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Preservation
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Profiles
Meet Seven Superstars of Salvage
Drawing on breakthrough research, tools, and sourcing systems, these groups are championing building-material reuse.
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Projects
3 Adaptive Reuse Projects Prioritize Flexibility for the Future
The 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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Projects
Sasaki Turns a Disused Rail Yard Into Lovely Bonnet Springs Park
In Lakeland, Florida, Sasaki transforms a heavily polluted train depot into an elegant yet hardworking green space.
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Projects
The Tribune Tower Begins Its Second Chapter as a Luxury Residence
Chicago’s Tribune Tower recently underwent a conversion from offices to high-end apartments, opening a new era in the landmark’s history.
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Profiles
Rediscovering America’s First Independent Woman Architect
An exhibition at the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design dives into the biography and legacy of a path-breaking architect.
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Programs
Npz studio+ on Breathing New Life into Old Spaces
Part of the Leading Edge series, the founder of npz studio+ explains the firm’s unique approach to adaptive reuse.
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Viewpoints
How Can Architecture Create and Preserve Black Spaces?
Peter Robinson, the Center for Architecture’s new vice chair, talks with deputy editor Kelly Beamon about language as a design tool, how preservation differs from "Black memory work," and how those concepts can improve
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Viewpoints
Inside the Fight to Save Two Saarinen Churches in Columbus, Indiana
The small city has a wealth of modernist architecture, but preserving it isn’t always straightforward. The contrasting fates of two churches by Eero and Eliel Saarinen show why.
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Profiles
Mary Dill Henry’s Life-Long Search for the “Vital Forces” of Art and Technology
A newly resurfaced archive at the Illinois Institute of Technology reveals an artist always in motion.
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Viewpoints
How Architects Can Design for Systems Change
The November/December issue of Metropolis looks at the architects and designers challenging the notion of a barrier between "natural" and "built" environments.
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Viewpoints
Architectural Photographer Wayne Thom and the Late-Modern Past
An exhibition of the photographer’s work spanning from 1968 to 1988 is an opportunity to reassess an often-overlooked architectural period.
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Projects
UCLA’s 1959 Botany Building Is Transformed into a Quiet Gem
CO Architects led an effort to refresh the Paul R. Williams–designed building, bringing in light and adapting the space for modern educational needs.
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Viewpoints
An HBCU’s Historic Preservation Program Starts with Its Own Campus
Uncovering history from Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Movement, students at Tuskegee University take a hands-on role in preserving history on campus and beyond.
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Viewpoints
Chronicling the Rise and Fall of the American Shopping Mall
In her new book, architecture critic Alexandra Lange explores the history of this quintessential symbol of the American dream.
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Products
Rediscovering a Master of Brazilian Modernism
Joaquim Tenreiro: Tectonic Master at R and Company in New York examines the legacy of a furniture-maker who was much more than a paper artist.
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Projects
A Brooklyn Fitness Center Aims to Support a Community Threatened by Gentrification
The Major R. Owens Health Center, part of the controversial Bedford-Union Armory redevelopment, is attuned to myriad community needs, but under for-profit management, it can only go so far.
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Viewpoints
Following Years of Revitalization, Detroit Still Has a Long Way to Go
Metropolis brought together local policy makers, designers, developers, and activists to discuss the city's uncertain present and contested future.
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Projects
Niagara Falls Power Station is Now an Education and Entertainment Destination
After over a century of use, the former Rankine Generating Station has been thoughtfully transformed by Ontario-based +VG Architects.
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Projects
In the Toronto Suburbs, Affordable Senior Housing is Overhauled to Meet the Highest Efficiency Standards
Through a combination of advocacy and design, ERA Architects is helping build a movement to rehabilitate and green the city’s affordable housing stock.
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Projects
Esch2022 Celebrates One of Europe’s Most Stunning Industrial Turnarounds
With Esch2022, Luxembourg's second city reveals its metamorphosis from a decaying manufacturing center to a European cultural capital.