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What Are the Next Steps for Post-Pandemic Materiality?
Designers can help create healthy, safe interiors with thoughtful surface and filtration selections.
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The Joy of Knowing Virgil Abloh
Amid farewells to the late artistic director of Louis Vuitton men’s wear, who died November 28th from a rare form of cancer at age 41, friend and fellow architect Dong-Ping Wong remembers his irresistible verve.
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This is What Germany’s First Second-Hand House Looks Like
Outside of Hanover, Germany, a curious client and an innovative architecture office pushed the limits on the possibility of building with recycled materials.
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Calling all Responsible Disruptors in Architecture and Design!
Metropolis’s Responsible Disruptors program seeks to recognize the best A&D Tech and Research that changes the world for the better.
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A New Exhibition in Berlin Explores the Human Side of Architecture
HWKN’s Shape Tomorrow infuses buildings with per…
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A Book Chronicles Marcel Breuer’s House Designs for Friends
The illustrated volume Breuer’s Bohemia traces the…
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The Metropolis Ultimate 2021 Holiday Gift Guide
Metropolis editors select the best design-minded g…
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A Development Hopes to Bring 24-Hour Energy to Atlanta
Located in Atlanta’s West Midtown neighborhood, …
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Toronto’s Sculptural Stormwater Treatment Plant Sparks an Interest in Infrastructure
Designed by gh3 architects, the geometric structur…
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A New Crop of Desks Stresses Collaboration, Connectivity, and Wellness
The rise in work from home has led to an explosion…
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Viewpoints
The Joy of Knowing Virgil Abloh
Amid farewells to the late artistic director of Louis Vuitton men’s wear, who died November 28th from a rare form of cancer at age 41, friend and fellow architect Dong-Ping Wong remembers his irresistible verve.
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Viewpoints
A Book Chronicles Marcel Breuer’s House Designs for Friends
The illustrated volume Breuer’s Bohemia traces the architect’s special collection of modern houses designed for artists and patrons in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
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Sustainability
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This is What Germany’s First Second-Hand House Looks Like
Outside of Hanover, Germany, a curious client and an innovative architecture office pushed the limits on the possibility of building with recycled…
Projects
Toronto’s Sculptural Stormwater Treatment Plant Sparks an Interest in Infrastructure
Designed by gh3 architects, the geometric structure uses architecture to help the public better understand their…
Products
Furniture Brand Vaarnii Celebrates the Possibilities of Pine
The self-proclaimed “brutally Finnish” furniture brand’s inaugural collection features pieces by talents such as Mac Collins, Max Lamb, and Kwangho Lee….
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Susan Lyons Discusses the Future of Contract Interiors with Metropolis
Part of this year’s Metropolis Specify Hot List, the president of textile manufacturer Designtex has led the company on sustainability efforts including…
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Profiles
Susan Lyons Discusses the Future of Contract Interiors with Metropolis
Part of this year’s Metropolis Specify Hot List, the president of textile manufacturer Designtex has led the company on sustainability efforts including operating carbon neutral for 11 years.
Profiles
At Mannington Mills, Roby Isaac Invigorates Product Design with Fine Art
The vice president of commercial design for Mannington Mills and part of this year’s Metropolis Specify Hot List pursues partnerships with fine artists.
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Jane Abernethy Insists on Walking the Talk
Humanscale’s chief sustainability officer, and a part of this year’s Metropolis Specify Hot List, has led the company through dozens of green product certifications.
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100 Years After the Tulsa Race Massacre, the Story of Greenwood Continues
Opening on August 4, the Greenwood Rising Black Wall Street History Center attempts to tell the full story of Oklahoma’s Black Wall Street.
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A Santa Monica Headquarters by RIOS Supports Hybridized Work Routines
For tech company GoodRx, the Los Angeles–based firm designed a 76,000-square-foot HQ filled with flexible workspaces and biophilic design elements.
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Hong Kong’s New M+ Museum Is a Beautiful Study in Contradiction
Designed by Herzog & De Meuron, the impressive building asserts Hong Kong’s cultural ascendancy while also magnifying the region’s unescapable political tensions
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A Neon Pink Structure Rises in the Metaverse
Digital designers Benny Or and Cyril Lancelin discuss their four-story NFT environment, The Meeting Place, and the potentials for metaverse architecture.
