Announcing the Winners of the 2024 METROPOLIS Planet Positive Awards

METROPOLIS’s Planet Positive Award winners represent excellence in sustainable, healthy, just design at every scale in the built environment.

View past winners of the METROPOLIS awards program

Sections

Workplace

Judges: Holly Samuelson, Associate Professor of Architecture, Harvard University; Ingrid Spencer, Executive Director, AIA Austin; Avi Rajagopal, Editor in Chief, Metropolis

Workplace Winner


Stanley Center for Peace and Security
Neumann Monson Architects
Muscatine, Iowa

Workplace Honorable Mention


Lake|Flato San Antonio Office Transformation
Lake|Flato Architects
San Antonio, Texas

Education

Judges: Holly Samuelson, Associate Professor of Architecture, Harvard University; Ingrid Spencer, Executive Director, AIA Austin; Avi Rajagopal, Editor in Chief, Metropolis

Education | Higher Education Winner


Walker Hall Graduate Student Center
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
Davis, California

Education | K-12 Winner


Nueva School Science and Environmental Center
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
Hillsborough, California

Higher Education Honorable Mention


Austin Community College Highland Campus Phase II
BGK Architects, Perkins&Will
Austin, Texas 

Civic & Cultural

Judges: Holly Samuelson, Associate Professor of Architecture, Harvard University; Ingrid Spencer, Executive Director, AIA Austin; Avi Rajagopal, Editor in Chief, Metropolis

Small Civic & Cultural Winner


The Children’s Museum of Eau Claire
Holzman Moss Bottino, Steinberg Hart, WholeTrees Structures
Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Large Civic & Cultural Winner


Seattle Convention Center Summit Building
LMN Architects
In association with Graham Baba Architects, Scharrer AD, Rolluda Architects, Tiscareno Associates
Seattle, Washington

Multifamily

Judges: Holly Samuelson, Associate Professor of Architecture, Harvard University; Ingrid Spencer, Executive Director, AIA Austin; Avi Rajagopal, Editor in Chief, Metropolis

Multifamily Winner


Blue Oak Landing
David Baker Architects
Vallejo, California

Single-Family Home

Judges: Holly Samuelson, Associate Professor of Architecture, Harvard University; Ingrid Spencer, Executive Director, AIA Austin; Avi Rajagopal, Editor in Chief, Metropolis

Single-Family Home Winner


Brucewood Homes
RODE Architects
West Roxbury, Massachusetts

Single-Family Home Honorable Mention


The House at 436 Indiana Street
Studio 804
Lawrence, Kansas

Retail and Showroom

Judges: Holly Samuelson, Associate Professor of Architecture, Harvard University; Ingrid Spencer, Executive Director, AIA Austin; Avi Rajagopal, Editor in Chief, Metropolis

Retail and Showroom Winner


Humanscale Showroom Chicago
Reddymade
Chicago

Innovation

Judges: Drew Shula, Founder and CEO, Verdical Group; Katie Macdonald, Assistant Professor of Architecture, University of Virginia; Avi Rajagopal, Editor in Chief, Metropolis

Products

Judges: Christine Vandover, Senior Project Interior Designer, HOK; Tanya Eagle, Director, Sustainable Buildings Team Lead, JLL; Verda Alexander, Editor at Large, Metropolis; Avi Rajagopal, Editor in Chief, Metropolis

Architectural Systems and Facades Winner


Kawneer
Low–Embodied Carbon Aluminum Product Portfolio

Flooring | Hard Winner


Shaw Commercial Brands
EcoWorx Resilient

Flooring | Hard Honorable Mention


Forbo Flooring Systems
Marmoleum Solid

Flooring | Soft (Carpet) Winner


Mohawk Group
Pathmakers

Furniture | Office (Task Chair) Winner


Teknion
Aarea

Furniture | Office (Ancillary Furniture) Winner


Andreu World
Bolete Collection

Furniture | Outdoor Winner


Dedon
Seashell Nuo 

Furniture | Other Indoor Winner


Division Twelve
Crux Collection

Kitchen and Bath Winner


Duravit
DuraStyle 1g Two-Piece Toilet

Lighting Winner


Lightly
Butterfly

Lighting Outdoor Winner


Landscape Forms
Outline

Surfaces, Tiles, Materials Winner


Cosentino
Earthic by Silestone XM

Surfaces, Tiles, Materials Honorable Mention


The Good Plastic Company
Polygood Translucent Collection

Technology and Tools Winner


RESEAT
RENEW

Acoustics Materials Winner


Turf
Stone Textures

Textiles Winner


Designtex
Pepper

Walls and Ceilings Winner


Armstrong
Ultima Low Embodied Carbon Ceiling Panels

Walls and Ceilings Honorable Mention


Urban Evolutions
Veneer Plywood 

People

Judges: METROPOLIS Editors 

Firm of the Year


CannonDesign

Rising Star


Melissa Kelly
Sustainability Director, Gensler

Educator (Architecture) Winner


Evan Shieh
Assistant Professor of Architecture, New York Institute of Technology

Educator (Interior Design) Winner


Michelle Jacobson
Faculty Member, New York School of Interior Design

Student Work Winner


Indigenous Urbanism
Charley Andrews, Jane Wu, UCLA, Master of Architecture
Instructor: Jeffrey Inaba

Student Work Honorable Mention


West Farms Community Land Trust
Kendal Eastwood, Elise Park, New York Institute of Technology, Bachelor
of Architecture
Instructor: Evan Shieh


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