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Spring 2025
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Viewpoints
Meet the Changemakers Shaping Tomorrow’s Buildings
METROPOLIS's 2025 Spring Issue spotlights designers and architects going the extra mile, redefining what it means to design for climate, community, and lasting impact.
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Products
How to Make Smart, Sustainable Surfacing Choices
Discover the latest information and offerings in this category to help you make beautiful, sustainable choices on your next project.
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Projects
A Sustainable Expansion Revitalizes a Century-Old Quebec Retreat
In its extension to a family’s country residence, Pelletier de Fontenay sought to cohere parts and climate-sensitive approaches, old and new.
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Products
Four Creatives Harnessing the Energy of the Sun
Designers Shani Nahum, Pauline van Dongen, Yvonne Mak, and Mireille Steinhage are imagining a future where solar textiles are the norm.
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Products
Rice University’s New Architecture Hall Revives Terra-Cotta Tradition
Swiss firm Karamuk Kuo’s first U.S. project merges craft and performance with a custom ceramic rainscreen facade.
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Profiles
Studio ThusThat Gives Industrial By-products a Second Life
The Amsterdam-based designers create furniture and objects that explore industrial production and waste narratives.
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Profiles
How Barbara Buser Sparked a Reuse Revolution
After three decades of perfecting how to reclaim building components, the Swiss architect is changing the rules of construction in Basel.
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Products
How to Specify Stone Sustainably
Essential considerations and resources for selecting stone that meets environmental standards without compromising design.
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Projects
Studio De Zwarte Hond Reimagines Dutch University with Circular Renovation
The Herta Mohr building showcases how resourceful reuse can transform a legacy structure into a sustainability paradigm.
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Products
4 Manufacturers Lead the Way in Sustainable Surfaces
3form, Corian, Cosentino, and Wilsonart offer some of the most transparent surfacing products on the market.
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Profiles
Ronald Rael’s Solution to the Housing Crisis? Muddy Robots
The Berkeley, California–based architect’s new venture blends ancestral and artificial intelligence to create 3D-printed houses out of earth.
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Products
B Corp Brands Are Creating Design for a Fairer World
The third-party designation is transforming design by putting people on par with profit.
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Projects
Study Architects Designs a Water-Saving Desert Retreat in Arizona
The studio’s Tucson home combines Modernist aesthetics with innovative rainwater collection to tackle resource scarcity.
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Products
3 Key Considerations for Specifying Sustainable Ceramic Tiles
Ceramic-based materials remain optimal for high-traffic spaces—not just for their durability but also for their benefits to well-being.
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Projects
Payette’s Ragon Building Redefines Biomedical Research Spaces
A collaboration between MIT, Harvard, and Mass General Hospital, the new institute advances vaccine development—including efforts toward an HIV cure.
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Projects
HDR Wraps Mayo Clinic Lab in a Dynamic Double-Layered Facade
The building’s striking exterior reduces solar gain, while its "risk-based" interior zoning ensures efficiency in research.
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Products
7 Products for Better Building from IBS 2025
The NAHB International Builders’ Show include behind-the-wall systems, HVAC, electrical, structural elements, and siding from this year's show.
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Profiles
Ken De Cooman Is a New Kind of Architect
BC Architects challenge conventional architecture practice by using local materials and a collaborative approach to reshape the industry.
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Products
Form Meets Function in These 6 Kitchen and Bath Products
The latest kitchen and bath innovations blend performance, new materials, customization, durability and sustainability.
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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.