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Principals at Six Top Firms Predict Where American Design Is Headed
The future, they say, depends on how the A&D industry responds to a rapidly shifting cultural…
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Present Practice Takes a Sensory Approach to Landscape Design
The Columbus, Ohio, studio works to restore landscapes degraded by industrial agriculture while restoring our relationship to the…
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Bridging the Divide Between the Possible and the Impossible
Michael Maltzan and Deborah Weintraub, leaders of …
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A New Orleans Planner Builds Community as an Anti-Highway Activist
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Congratulations to AIA’s Next President
Kimberly Dowdell, the 295th living black woman to earn an architect’s license, is the first black woman to serve as AIA president.
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Could Be Architecture Says Friendly Design Makes Us Kinder Humans
The young Chicago firm applies its exuberant style to homes, installations, and local watering holes.
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Specify Hot List: Annie Bevan
The executive director of mindful MATERIALS explains how an in-house library grew into a powerful specifying tool for the A&D industry.
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Game Changers 2020: The Practices and People Changing Design
The 2020 summer issue of Metropolis highlights fresh thinkers and innovative solutions to issues ranging from climate change to the housing crisis.
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Three Manufacturers Leading the Charge on Transparency
These product innovators disclose ways they’re u…
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Motionspot Brings Function and Form to Accessible Design
The U.K.–based consultancy helps design accessib…