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WholeTrees Brings Structural Round Timber to the Children’s Museum of Eau Claire

the Children’s Museum of Eau Claire makes use of a new carbon-smart structural round timber (SRT) by Madison, Wisconsinbased timber products company WholeTrees Structures.

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MetropolisLikes Awards 2024 Are Now Open
For the 11th year, Metropolis editors seek the best products being featured at NeoCon and Design Days for the MetropolisLikes Awards program.
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Framery’s Smart Pods Prioritize Sustainability and Employee Wellness
Discover the Finnish brand’s latest innovation, the Smart Office Pod Collection.

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Exploring the Past and Future of Bio-based Materials

METROPOLIS editors round up our most compelling coverage on healthier materials and bio-based product alternatives for the building industry.

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The Healthy Transformation of a Los Angeles Warehouse
Architecture firm Patterns turns a 1940s building …
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3 Building Products that Balance Resilience and Responsibility
From windows to roofing, these three products can …
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Design Optimism Talks: Unlocking the Potential of Immersive Technology
Adipat Virdi explored the creative power of virtua…
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Behind the Evolution of L.A.’s Mobility Landscape
Renewing the Dream: The Mobility Revolution and th…
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Mae-ling Lokko Designs from the Ground Up
The designer and architectural scientist is rethin…
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Take a Step toward Circularity with These Products
Discover 10 products that make use of recycled, re…

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MoMA Misses the Roots of American Environmentalism
A historical survey of eco-conscious Modernism at MoMA underrepresents both the origins of sustainable architecture and the contemporary dilemmas of architectural discourse.
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3 Building Industry Takeaways from the UN Climate Change Conference
The built environment was a key focus at COP28, the world’s largest event dedicated to mobilizing against climate change.
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Mae-ling Lokko Designs from the Ground Up
The designer and architectural scientist is rethinking the fabric of the built environment by connecting the dots between agriculture, construction, and social equity.
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Billy Fleming and His Students Are Designing a Green New Deal
In his recent studio course, designer and University of Pennsylvania educator imagines a more just landscape architecture studio…by taking his students to a uranium mine in Greenland.
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Walter Hood: Facing History Through Landscapes
How the celebrated landscape architect proves the power of green space to tell new stories, communicate culture, and confront hard truths

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Bowdoin College Unveils Maine’s First Commercial Mass Timber Project

Discover how the new pair of HGA-designed buildings further the campus’s commitment to carbon neutrality.

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ASU’s Fusion on First Cut Its Energy Needs—and Costs—by Half
Designed by Studio Ma, the facility proves that higher education buildings can deliver on student experience, urban connectivity, and climate action while keeping the bottom line under control.
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This 120 Year Old Brooklyn Building is now a Powerhouse for the Arts
Herzog & de Meuron and PBDW have transformed the 1904 Central Power Station into a nonprofit arts fabrication facility.
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Every Object in Philadelphia’s Yowie Hotel is a Design Lover’s Dream
The Yowie Hotel is the next evolution of designer Shannon Maldonado’s homegrown design brand.

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