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    The 2023 Conscious Design Awards Celebrate Creativity with Purpose

    … the FutureThe bigger challenge in preserving historically significant buildings isn’t in giving them a second life—it’s preparing them for later reincarnations.

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    WantedDesign’s Conscious Design Awards Honor Student Projects that Promise to Make a Difference

    … UK) for her Welcome Box project. You may also enjoy “Design Student Proposes Small, But Humane Tweaks to Swiss Refugee Bunkers” Would you like to comment on this article? Send your thoughts to: [email protected] Register here for Metropolis Webinars Connect with experts and design leaders on the most important conversations of the day.

  • Programs

    Presenting The 2024 METROPOLIS Future100

    … com. We would be happy to connect you. Would you like to comment on this article? Send your thoughts to: [email protected] Student Future100 RelatedProjectsThe 2023 Conscious Design Awards Celebrate Creativity with PurposeThe 2023 student winners of the Conscious Design Awards address ecological regeneration, eco-friendly consumption, and climate change.ViewpointsThe School of Architecture …

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    Exploring the Past and Future of Bio-based Materials

    … properties can help reduce the global e-waste problem. Meanwhile, for the WantedDesign’s Conscious Design Awards, students at the Monterrey Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture, Art and Design devised solar lamps with materials indigenous to Mexico’s many biomes. Finally, from METROPOLIS’ own Planet Positive Awards comes Dappled Light, a PVC-free

  • Products

    Looking Back at NYCxDESIGN 2023

    … selected RelatedProductsLooking Back at NYCxDESIGN 2023From explorations in modularity, materiality, and methodology, this year’s city wide event had more to offer than ever before.ProjectsThe 2023 Conscious Design Awards Celebrate Creativity with PurposeThe 2023 student winners of the Conscious Design Awards address ecological regeneration, eco-friendly consumption, and climate change.ProfilesQ&A: Bruce Mau …

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    The School of Architecture Adapts to an Uncertain Future

    … SAM LUBELL Would you like to comment on this article? Send your thoughts to: [email protected] No tags selected No tags selected RelatedProjectsThe 2023 Conscious Design Awards Celebrate Creativity with PurposeThe 2023 student winners of the Conscious Design Awards address ecological regeneration, eco-friendly consumption, and climate change.ViewpointsThe School of Architecture Adapts …

  • Programs

    Announcing the 2023 Metropolis Future100 Report

    … the 2023 Future100 Here Would you like to comment on this article? Send your thoughts to: [email protected] No tags selected No tags selected RelatedProjectsThe 2023 Conscious Design Awards Celebrate Creativity with PurposeThe 2023 student winners of the Conscious Design Awards address ecological regeneration, eco-friendly consumption, and climate change.ViewpointsThe School of Architecture …

  • Profiles

    Namita Chandrashekar Designs for Harmony with the Natural World

    … world. COURTESY NAMITA CHANDRASHEKAR Would you like to comment on this article? Send your thoughts to: [email protected] No tags selected No tags selected RelatedProjectsThe 2023 Conscious Design Awards Celebrate Creativity with PurposeThe 2023 student winners of the Conscious Design Awards address ecological regeneration, eco-friendly consumption, and climate change.ViewpointsThe School of Architecture …

  • Programs

    Presenting The 2023 Metropolis Future100

    … happy to connect you. Would you like to comment on this article? Send your thoughts to: [email protected] No tags selected No tags selected RelatedProjectsThe 2023 Conscious Design Awards Celebrate Creativity with PurposeThe 2023 student winners of the Conscious Design Awards address ecological regeneration, eco-friendly consumption, and climate change.ViewpointsThe School of Architecture …

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    Five Students Test Their Ideas in Three Dimensions

    … encourage a sustainable lifestyle. Would you like to comment on this article? Send your thoughts to: [email protected] No tags selected No tags selected RelatedProjectsThe 2023 Conscious Design Awards Celebrate Creativity with PurposeThe 2023 student winners of the Conscious Design Awards address ecological regeneration, eco-friendly consumption, and climate change.ViewpointsThe School of Architecture …