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What ThinkLab is Hearing: Inside the Tariff Turmoil
Discover unfiltered insights from industry leaders, revealing how tariffs are reshaping strategy, pricing, and partnerships.
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A Sustainable Expansion Revitalizes a Century-Old Quebec Retreat
In its extension to a family’s country residence, Pelletier de Fontenay sought to cohere parts and climate-sensitive approaches, old and new.
Viewpoints
What ThinkLab is Hearing: Inside the Tariff Turmoil
Discover unfiltered insights from industry leaders, revealing how tariffs are reshaping strategy, pricing, and partnerships.
Programs
Presenting The 2025 METROPOLIS Future100
Here are the top 100 architecture and interior design students graduating in North America this year.
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Rice University’s New Architecture Hall Revives Terra-Cotta Tradition
Swiss firm Karamuk Kuo’s first U.S. project merg…
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Visit METROPOLIS’s Sustainability Lab at NeoCon
The Sustainability Lab will highlight innovations …
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Is the Furniture Industry Failing to Connect the Dots?
Mebl’s Michael J. Hirschhorn and Lot21’s Lew E…
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What ICFF Brand Directors are Most Excited About for 2025
Odile Hainaut and Claire Pijoulat give METROPOL…
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Studio ThusThat Gives Industrial By-products a Second Life
The Amsterdam-based designers create furniture and…
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A San Antonio Market Pairs Sustainable Agriculture With Biophilic Design
The adaptive reuse market designed by Clayton Kort…
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METROPOLIS Celebrates Earth Day 2025
At METROPOLIS, we believe that buildings can be designed in ways that support both people and the planet—Earth Day and every day.
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Is Mass Timber the Future of America’s Skylines?
DLR Group’s Stephen Cavanaugh shares what 3 million square feet of mass-timber design reveal about how America will build next.
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Sustainability
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A Sustainable Expansion Revitalizes a Century-Old Quebec Retreat
In its extension to a family’s country residence, Pelletier de Fontenay sought to cohere parts and climate-sensitive approaches, old and…
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Four Creatives Harnessing the Energy of the Sun
Designers Shani Nahum, Pauline van Dongen, Yvonne Mak, and Mireille Steinhage are imagining a future where solar textiles are the…
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Rice University’s New Architecture Hall Revives Terra-Cotta Tradition
Swiss firm Karamuk Kuo’s first U.S. project merges craft and performance with a custom ceramic rainscreen…
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How to Specify Stone Sustainably
Essential considerations and resources for selecting stone that meets environmental standards without compromising…
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Profiles
How Barbara Buser Sparked a Reuse Revolution
After three decades of perfecting how to reclaim building components, the Swiss architect is changing the rules of construction in Basel.
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Meet the 2025 Planet Positive Awards Jurors
METROPOLIS announces the esteemed jurors for the 2025 Planet Positive Awards, honoring excellence in sustainable design.
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Ronald Rael’s Solution to the Housing Crisis? Muddy Robots
The Berkeley, California–based architect’s new venture blends ancestral and artificial intelligence to create 3D-printed houses out of earth.
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Meet the Designers Building With Earth
Three international architecture practices are responding to local climate conditions through rammed earth and compressed earth bricks
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Studio De Zwarte Hond Reimagines Dutch University with Circular Renovation
The Herta Mohr building showcases how resourceful reuse can transform a legacy structure into a sustainability paradigm.
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This Arkansas Institute Brings a Holistic Vision to Health-Care Design
Designed by Marlon Blackwell Architects, Heartland Whole Health Institute weaves together nature, wellness, and architecture to reimagine how we care for the body and mind.
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The Shenzhen Energy Ring Sets a New Standard for Circular Infrastructure
The Perkins & Will–designed facility is a dynamic case study in placemaking, ensuring waste management and energy-generation become a more visible part of everyday life.
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How to Specify Stone Sustainably
