products
Metropolis Showcases 17 Sustainable Products at Neocon 2023
With workshops, programs, and a product exhibit, the Metropolis Sustainability Lab shines a spotlight on circularity and regenerative…
Profiles
Profiles
Five Students Test Their Ideas in Three Dimensions
Members of the 2023 Metropolis Future100 brought their designs to life in CNC-milled lumber, recycled felt, 3D-printed plastic, and a host of other materials.
Profiles
Emma Weaver Designs for (and with) Empathy
This member of the 2023 Metropolis Future100 says her mission is to tell people’s stories through the interiors they inhabit.
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Four Architecture Students Respond to the Housing Crisis
With modular, quick-to assemble housing designs attuned to local needs and context, these members of the 2023 Metropolis Future100 show advanced methodologies and humanitarianism go hand in hand.
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Projects
In Colombia, a Highway Operations Center That Does So Much More
Along a rural stretch of Colombia’s national highway system, architect Giancarlo Mazzanti designed a community center that’s integrated into an infrastructure hub.
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NewLab Puts Down Roots in Detroit
Architecture firm Civilian helps transform Albert Kahn’s Detroit Book Depository into a sprawling incubator for innovations in mobility technology.
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Creative Reuse Slashes an Office Interior’s Carbon Footprint
LMN Architects achieves a carbon-friendly office renovation for a real estate client by striking a careful balance of reused and responsibly sourced materials.
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Michael Maltzan’s Hammer Museum and the Anti-Bilbao Effect
Michael Maltzan’s gradual renovation of a Los Angeles art museum points the way to cultural architecture that engages with its context rather than focusing on flash.
