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Preservation
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Profiles
Neri&Hu Design for Continuity
For the Shanghai-based firm, design that is relevant for the future is also a bridge to the past.
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Viewpoints
Reseat’s Office Furniture Rescue
By salvaging huge amounts of quality office furniture bound for landfills, Reseat champions the circular economy.
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Profiles
Glasgow’s O’DonnellBrown Balances Conservation and Community Centered Design
From outdoor classrooms to riverside parks, the Scottish architecture studio specializes in adaptive reuse projects that give back to the community.
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Profiles
Designing Architecture in Dialogue with Water
METROPOLIS Future100 2026 honoree Kimhour Lor examines Cambodia’s complex and evolving relationship with water amid the climate crisis.
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Profiles
What Is the True Value of Existing Buildings?
The Built Buildings Lab is helping broaden the preservation movement by overlaying the cultural, economic, and environmental significance of old buildings.
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Projects
A New York City Home Transforms into a Two-Part Sanctuary
With a light touch and a tight budget, Leong Leong drew from what was already there—materials, layout, and memory—to shape a quietly expressive residence.
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Viewpoints
The Stories Moving Our Industry Forward
In the latest episode of Play with Matches, METROPOLIS Editor-in-Chief Avinash Rajagopal and UpSpring CEO Tiffany Rafii discuss the media’s role in elevating sustainability, equity, and innovation.
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Projects
Populus Seattle Rewrites the Rules for Historic Reuse
The new hotel updates a historic building in Seattle’s Pioneer Square, setting it up for a green future.
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Viewpoints
Altadena’s Rebuild Begins with Listening
Led by SoCal NOMA, the Altadena Rebuild Coalition is guiding fire-impacted residents through recovery by prioritizing empathy, coordination, and community.
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Viewpoints
The Science of Better Buildings
MIT’s Holly Samuelson breaks down how architects can build sustainable, livable spaces.
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Viewpoints
How a Big Firm Drives Big Change
Gensler’s Design Resilience Leader and Director of Sustainability Katie Mesia discusses how the firm is scaling carbon neutrality, shifting culture, and aligning sustainability with business performance.
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Viewpoints
33 Articles That Show the Future Is Mass Timber
Mass timber has taken over the architecture industry over the past few years—and METROPOLIS has been paying attention.
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Viewpoints
The Ripple Effect of Thoughtful Products
Teknion's vice president of sustainability, David McDivitt, shares how responsible design and manufacturing can drive global change.
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Projects
How Adaptive Reuse Is Shaping Austin’s Neighborhoods
Michael Hsu Office of Architecture and Clayton Korte are designing a growing number of projects in the city that prioritize identity, community, and the revival of third spaces.
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Viewpoints
Making the Case for Slate
CUPACLAD’s Drew Ford shares how this ancient material, paired with modern engineering, meets today’s sustainability and performance standards.
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Viewpoints
Designers Rethinking Our Relationship to Water
Across sculpture, planning, and public space, designers are making invisible water systems visible again—challenging us to live differently with them.
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Projects
Brutalist Plaza in Minneapolis Gets a “Surgical” Redesign
By considering reuse and accessibility, Coen+Partners’ redesign of Paul Friedberg’s iconic landscape is the kind of historic preservation we need.
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Viewpoints
The Architects Shaping NYC’s Public Life
On NYC’s 400th birthday, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Weiss/Manfredi, and Marvel talk about civic spaces that shape the city's infrastructure.
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Products
Should Wool Play a Bigger Role in the Built Environment?
As mountains of waste wool pile up around the world, its untapped potential is coming into sharper focus.
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Profiles
The Blackwell Philosophy Turns Sites into Statements
Synthesizing regional conventions with a myriad of other ideas, Marlon and Meryati Johari Blackwell create remarkable spaces and places.