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Making the Case for Slate
CUPACLAD’s Drew Ford shares how this ancient material, paired with modern engineering, meets today’s sustainability and performance standards.
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Redefining the Library as Community Hub—On a Massive Scale
Helix Architecture + Design reimagines 33 Kansas City–area libraries as dynamic centers for learning, gathering, and creativity.
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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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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.
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Sustainability News Updates for Q4 2025
A year of policy ups and downs in the United State…
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Weaving Nature’s Visual Language into Built Environments
Three B+N product collections answer the growing d…
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Bringing Nature and People Together in Joyful Outdoor Spaces
Norwegian furniture company Vestre expands the ide…
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How Preserved Nature Is Transforming Interiors
Garden on the Wall®’s preserved garden and plan…
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5 Smart Designs That Boost Brain Function
Discover products that blend neuroscience and biop…
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The End of Net Zero as We Know It
Architect and climate strategist Anthony Brower explains how the current language of Net Zero is a “good idea worn thin by its own optimism.”
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How Can Architecture Reflect the Needs of Its Communities?
Community engagement is a hot topic in design, but what is it and, more importantly, how do we do it? Here, we’ve gathered some top insights from our archives.
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5 Smart Designs That Boost Brain Function
Discover products that blend neuroscience and biophilic design to boost focus, reduce stress, and support brain…
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Where Housing Meets Humanity
Three innovative housing projects that focus on care, community, and climate, redefining public housing with…
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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…
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Profiles
Mexico City’s Locus Blends Vernacular Architecture with Climate Reparations
Sana Frini and Jachen Schleich defined a reinvigorating pathway for thinking about climate repair from the perspective of subtropical regions.
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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.
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Projects
Jeanne Gang on Harvard’s New Rubenstein Treehouse
The architect unpacks how material, structure, and openness converge in the university’s first mass timber building.
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Kazakhstan’s Almaty Museum Celebrates Central Asian Art
Designed by London-based Chapman Taylor, the project is the city’s first private museum.
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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.
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In Chicago, a Shuttered School Becomes a Beacon of Community Design
Lamar Johnson Collaborative turns the former elementary school into the Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation, a hub for career training and community pride.
