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The Next Generation Is Designing With Nature in Mind
Three METROPOLIS Future100 creators are looking to…
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Inside Three SoCal Design Workshops Where Craft and Sustainability Meet
With a vertically integrated approach, RAD furnitu…
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BLDUS Brings a ‘Farm-to-Shelter’ Approach to American Design
The Washington D.C.–based firm BLDUS is imaginin…
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These Architecture Students Explore the Healing Power of Water
Design projects centered on water promote wellness…
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Future100: Lené Fourie Creates Adaptable Interiors
The University of Houston undergraduate student is…
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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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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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Meet the 2025 Planet Positive Awards Jurors
METROPOLIS announces the esteemed jurors for the 2025 Planet Positive Awards, honoring excellence in sustainable design.
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Moshe Safdie Is Architecture’s Constant Gardener
At 84, the visionary designer is still evolving architecture’s capacity to build habitats for all living things.
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Ronald Rael’s Solution to the Housing Crisis? Muddy Robots
The Berkeley, California–based architect’s new…
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Alberto Kritzler is at the Forefront of Regenerative Design in Mexico
The Harvard Loeb Fellow is rethinking water scarci…
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At the Mellon Foundation, Justin Garrett Moore Connects Place and Memory
The Mellon Foundation’s Humanities in Place gran…
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RISD Students’ Innovations Are Leading the Fight Against Climate Change
In designs for projects like the Material Research…