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MAD Architects’ FENIX is the World’s First Art Museum Dedicated to Migration
Located in Rotterdam, FENIX is also the Beijing-based firm's first European museum project.
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Storm King Takes the Parking out of Sculpture Park
Storm King Art Center's Capital Project has completely transformed its parking, visitor pavilions, and grounds for a more accessible—and less car-centric—outdoor art experience.
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Behind the Curtain: Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s Radical Reimagining of the Museum Archive
At the V&A’s new Storehouse, architecture meets radical transparency. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, this converted Olympic warehouse reveals the hidden life of museum collections. Visitors explore storage as sp
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Lessons in Global Design from Expo 2025 Osaka
What this year’s pavilions revealed about culture, sustainability, and the future of architecture.
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Seattle’s Vertical Convention Center Breaks the Mold
The LMN Architects–designed Summit Building reinvents the convention hall as a light-filled urban connector—and is one of few worldwide to achieve LEED Platinum certification.
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Profiles
Alberto Kritzler is at the Forefront of Regenerative Design in Mexico
The Harvard Loeb Fellow is rethinking water scarcity and abundance through his Reserva el Peñón project in in Valle de Bravo, Mexico.
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Profiles
At the Mellon Foundation, Justin Garrett Moore Connects Place and Memory
The Mellon Foundation’s Humanities in Place grant-making program is transforming communities through storytelling, conservation, and design.
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Mayhem and the City: How Architecture Powers Lady Gaga’s Stardom
In her new album "Mayhem" Lady Gaga continues to use architecture to bridge fantasy and real life.
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Grand Paris Express Now Has a Dazzling Keystone
The latest addition to Europe's largest infrastructure project reflects aesthetics, practicality, and comfort that contribute to the city's urban and social transformation.
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How Can We Amplify Indigenous Design?
Catch up with METROPOLIS's ongoing coverage of indigenous design leaders, community engagement, and efforts to decolonize design.
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The təməsew̓txʷ Aquatic and Community Centre Reflects Local Values
Canada’s first Zero Carbon–certified aquatic center cuts back on its carbon emissions while building community engagement.
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How Can Designers Listen to Water?
Funded by architectural nonprofit re:arc institute, Latin and Central American practices are designing with water to create urban spaces for planetary well-being.
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Snøhetta’s ‘La Nube’ Museum Leverages Equity and Accessibility
The playful El Paso Children’s Museum welcomes learners of all ages and abilities with bilingual signage and inclusive thinking.
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Changing Architecture from the Ground Up
METROPOLIS's 2024 Fall Issue explores projects and practices that blend tradition with innovation, challenging the status quo in architecture and design.
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METROPOLIS’s Ultimate Winter Reading List
Whether you’re interested in the future of sustainable interiors or the history of architectural modernism, here are 2024’s top design titles, curated by METROPOLIS editors.
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PORCH: An Invitation to Explore American Architecture at the Venice Biennale
Recent scholarship on earth architecture in America highlights larger issues concerning power, extraction, and Indigenous resistance to the settler state and capitalism.
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Profiles
How TAKK Is Rethinking the Template for Architecture
For Mireia Luzárraga and Alejandro Muiño of Barcelona-based studio TAKK, every commission is a chance to question the norm.
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The Politics of Adobe Architecture
Recent scholarship on earth architecture in America highlights larger issues concerning power, extraction, and Indigenous resistance to the settler state and capitalism.
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Viewpoints
How Construction Materials and Technologies Are Evolving
Follow METROPOLIS’s most compelling coverage of construction materials and technologies, from next-gen concrete to circular design.
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An Urban Island as Affordable Housing
LOHA Architects are expanding the definition for permanent supportive housing in Los Angeles